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Pros and Cons of Ceramic Coatings in the Car Detailing Industry

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Introduction Ceramic coatings have become a buzzword in the car detailing industry, promising to revolutionize the way we protect and maintain our vehicles. These innovative products are designed to provide long-lasting protection and enhance the appearance of a car’s paintwork. However, like any technology, ceramic coatings come with their own set of advantages and disadvantages. …

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Understanding Orbit Sizes in Sanding Machines and Their Importance

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Introduction Sanding machines are essential tools in car refinishing and various other industries where the surface finish of a material needs improvement. These sanding machines come in various types, but one critical factor that distinguishes them is the size of their orbit. The orbit size in a sanding machine plays a crucial role in determining …

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The best read if you are in the car refinishing and collision repair industry

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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 …

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Would you like your child to work as painter in car repair shop?

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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 …

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Tip. 4 Add revenue by offering clear coat protection with wax or sealant coating.

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Probably everyone has had at least once this beautiful feeling when a car is presented to you after an accident repair. Shiny, freshly painted and clean (if your body shop cares enough). We all wish it would stay like that forever. Well, here is when a body shop professional could offer another service- clear coat …

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Tip 5. How to increase your body shop revenue by replacing or repairing windscreens.

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In this post I want to talk about another useful service, which a body shop craftsman could offer to their customers, this of windscreen replacement or repair. Statistics  Even if there is no accurate statistics of how much of the overall number of crashes involve windscreen damages, we can surely say that it is quite …

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How medieval painters helped the modern times car painters…

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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 …

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Spectrophotometer or color chips, what is better tool for color matching?

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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 …

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