In this video, David and Ryan, collision repair students demonstrate how to perform a butt weld. This weld type is used when the weld area will be visible, such as sectioning a quarter panel. The welded area is ground smooth then fiberglass filler is applied to seal the weld. The sectioned area is finished with […]
New Contest Starts Soon
Collision Blast starts a new contest tomorrow. We will reveal what it is tomorrow and believe me, you’re going to want one. Then in a few days, we’ll tell you how to enter the contest. Just check back often to discover what we have up our sleeve. There is more cool things going on out […]
Stripping Paint Down To The Metal
In this article I am going to post a few videos demonstrating the different ways to strip a car to metal. I am often asked if it is necessary to strip the paint finish to metal when performing a complete paint job. Or, they feel stripping the paint to the metal will produce a higher […]
Update On The Burn Victim
I recently wrote a blog “Pay It Forward,” which was about a collision repair program that is going out of their way to help another student that was severely burned trying to save his family from a fire. The students and instructor of auto body program decided to repair and restore the Mustang for the 15 […]
Collision Blast 3M Accuspray Contest Winner – Andrew Cline
Congratulations To Andrew Cline from Corning Community College in Corning, New York. Andrew is the winner of a 3M Accuspray primer gun. He entered the Collision Blast contest, which was offered to all collision repair students or instructors. To win, the collision repair instructor or student was directed to write about how they became interested […]