Repairing Collision-Damaged Plastic Bumpers with Adhesives
For single-sided and two-sided plastic repair, the first step is to wash both sides of the bumper with soap and water.
Beat the Clock: The Need for the Repair Industry to Improve Cycle Time.
Today’s consolidators are pushing the cycle time envelope. One even reports a 40 percent decrease in the time it takes its shops to return a car to the customer compared to the industry average. How can you compete? These affordable equipment options can help streamline your repair process and reduce turnaround time.
Blueprints for Success: A Plan for Profits
Floor plans lay the groundwork for production, but other factors build on this foundation. To construct a solid business – brick by brick – learn how four shops implemented a plan for profits.
Like a Rock: Southwest Collision of Alsip, Ill.
Ask anyone in the collision-repair business in suburban Chicago about the work and reputation of Southwest Collision of Alsip, Ill., and the adjectives they’ll use can be
summarized in two words – rock solid.
Auto Body Equipment and Supplies That I Like – Part III
In any industry where the labor times are presented as a “flat rate,” the key to making a profit is to do the work in less time than allowed while still producing a safe and accurate repair. Here is some technology that can help.
B-TEC Systems Selects BC Marketing to Represent Company
B-TEC’s core products are spray-gun washers and short-wave infrared paint-curing systems, primarily for the automotive refinish market.
Infratech Introduces Speed Ray 2
The Speed Ray 2 is a high-intensity portable short wave lamp, capable of both vertical and horizontal flexibility for curing hard to reach areas.
The Heat Is On
Infrared heaters are making a comeback as shops search for a supplemental and more versatile way to cure coatings.
Paint Predictions & Amp; Educated Guesses
Which way is the wind blowing auto paint these days? I recently asked the major paint manufacturers what trends they saw on our near and far horizons. And because refinish paint technology tends to follow original equipment technology by several years and at a lower level of sophistication, they were able to make some pretty
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