In our industry we are really not spoiled by quality literature on the collision repair and its problems. I was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled upon on a book called “The secrets of America’s greatest body shops” written by Dave Luehr and Stacey Phillips. Dave Luehr is an expert and consultant, founder of Elite Body …
The best read if you are in the car refinishing and collision repair industry Read More »
As a supplier of paint related materials, I always keep in mind the end users of our products – car body repair professionals. It doesn’t matter if you are not selling directly to the body shops, in the end of the supply chain there is always a painter who is paying, and I clearly know …
Would you like your child to work as painter in car repair shop? Read More »
I think that is goes without saying that nowadays a collision repair shop should have a mixing scheme (or schemes) at hand. Running back and forth to a paint supply shop is not a viable solution. What if you ran out of paint? What if you miscalculate the amount of paint needed and waste a …
What to consider before choosing paint brand for your bodyshop? Read More »
The portfolio of modern undercoats – generic name for various coatings between the vehicle’s surface and the paint – is quite rich. Primers, sealers, surfacers, fillers of various colors, filling properties and budgets are available for a contemporary painter. However, one category of primers stands out – wet-on-wet primers or also called sealers. In this …
How medieval painters helped the modern times car painters… Read More »
For those of us who are directly involved in car refinishing business, it is not a secret that color matching is the most challenging aspect of the repair in a bodyshop. Car manufacturers, in order to attract new customers, produce more and more complex colors with special effects, pearls and inked clearcoats. Furthermore, even the …
Spectrophotometer or color chips, what is better tool for color matching? Read More »