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How Auto Body Shop Jobbers Can Stay Profitable and Competitive in a Changing Industry

How can jobbers remain competitive and still make money in the industry? The key to success is twofold: finding the most innovative, high-quality products, and offering those products at the most profitable margins.

Determining the Value of a Quality PPS Spray Cup

If you work in the automotive industry you need quality spray cups to achieve the best paint and collision repairs. But with all the options available, how do you determine value when choosing spray paint cups?

The Greatest Factor Influencing Paint Suit Wear

It is widely understood that painters in the automotive industry should always wear a spray suit to protect themselves and the quality of their work; however, even with the awareness of the risks to personal health and finish work, the factor that affects wearing a spray paint suit the most is comfortability.

How Using The Right Spray Cups Will Save You Money

You need to be using a quality spray cup system. First and foremost, the paint cup to the spray gun has to have a secure connection and does not leak or spill. Anti-spill paint cups not only conserve paint, but they help to maintain mess. You need a cup that will not strip or break upon attachment and reattachment.

Antistatic Paint Suits are Critically Important to Producing Clean Paint Jobs

Most styles of protective paint suits are made from synthetic materials that have the tendency to create a static charge created by the movement and friction occurring during painting. This static charge attracts unwanted contaminants like dust onto the suit and into the paint booth. Bringing these particles into the booth could result in a “dirty” or less than a perfect paint job.

Features of the Best Automotive Paint Suit

Professional autobody spray painters know there are plenty of reasons why you should always wear a paint suit. But with all of the automotive paint suits or automotive lab coats out there, you may have some difficulty determining the spray paint suits that are right for you or your team.

Why You Should Always Wear A Spray Paint Suit

Professional painters are exposed daily to chemicals and fumes that can be harmful and toxic while on the job. Not taking the proper safety precautions to protect oneself from this exposure can cause health issues such as skin irritation and other serious medical problems. To help reduce and even eliminate the risks of fumes and toxins from paint, professional painters should always wear a paint suit. Also referred to as a spray suit, these personal safety garments protect the painter vastly more than just normal clothes will.

Deciding Between a Full Paint Suit or a Painters Lab Coat

If you are a professional spray painter working in an auto body repair shop or spraying other types of paint surfaces, there are many reasons why you should always wear a paint suit. But you may have some trouble deciding between the two different styles of spray paint suits: a Full Body Paint Suit or a Painters Lab Coat.

Choosing the Right Sanding Disc

The important paint prep of auto body repair is accomplished by using abrasives. Abrasives are made of minerals such as Aluminum Oxide to cut, grind, and smooth other surfaces through friction. The abrasive materials wear away unwanted softer materials such as old coats of paint and smooth the surface welcoming new paint. Abrasives are also used to finish a surface through polishing.

What to Know About Automotive Spray Cup Systems

One of the most needed consumable automotive body shop supplies for spray paint repairs is automotive spray cups. Since you’re most likely using multiple disposable cups it’s important to be aware of how using the right spray cups will save you money. But how do you choose the most cost-effective and high-quality full spray cup system?

An Unsung Tool of Painters, Masking Tape

Experienced painters know you want to get the job done right the first time, and achieving the best results from your painting job has so much to do with your preparation. Getting sharp paint lines comes down to the prep work, and the tool for that work is a quality auto painting masking tape.

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