Car Body Shop Repair
Bond Strong to Aluminum

U.S. Chemical & Plastics’ AG47 Lightweight GRIP Filler and Icing Lite Gold Finishing Glaze provide the strongest bond to aluminum.

Complete Mobile Workstation

Elektron’s MultiTool Aluminum Dent Repair Station is a complete mobile workstation equipped with the tools needed to properly repair dents in aluminum sheet metal body panels and hoods.

Make Aluminum Welding Easier

All three of Cebotech’s MIG welders (models 301, 302 and 322) are supplied with built-in welding programs for easy setup, and are ready for a Push-Pull gun.

How They Work: Spot Welders

When your business invests in a squeeze type resistance spot welder, you’re really investing in the ability to consistently produce a safe repair for your customer.

Technical: The Flip Side to Aluminum

Change is constant and will never stop or slow down. How we approach aluminum will be the difference between making it difficult or making it easy.

Spanesi Americas’ Complete Solution for Aluminum

Spanesi Americas offers clean containment rooms, MIG/MAG welders, riveters, dent repair equipment and more.

Extract and Insert Self-Piercing Rivets with Ease

Steck’s new SPR Extraction and Insertion Tools allow technicians to extract and insert self-piercing rivets without waiting in line for the expensive hydraulic tools to do this same process.

RollerRodz Next Generation Paintless Dent Removal Wheels

The new RollerRodz tips have a precision bearing for a smooth rolling motion, three different-sized wheels, the rubber tire is bonded to the bearing and the tire density allows for “gription.”

Improved Adhesion and Ease of Sanding

Evercoat’s Rage, Metal Glaze, Rage Ultra and Metal Glaze Ultra with EcoResin use the exclusive, patent-pending EcoResin for improved adhesion and ease of sanding.

Aluminum Hammer Kit

Dent Fix’s DF-AH714 Aluminum Hammer Kit features maintenance-free, solid aluminum heads that are perfect for working on aluminum-bodied vehicles because they prevent galvanic corrosion.

Aluminum Dent Pulling System

AMH says its CompuSpot aluminum dent pulling system, available separately as the model 181, on its own small cart as a 180, or as part of the 185 Alumatech Dent Reformation Center, can fit any budget.

Editor’s Notes: Getting Paid for Aluminum Repairs

How are body shops going to be compensated for aluminum repairs to justify the equipment and training costs? Simple. Know your cost of doing business and charge accordingly.