Painting Plastic

A plastic bumper is in need of painting starting from the raw plastic. Multiple steps are required including cleaning, priming / adhesion promoter & paint.


A plastic bumper is in need of painting starting from the raw plastic. Multiple steps are required including cleaning, priming / adhesion promoter & paint.

An Oculus Rift / HTC vive application that is currently in development.

A Triumph TR6 restored and painted using Axalta Chromax Pro:

Working in the prep department of a collision repair shop can be a challenging and rewarding career, but it’s not uncommon for technicians to acquire their skills and knowledge through on-the-job experience rather than formal training. If you’re a prep technician looking to take your work to the next level, or if you’re just starting…

Tinting color is the last thing any painter wants to be doing and on days where your paint booth is already backlogged five cars, it can be hard to even find the time. With so many variables impacting the colors you need to match, it’s inevitable that sooner or later you will run into a…

Most painters have a story to tell about the time that they strayed from the procedure, and things didn’t go quite the way they’d planned. Life in a collision repair shop is fast-paced, and it can be easy to make the same mistakes over and over without taking the time to evaluate a failure that…

A paint technician that can keep up with demanding production needs will be one of the most valuable employees to any high production repair facility. To be successful in this type of environment, here are a few tips for maximizing the jobs that go through your paint booth: Use Dry Time Efficiently – The best…