Why Get Certified: ASE Certification and Profits
ASE Certification can help boost your shop’s professionalism and customer confidence — which, in turn, can help boost your shop’s profits.
Why Comply? Mandates of the EPA and OSHA
With all the regulations mandated by the EPA and OSHA, it’s easy to spend so much time trying to comply that you hardly have any time left to repair cars, right? Wrong! Quit complaining and start complying.
The Science of Paint
Funky flakes and effect pigments aren’t new, but it wasn’t until OEMs determined they were lucrative that they showed up on production vehicles. Now we’ve got rainbow, holograph and even glass-chip effects.
Capturing the Lost Profit: Profit Sharing with Employees
Promise your employees a share of the gross profit from paint and materials, and your shop will suddenly become less wasteful.
Understanding Undercoats
Undercoats create the foundation for quality refinish work. In many ways, they recreate the OEM treatment process.
The Powder Paint Project
To create a cleaner, greener automotive paint, the Big Three are collaborating to put powder coatings on cars – and to send solvent clearcoats the way of dinosaurs.
Is Spot Welding Viable?
Used in the manufacture of modern vehicles, spot welding becomes a bit more complicated when applied to collision repair.
S-TRSW Comes of Age
Modern body shop repair techniques have come a long way from straightening a frame with floor pots and pullers and banging away on dented fenders. These days, it’s a matter
of pulling substructures to exacting measurements with the use of high-tech frame machines and of attaching new body parts to
the straightened substructure.
What A Tangled Web We Weave: Re-Installing Electrical Components and Wiring
Now that all the metal repair and refinishing has been completed, it’s time to start thinking about reinstalling all the electrical components and wiring removed before and during
the repairs, right?
Reducing Hazardous Waste
Managing waste should be done with the same care and attention to detail as any other integral part of your business because, after all, it affects your bottom line.