Sherwin-Williams Classes to Help Repairers Improve Business Growth, Productivity, Lean Skills and Painting Techniques
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will offer 36 classes and training sessions designed to help automotive collision professionals in the second quarter of 2010. These upcoming business-building and production-excellence courses are being provided through classroom, Web and hands-on settings at numerous Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers located in metropolitan areas across the United States. The classes consist
U.S. Bobsledders Win Gold Medal in PPG-Painted Sled
PPG Automotive Refinish is congratulates the USA four-man Olympic bobsled team on winning the gold medal in the recent winter Olympic games held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The victory, achieved in the PPG-painted Bo-Dyn Night Train bobsled, was the first men’s four-man gold medal Americans have earned since the games of 1948. The U.S.
Why You Should Replace Hand Sanding with Power Sanding
Power sanders are much faster than hand sanding, and fast is the name of the game in collision repair. So stop hand sanding and learn to love the “bomb.”
Tools Invented by Collision Repairers
Eureka! These repairers saw a better way to do their jobs, rolled up their sleeves and invented tools they hope will revolutionize the industry.
Converting a Body Shop to Waterborne Paint: What to Expect
After eight years working with waterborne basecoats, I’ve seen the good, the bad and the ugly. Here’s a no-frills, firsthand account of my experience.
Spray Gun Control, Speed and Comfort
This premium gun combines superior atomization control with production speed and ergonomics. There are two HVLP versions of the Supernova: the LS400 for clearcoats and the LS400 for basecoats. Both guns are available with either a 1.3 mm or 1.4 mm nozzle size, depending on what paint brand is being sprayed. The basecoat version is
Sherwin-Williams to Begin 2010 EcoLean Training in Las Vegas
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes announced it will begin its 2010 A-Plus Network University EcoLean workshops at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, March 9-10, 2010. The EcoLean program was developed for collision shop owners and managers interested in leveraging the power of lean production as well as business solutions that reduce environmental waste. Sherwin-Williams says the program
Tips for Metallic Paint Jobs
There will always be metallic colors that are virtually impossible to blend out nicely, and “tracking” will always be a concern. But there are steps painters can take to make these colors as painless as possible.
Sherwin-Williams Training to Cover Business Building, Productivity and Lean Practices, Painting Techniques
Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes will offer more than two-dozen classes and training sessions designed to help automotive collision professionals in the first quarter of 2010. The upcoming business-building and production-excellence courses are being provided through classroom, Web and hands-on settings at numerous Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes training centers located in metropolitan areas across the United States and
Booth Visitors Win Weber Grills from Sherwin-Williams
At NACE, Weber grills were given away to three visitors to the Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes booth featuring the HP Process Refinish System with Air-Dry Technology in daily prize drawings during the November show. Michael Duran of Newport Beach, Calif., Steve Saunders of Wildomar, Calif., and Andrew Potter (North Amherst Motors) of Hadley, Mass., each won