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Students Learn How To Repair and Paint A Corvette

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The students did an outstanding job on this corvette. After watching the video, you will hear how excited the auto body repair instructor is and how proud he is of the students that painted the car. I can relate with him, I still remember the first car that I painted in high school and how it felt to step back and see the end results. It still excites me to step back and see something I sprayed that turned out good. However, not all of mine turn out as I hoped and that can be very discouraging as well.

As the instructor in the video, I get excited when a student’s paint job turn out good too. After all of these years, I still get the rush from seeing the finished project.

Watch this video and you will hear the pride this instructor has for his students.

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Kudos to the collision repair students and instructor at Colonial High School in Orlando, Florida.  They made some SMC (sheet molded compound) repairs to the vette body, stripped the old paint finish and repainted the car complete.  You can see from the video they did an outstanding job.  The corvette looks absolutley great and they all deserve a thumbs up for their effort.

 

Mid-Week Collision Repair News Blast (2)

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In This Mid-Week News Blast
Back To School Giveaway Winners – How To Video Tutorials – Podcasts – Current Jobs – Mechanical – New Product Updates – Business Tips – Marketing Tips – Cool Video of The Week

Back To School Giveaway Winners

  • We have winners for the Collision Blast Back To School Giveaway.  First of all, I would like to thank Motor Guard, Chicago Pneumatic Tools, Sears and 3M for sponsoring the giveaway and providing the tools for the giveaway.  It’s great to know we have companies like this to help support technical education and the future technicians.  Click To Read Who The Winners Are.

Video Tutorials

How To Prep a Panel For Blending Video Tutorial
  • In this video tutorial, 3M demonstrates how to prepare a panel for blending.  This is the process of blending new paint into the existing color to produce a color match.   After blending the paint, the entire panel will need to be clear coated.  If the blend is close to an edge, blending and clearing into the adjacent panel may be necessary as well.  Click Here To Watch Video
Corrosion Protection and Texture Coatings Training Tutorial
  • In this video training tutorial, 3M demonstrates to prepare a surface for texture coatings, how to apply texture coatings, and how to apply corrosion protection.  Click Here To Watch Video
How To Repair Small Dents Using Glazing Putty
How A Car is E-Coated and Painted At a BMW Manufacture
  • The coating techniques are quite different at a car manufacture than the way we do it in a body shop.  The manufacture has robots and vats and other ways to apply corrosion protection and paint.  Here are a few videos how BMW coats their vehicles.  Click Here To Watch Videos

Podcasts

Current Auto Body Jobs

Mechanical

Tire Mounting Without A Machine
  • Tire mounting without a machine may be difficult, but it is not impossible.For those times when you need to mount tires on your wheels quickly and efficiently especially when you don’t have immediate access to an auto body shop. For those do-it-yourself mechanics who want to learn how to mount tires like a professional without a tire mounting machine. Review the basics on how you can do it manually by hand even though it may take a little longer. As a side note, it will be much more difficult if you have a low profile tire such as a performance racing tire.  READ MORE

New Product Update

Management Tips

Marketing Tips

Cool Video of The Week

Can Your Truck Do This?

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3M™ Ceramic Clearcoat Abrasive Disc

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Introducing a new disc that will help you cut through hard-to-cut surfaces faster than ever! The 3M™ Ceramic Clearcoat Discs were developed specifically with the paint prep technician in mind. Because these products are made with special diamond minerals, they cut through hard E-coat and ceramic clear coat surfaces faster, [Read more…] about 3M™ Ceramic Clearcoat Abrasive Disc

Top Things to Look for When Choosing Collision Repair

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In this video, Service King provides useful tips for choosing a auto body repair shop to properly repair a vehicle that has been involved in an accident.  By following this advice, you can have peace of mind knowing that your vehicle will be repaired back to its pre-accidental condition.

Virtual Auto Body and Paint Training Course

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TeachMeHow.info – Are you interested to learn how to paint and work on cars. Are you looking for online training. Training that will help you determine if this is a fit for you. Training that will teach you how to work on your own cars? Get started for free at [Read more…] about Virtual Auto Body and Paint Training Course