Creating a Tri-Coat Let-Down Panel
Category: Repair Articles
Various articles relating to autobody repair and refinish.
How to Paint Cars Using Aerosol Cans
Have you ever wanted to see an actual refinish quality paint job achieved using aerosol spray cans? Behold the power of 2K spray cans from Spraymax! These cans work by utilizing a 2 component can, allowing for a hardener to be added at the time of use, exactly the same way a professional paint shop […]
Tinting Metallic Paint
Tinting metallic paint follows the same general principles as tinting a solid color, however there are 2 dimensions you have to worry about versus 1 with solids colors. You have the color face and pitch. The face of the color is what you see looking straight at the vehicle, the pitch is what you observe […]
How to Tint Color
Tinting Color is always my least favorite option when trying to match a color but sometimes it is completely unavoidable. When a variant is not on the same page as your car an adjustment is required, here we are dealing only with solid colors here. So its a good thing to first know your […]
3M Accuspray Gun
The 3M accuspray which was originally released as a primer gun with a 1.8 disposable tip will be finding new use as the gun that will do it all. 3M will soon be releasing 1.4 and 1.3 tips for this gun to be used to spray sealers, paint and clear coat. At the time of […]
How to Spray Clearcoat
Spraying clearcoat is an art in itself, for the most part spraying experience is the best way to learn this skill. However, having an understanding on what it does and establishing good routines will go a long way in how your paint job holds up. So first off lets have a look at what clearcoat […]
How to repair car fiberglass
How to repair car fiberglass What we have here is some sort of race car part for on of our customers, we have repaired various part of it before, the nosecone was most recently documented in the forum. Repairing car fiberglass is pretty well the same as anything else, car fiberglass is glass fibers […]
Which Body Filler?
Since I am still awaiting information on the tests I need to prepare for from the college, I’ve just been flipping through and starting with what sparks my interest. One of the first things was working with body fillers. This is something I already have experience with and I am curious to see some […]
BASF Refinish Training Center Page 1
I once again had the pleasure of visiting the BASF training center today and thought I should bring a camera along to show the folks out there what these buildings offer and tend to look like. My course today wasn\’t the kind of hands on courses I\’m accustomed to but still was able to learn […]
BASF Refinish Training Center Page 2
(continued from page 1) Next we move into the shop were the theory gets put into play. We have an extremely well kept tile floor, state of the art equiptment and one heck of a nice paint booth…well one and a half, they have a sorta parts cut-in style room off to the side. Most […]