Hot Topic: What’s the best body filler hardener mixing ratio in a high-heat environment? Summertime heat is a body filler nightmare, and our latest Evercoat Optex video clip generated a hot-button question: What’s the best hardener mixing ratio in a high-heat environment? We asked Evercoat’s Tim Mckinney for advice. See his response below. “The topic […]
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What is CREF? CREF stands for Collision Repair Education Foundation and is a national nonprofit and tax-exempt student organization under the Internal Revenue Service Code, Section (501)(c)(3). CREF is also a division of I-CAR (The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair) and was created in 1991 to develop, promote, and distribute a curriculum program designed
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What is the PACER Program? Launched in 2002, the PACER (Police And Community Educating Racers) Program is a non-profit organization that works with Canada’s Police services and other community partners to raise awareness of illegal street racing, illegal modifications, and unsafe driving behavior. PACER has hosted numerous anti-street racing events and programs at the track,
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For generational body shop business owners who refuse to hire and train Millennials, it’s probably time to reconsider. Why It Matters The old era of collision center management is over and the Millennial takeover has begun. Millennials (born between 1980 and 1995) will comprise 75% of the global workforce by 2025†. About 80 million Millennials
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What are Dual-Mix Cartridges? Specific to SEM Products by name, Dual-Mix cartridges are a line of 2K (or two-component) products that have a wide variety of time and money-saving application uses. A 2K product may also be called a two-component or two-part product because there are two materials that need to be mixed together to
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Dominion Sure Seal has been a valued Autobody Source partner for 20+ years! Entrepreneur and automotive industry pioneer Ronald B. Morton (pictured above) founded Dominion Sure Seal Limited as an automotive plastic repair and bedliner product business in 1972. He expanded his respected brand globally in 1990 and today his 50-year legacy thrives through its
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Glazing putty is a finishing putty used for pinholes and other minor surface imperfections. Most modern glazing putties, or glazes, are two-part, polyester systems intended to be mixed with a hardener. Once mixed, the consistency should be flowable with a decent vertical hang (a.k.a. non-sagging formula). They can be called by a number of names
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