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Car Care Supplier to Jay Leno to Offer Free Professional Detailing Seminar

Ever wondered how to master the perfect detailing job? On Aug. 13, you won’t have to wonder any more! Tom Horvath, founder of the renowned Tom’s Auto Body in California and car care supplier to Jay Leno, is offering a free professional detailing seminar from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. at Sawmill Creek Resort & Conference Center

No Flash Times

P190-6659 and P190-6690 are new, high-solids clearcoats delivering optimum performance when applied over Aqua-base Plus waterborne basecoat. With the new One-Visit application technology, these clears require no flash time between coats and minimal bake times, providing a superb final finish. Visit www.nexaautocolor.com or contact a Nexa Autocolor distributor.

Refinish Products for High-Volume Shops

The ChromaPremier Pro products are specially designed for high-volume body shops. The primer filler is a high-build filler with the cure speed of a spot primer. The clearcoats combine premium appearance and maximum productivity. These products are recommended with Cromax Pro and ChromaPremier Basecoats.

STRANGE BUT TRUE: Body Shop Saves the ‘Dog Days’

The body shop at Bill DeFouw Chevrolet in Lafayette, Ind., is accustomed to working on four-wheeled – not four-legged – objects. But that didn’t stop the shop from repairing 15 four-legged works of art to save the town’s summer celebration. The creatures in question – life-sized, hand-painted, fiberglass statues of dogs – were set up

PPG Creates Exclusive Finishes for Lamborghini

PPG has announced a new line of matte finishes created specifically for Lamborghini, a company PPG has worked with for many years. PPG says Lamborghini was one of the leaders of the matte finish trend when it introduced the Black Gallardo in 2006, featuring matte-black body parts. Following this, a growing number of automakers are

Ready-to-Spray Blender

EZ Blend Edge Blender MX-840 is a ready-to-spray blending solvent used to dissolve the edges of single-stage or clearcoat systems. Designed to give an invisible blend without causing edge lift, EZ Blend saves time and labor and eliminates sanding and buffing dry edges. Visit www.matrixsystem.com. 

Speedy Spot and Panel Repairs

The P190-6659 Express Clear is a new, high-solids clearcoat offering speedy spot and panel repairs when applied over Aqua-base Plus. With new One-Visit application technology, P190-6659 requires no flash time between coats and only a 10-minute bake time when used with P852-1689 Thinner. This high-gloss clear provides a superb final finish. Contact your local Nexa

CAA to Recommend ‘Blend Within Panel’ to Database Providers

According to its latest newsletter, the California Autobody Association (CAA) will be requesting that estimating software providers make “blend within panel” an automatic notation for repaired panels in future software releases. The CAA stated that a time study shows that basecoat application is only 19 percent of the entire basecoat operation in the collision repair

AkzoNobel Launches UV LED Spray Gun

Co-developed by AkzoNobel’s Car Refinishes businesses, the company’s UV LED spray gun – being introduced to the European market this month – ensures a nearly instant cure of the company’s Sikkens Autoclear UV clearcoat, the company says. The gun has energy-efficient UV LEDs (ultraviolet light emitting diodes) fitted around the spray nozzle, allowing the curing

Ohio High School Auto Body Program Students Excited Over Restoration Project

The vehicles students enrolled in the Southview High School Auto Body Repair Refinishing and Restoration Program usually work on are old, out-of-date beaters. So when they recently got the chance to restore a ’68 Pontiac GTO, they were thrilled. The GTO project was made possible by Ed Jones, president of Jones Motorsports in Akron, Ohio,