An interesting new set of colors using a leafing aluminum flake has recently emerged and created some excitement in the refinishing community. One of the most popular…
Empowering Yourself With Technical Data Sheets
Product failures can be a frustrating and costly occurrence in any repair shop and most technicians have already created a blacklist of products that…
Color Tinting Tips
Tinting color is the last thing any painter wants to be doing and on days where your paint booth is already backlogged five cars, it…
How to Get a Clean Paint Job
Among the many challenges a refinish technician is faced within the course of a day, keeping a paint job clean is one that can…
5 Tips to Maximize Paint Production
A paint technician that can keep up with demanding production needs will be one of the most valuable employees to any high production repair facility.…
Starting in the Paint Department – Advice for Prep
An unfortunate reality of working in this trade is that many technicians have acquired what they know in the absence of much or any formal…
Ten Ways to Screw Up a Paint Job
Most painters have a story to tell about the time that they strayed from the procedure, and things didn’t go quite the way they’d planned.…
Buying a Paint Spray Gun
One of the most commons questions I get as a painter, paint rep, and YouTube paint enthusiast, is what is the best paint gun…
Spraying Translucent Colors
A common trend in color matching from OEM is the use of translucent colors. Translucent colors are made up of both the color of the…
Hydro Dipping
A custom painted Hoverboard and more, completed using Hydro-Transfer painting.