Cover Story: Priming Pinchwelds
There’s a lot more to installing glass than you think, such as properly prepping the steel and aluminum. With all shops offering a lifetime warranty on repairs, it’s important to follow the proper procedures.
Technical: Undercoats
When you think of undercoats, you think of primer and sealer. But what exactly is primer and sealer?
The Custom Shop Returns to SEMA 2016 with Valspar Automotive
See John Wargo’s 1977 Pontiac Trans Am at booth no. 10851.
Business Management: Electronic Avenue
A lot of body shops are still ordering parts via the phone or fax, but electronic parts procurement is slowly but surely gaining ground.
Technical: The Evolution of Plastic Repair
More and more damaged plastic parts are being saved from the scrap heap by new technology.
Technical: Red Hot
More and more body shops are discovering that infrared curing lamps are a key component to improving throughput and cycle time.
Gas Monkey Garage Partners with Evercoat
Richard Rawlings and the team at Gas Monkey Garage have selected Evercoat products to help them transform cars.
Dynabrade Restores National Detroit Legacy Series of Power Tools
Dual-action sanders, gear-driven sanders and long board sanders make up the restored line of National Detroit Legacy tools manufactured in the U.S.
PPG Enhances OneChoice Line with New UV Primer and Post Wipe
SUA1080 employs the latest aerosol primer technology to combine high build with an industry-leading cure speed – by UV lamp – of only two minutes.
3M Automotive Aftermarket and NASCAR Announce Five-Year Partnership Extension
As part of the agreement, 3M Automotive Aftermarket will continue its nearly two-decade NASCAR Sprint Cup Series contingency sponsorship that provides many of its automotive products and solutions used in racecars and race shops throughout NASCAR.
