Profit in Your Paint Booth: Preventative Maintenance – Minimizing Risks to Maximize Profit

Main Navigation

Advertisement
Social Connect
Resources
Our Brand Family
BodyShop Business
The information source for the collision repair industry.
Sponsored Content

Profit in Your Paint Booth: Preventative Maintenance – Minimizing Risks to Maximize Profit

Want your spraybooth to operate efficiently and at maximum output? Then check out this list of preventative maintenance duties that you or an authorized service technician need to perform to keep your investment running smooth.

BodyShop Business Staff Writers
By BodyShop Business Staff Writers

Sponsored by Garmat USA

OK, you’ve just purchased a new spraybooth. Great. To keep your new investment working efficiently and at maximum output, though, you’ve got to keep on top of preventative maintenance – in order to prevent subpar performance or, worse yet, a costly breakdown. Some of these tasks can be done by your staff, while others require the help of a qualified service technician.

Here is a checklist of preventative maintenance duties that should be performed and how often:

Daily

Clean/wipe down air hoses

Weekly

Daily maintenance plus:

  • Vacuum interior of spraybooth
  • Wipe interior of spraybooth walls
  • Replace exhaust filters

Quarterly

Weekly maintenance plus:

  • Clean light fixtures
  • Vacuum pit and tunnel/towers
  • Clean and remove overspray from floor
  • Clean and remove overspray from walls
  • Check motor belts
  • Clean/pressure wash floor grates
  • Inspect door seals; replace if needed
  • Service airflow switches/clean and adjust*

Semi-annually

Quarterly maintenance plus:

  • Lubricate door hinges
  • Lubricate blower shaft bearings
  • Calibrate booth pressure balancing gauge*
  • Inspect fire suppression system*

Annually

Semi-annual plus:

  • Check and tighten all electrical connections*
  • Clean light tubes
  • Check light fixture glass seals
  • Clean inside of all light fixtures and glass
  • Clean exhaust stack, dampers and stackhead
  • Clean main exhaust blower/fan*
  • Burner system tune-up*
  • Clean upper plenum
  • Lubricate motors
  • Check air balance
  • Replace intake filters (every 1,000 hours)
  • Check/adjust compressed air system

As Required

  • Bulbs – check and replace*
  • Door seal/gasket replacement
  • Door hinge white nylon bushing inspection
  • If using protective booth coatings, replace as manufacturer recommends

* = call authorized service technician

For more information on Garmat USA, visit www.garmat.com.

You May Also Like

Sponsored Content

DON’T GET CAUGHT IN LOW TIDE

Strategic Planning Creates Sustainable Business for Years to Come The old saying “A rising tide floats all boats” would certainly apply today in the collision repair industry. With record collision repair volume, the collision repair industry is stretched beyond capacity. That means that some body shops are taking overflow work from collision repair facilities who

CARSTAR
By CARSTAR

Strategic Planning Creates Sustainable Business for Years to Come

The old saying “A rising tide floats all boats” would certainly apply today in the collision repair industry. With record collision repair volume, the collision repair industry is stretched beyond capacity. That means that some body shops are taking overflow work from collision repair facilities who are on DRP programs.

Read Full Article

More Sponsored Content Posts
Overcoming Supply Chain Issues in Today’s World

Many legislative and environmental mandates have affected the collision repair industry over the last decade. To comply with such mandates, vehicle manufacturers continue to design vehicles with increasingly advanced electronics, ranging from Advanced Driver Assistance Systems that increase safety, helping people with everything from parking to driving, to the recent push for electric vehicles. They’ve

By U-POL
The Reviews Are In: AirPro’s AUGGIE Leads a Calibration Revolution 

By Joel Gausten What a difference a year makes… In September 2021, AirPro Diagnostics appeared at the Texas Auto Body Trade Show to provide a hands-on demonstration of AUGGIE, a new wireless device designed to revolutionize the world of vehicle recalibrations. The system promised a new direction by rendering a scaled-down, digital version of required

By AirPro Diagnostics
Building Communities & Experience through Give Back Programs

It is no secret the automotive and collision repair industry depends on expendable products. From the staff working in the front office to the body technicians and painters in the shop, supplies are being used up daily. But when we focus on the shops and the obstacles they are facing today, especially with consideration to

By FinishMaster
The waterborne basecoat system for high production shops

When it comes to performance, there are multiple considerations when selecting a refinish system. At the top of the list are the ability to deliver excellent color matching and fast throughput. And given the shortage of experienced paint technicians, it would be a plus if the system is easy to learn and apply. The ENVIROBASE®

By PPG Industries

Other Posts

Consolidation – the way forward?

Now, more than ever before, body shops are reinforcing their services with additional offerings to remain profitable. Steve Leal provides his insights into the trend.

By ProColor Collision
The Path to Increasing Throughput and Reducing Cycle Times Is Not A One Size Fits All Process.

Cycle time is one of the many metrics collision repair shops use to gauge their operational efficiency. Whatever can be done to shorten the time it takes to repair and return a vehicle to the consumer not only helps to achieve high customer satisfaction rates, but also maximizes throughput potential.  There are a few paths

By U-POL
Forward-Facing Innovation: Inside AUGGIE by AirPro Diagnostics

By Joel Gausten “HELP!!” This four-letter combination ranks among the most taboo words in the industry, although there’s no shame in needing assistance in this ever-evolving field. With everything from supply chain issues to simply paying utilities weighing on the minds of anyone who turns the key to a shop’s door each morning, being a

By AirPro Diagnostics
Finding Success in Succession

Succession planning is one of the most overlooked aspects of a business strategy. Steve Leal argues its significance for the aftermarket industry, where most body shops are family owned.  You’ve worked hard for many years to build a flourishing business, earned the goodwill of your customers and are now wondering what happens to your legacy

By ProColor Collision