In this video, Krys Geltz at Butler Community College demonstrates how to airbrush realistic style ghost flames. Krys layering the flames with a translucent white. This is white mixed with clear base to produce the desired opacity to create the ghost effect. Each layer of flames offset each other, which gives it the realistic effect. […]
Technical Education Budget Cuts
The past few years have been a challenge for technical education programs due to educational budget cuts, but more challenges are heading our way. When money is tight, schools start looking at the programs that cost more to operate. It’s no secret that a technical program, such as collision repair is going to cost more […]
Interested in Becoming a Collision Repair Technician?
by Kelvin Otis When you think of collision and refinishing, the work involved in repairing and restoring damaged vehicles and body parts should be one of the first things that comes to mind. Typical collision repairs include cars, trucks, buses, trailers and campers. Collision/refinishing technicians are also required to weld various types of sheet metal and […]
Dent Repair – How To Use The New Magna-Spot Stud Welder Gun
ABRN and Butler Community College partnered together to provide this ABRN HOW2 training video. In this video we are going to demonstrate how to perform dent repair by useing the new Magna-Spot stud welder gun made by Motor Guard. The new gun is used with the same technique; however, it has a few new […]
So What Is The Big Deal About WaterBorne?
So what is the big deal about waterborne paint? This was the question that I asked myself when water borne paint first started being discussed. There have been a lot of changes in the way people perceive waterborne, but the reason for the switch remains the same, which is VOC (volatile organic compound.) Most base […]