SkillsUSA Student Travels to Calgary, Canada to Compete in International Car Painting Competition
SkillsUSA, the organization that represents the United States in the WorldSkills Competition, will send 16 students as part of the United States “WorldTeam” to compete in the 40th international event to be held Sept. 1-7, 2009. This year, Ben Janke of Marshall, Wis., and a graduate of Madison Area Technical College, will represent the United
CCAR Offers EPA Paint Rule Training
The Coordinating Committee For Automotive Repair (CCAR) has added a “Paint Rule” module for its S/P2 e-learning program. The new “Paint Rule” module is now available at no additional cost to users of the S/P2 Collision Repair training. Collision shop subscribers will find the module in the “Pollution Prevention” course. The purpose of the module
Spraybooth Fire Protection
The Amerex industrial dry chemical system carries the first UL-listing for a truly oversized vehicle paint spraybooth and ceiling-mounted nozzles up to 23’4” in height. Now you can protect large vehicle paint spray booths that are used for trucks and heavy equipment with a fully UL-listed system that has been specifically tested using live fires
Multistate Organization Considers Waterborne Paint Policy
The Ozone Transportation Committee (OTC) held its annual meeting last week to discuss upcoming initiatives for 2008-2009. During the meeting, OTC members referenced the new CARB Suggested Control Measure (SCM) for Automotive Coatings and made plans to consider the rule and its possible implementation in the OTC member states. The OTC is a multistate organization
EPA Summit to Host Paint Regulation Compliance Session
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold its 2008 Environmental Summit in Washington, D.C., later this month, and the EPA’s Environmental Assistance Network (EAN) will sponsor a special session May 21 to discuss environmental assistance opportunities and needs. The session will focus on the retail sector and paints and coating area sources. The U.S.
Ford Offers New Corrosion Protection Recommendations
From I-CAR Service information from Ford Motor Company states that corrosion protection needs to be restored whenever it is necessary to sand or grind through painted surfaces or E-coat, or when bare metal repairs are performed. Recently, Ford changed their corrosion protection product recommendations for undercoatings and panel backsides. New Corrosion Protection Products Until recently,
EPA Issues Final Spray Paint VOC Rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published final rules on March 24 that establish restrictions for the use of volatile organic compounds (VOC) in aerosol spray paints. Similar to the regulations in place in California, the new rules are reactivity based, whereby the VOCs are regulated by how likely the compounds are to form ground-level
Pricing Paint and Materials
The ‘dollars times hours’ formula no longer makes sense. But if insurers can get shops to continue to accept this old formula, why should they voluntarily change what they pay?
“I Can’t Make Money on Paint!” (a.k.a. Why Johnny Kicked the Dog.)
Too many shops post their entire jobber bill to materials – even though much
of it isn’t paint. Shops then sell these items as miscellaneous parts, with the sale going to parts and the cost to paint. To make matters worse, shops are working off adjuster estimates – which can easily cost them hundreds of dollars per RO.
Profiting from PDR: Paintless Dent Repair Is a Great Option and a Great Service to Your Customer
Paintless dent repair is a great profit opportunity for any body shop. In parts of the country where hailstorms are common, many of the insurance companies are advocating PDR. It’s a big moneysaver for them, and it speeds up repairs because the notorious “hail teams” blow in and out of town like the storms that
