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TECH EDITORIAL - Paint Prep
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Why You Should Replace Hand Sanding with Power Sanding
3/10/2010
One well-known time study of auto-mobile painters showed that the typical painter in a collision repair facility spent one-third of his or her time sanding something. He or she spent another third painting something and split...
Waterborne Paint Conversion for Body Shops
2/18/2010
Waterborne paint is the wave of the future for body shops. As environmental regulations become stricter for collision repairers, many are looking to waterborne paint to help their body shops go green.
But converting to wa...
Converting a Body Shop to Waterborne Paint: What to Expect
2/9/2010
In 2002, we were opening a new location and I told my paint manufacturer that I wanted to spray waterborne. Back then, waterborne wasn’t mandated. It was new on the scene, and I always liked to be cutting edge and at t...
Tips for Metallic Paint Jobs
1/18/2010
I see them all the time – silver cars with a bad blend somewhere on a door. When the car pulls away from me, I’m struck by a wicked dark side tone that allows me to see exactly what was done to it: full paint on t...
TECH FEATURE: The Case of the Murdered Paint Job
4/3/2009 11:19:33 AM
The story you’re about to read is true, but the names have been changed to protect the innocent. The city was Los Angeles. It was Friday, and I was working the day watch out at the old auto body supplier on big Santa M...
Preparing a Body Shop for Waterborne Paint Conversion
3/2/2009
If your body shop were in the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), you would have completed the switch to low VOC (volatile organic compound) basecoats no later than Dec. 31, 2008. That’s because the a...
Equipment Needed for Waterborne Conversion
2/9/2009
Now that the shops in the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) of Southern California are fully converted to compliant clearcoats and basecoats, turmoil and consternation about the conversion are largely gone....
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