Dry Waterborne Fast
The AdvanceCure Accelerated Airflow System is ultimate solution for body shops looking to retrofit their paint booths for enhanced waterborne drying performance. It yields the fastest drying times with waterborne paints and provides complete vehicle airflow coverage for consistent drying over the entire vehicle. It’s also fast and easy to install into virtually any model
Fast-Flash Clearcoat
Transtar Autobody Technologies Signature Series Production Clearcoat is available with three speeds of activators (slow, medium and fast), which are also compatible with other Signature Series clearcoat releases. Production Clearcoat flashes in 15 minutes, sands and buffs in two to three hours, has excellent flow and non-sag properties, has a durable finish and easily duplicates
Premium Finishing Kit
The new Premium Paint Finishing Pro Kit (Part No. 2019) does not cover up scratches and swirls but re-moves them, creating a long-lasting “show car shine”. All products are water soluble and safe. The kit contains: Triple Cut Compound, Triple Glaze, Triple Gloss, Triple Mist, three compound bottles, three microfiber towels and an Evercoat buffing
Durable PDR Tools
Dent Magic Tools has a vast selection of paintless dent removal tools, PDR lights, glue pullers and accessories all available online. Select from individual tools, specialized tool sets and a host of accessories. All Dent Magic Tools are designed by a longtime PDR professional and made in the U.S. Tools also come with a lifetime
FinishMaster Exceeds $1 Million in Online Orders in May
Indianapolis-based FinishMaster, a national distributor of automotive paints, coatings and paint-related accessories, exceeded $1 million in orders in May through its online ordering Web site www.pbeconnection.com, the company announced. The shopping site allows customers to place orders 24 hours a day from a customized product portfolio. “E-commerce is one of many services that convinced us
Iowa DOI Finds No Insurer Wrongdoing After Investigation
An investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division (IID) of insurance companies that were allegedly telling consumers that they would have to pay the difference for repairs at shops that didn’t charge the prevailing rate has found no wrongdoing by those insurers. “The complaint records were checked for any consumer complaints that dealt with [this] concern,”
Last Chance to Get Early-Bird Pricing for BSB Waterborne Conference!
Did you know that the Ozone Transport Commission (OTC) in the northeastern United States has looked at implementing the same waterborne (low-VOC) basecoat mandates for member states that California has? (Click HERE to read story). That should be evidence enough that waterborne is coming to your region soon! There should be no delay, then, in
WaterMasters to Exhibit at 2009 BodyShop Business Waterborne Conference
Indianapolis-based FinishMaster, a leading national distributor of automotive paints, coatings and paint-related accessories, has announced that its waterborne division, WaterMasters, will be exhibiting at the 2009 BodyShop Business Waterborne Conference to be held Aug. 13-14 at Sawmill Creek Resort in Huron, Ohio. WaterMasters is participating in this first-ever conference to help educate body shop owners
Don’t Wait for Waterborne
I recently asked a shop owner if he had switched over to waterborne or low-VOC basecoats yet, and his response took me by surprise. “Tailpipe’s this big,” he said, making a circle with his thumb and index finger. “A spray gun nozzle is this big,” he then said, making a much smaller circle. “EPA’s always
Outlaw Customs’ PPG-Finished Vigilante Wins Big Rig Build-Off
“Vigilante” – Outlaw Customs’ entry at the Overdrive annual Pride & Polish Truck Beauty Contest and Big Rig Build-Off held at the Mid-America Trucking Show (MATS) in Louisville, Ky., March 19-21 – took this year’s “People’s Choice” award. The PPG-finished truck, a 2002 Peterbilt 379, featured a black-and-silver matte paint scheme. “We worked on this