Numerous articles have been written about the gentle art of saying no. Perhaps it is about time to say a few words and provide some tips applied to the day-to-day operation of a car paint shop. Below you can find six situations when, as far as I’m concerned, a car painter should be firm and …
The art of saying NO applied to car body repair business. Read More »
by Alexander Aslamazis Aerosol sprays are used widely in a modern car repair shop, including painting area. In the past, spray paints were mainly considered as DIY products, however nowadays aerosols have more and more usage by real professionals. The quality of the finish and spray fan have improved significantly. Moreover, some coatings, like primers …
Aerosol paint in auto body shop. Historical snapshot. Read More »
Improving Shop Layouts – FenderBender – January 2012 – United States.
When economic conditions are tough as they are now, the uncertainty of the future puts customers and business owners into savings mode. People quickly begin foregoing little luxuries and businesses start to trim unnecessary expenditures from their budgets. For many auto refinishers, one of the first things to be cut is often advertising. Unfortunately, this …
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Tip 2. How to earn extra money with plastic repairs for cars and motorcycles? A short walk in almost every car bodyshop, and you will find old and dusty, cracked bumpers in some dark corner. Scrap, rubbish one could say… Lost opportunity the other could say… And I would agree with the letter. Slightly …
Tip 2. Easy way to increase bodyshop revenue. Bumper repairs. Read More »
Why do I like Linkedin? Merely because it is the only place on the web you could communicate with fellow colleagues from any industry in the world without any geographical boundaries. As business owner, I am wondering what will be the next big thing in automotive refinishing industry? So, why not to get opinions of …
As I am going through my contact leads from Automechanika, which closed its doors a few weeks ago, I recall how many people mentioned the economic downturn in their countries. Being in Greece, I can also confirm, our industry is not a safe oasis, and business is negatively affected. On the other hand, I strongly …
Tip 1. Head lights polishing-easy way to increase your reveniew Read More »
As I was wondering around internet, I found two very interesting statistics. If you have your hands without gloves for just 5 minutes in some sort of thinner or solvent, it actually means for your liver the same with one drink on Saturday night! I wonder how many drinks many of our painters have each …
Without a doubt there have been said or written a lot about the HVLP or Compliant spray guns and their benefits. However, switching simply to new (not so new, you can say) technology is not enough. A sprayer must also alter his spraying techniques. Definition of HVLP and Compliant technology and its benefits. Let me …
The minimalist guide to HVLP (Compliant) spraying technology. Read More »
During the last 10 plus years, I had an opportunity to travel and meet many people in car refinishing industry. Whether I was in Africa, South-East Asia, Europe or Americas, more or less, I have stumbled upon the same paint brands (or paint groups). These groups, and I would distinguish 4 of them (I don’t …
5 things big auto paint companies won’t tell you! Read More »