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How to Mask Off a Car for Painting for a Flawless Finish

Working in the auto repair or body shop industry, it’s highly likely that you’ll be asked many times to mask off a car body in preparation for painting. While this can be a long and arduous process, it’s also very important to get it right and ensure you’re fully protecting…

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How to Wet Sand a Car

Even the most careful car owners can’t escape the inevitability of finding little scratches and scuffs caused by bushes, trees, and sometimes even the weather. While finding these imperfections on your car’s surface can be disheartening, it doesn’t necessarily call for a complete car paint overhaul. Wet sanding can help…

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What Causes Orange Peel on Car Paint? And How to Avoid This Paint Defect

A car’s paintwork is a tell-tale sign of whether a vehicle owner has properly looked after the exterior. Paintwork can also affect the vehicle’s resale value and raise concerns about the car’s overall condition, which can say a lot about its durability and longevity. Well-maintained paintwork can make a car…

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7 Auto Repair KPIs for your Body Shop

Meeting deadlines, keeping customers satisfied, and checking that your processes are efficient – these are all things you should be keeping an eye on within your body shop. One of the best and easiest ways to do this is to select the auto repair KPIs most relevant to you and…

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What is ASE Certification?

If your automotive repair business is striving for excellence, you might be considering going down the route of ASE certification. When you’re aiming to run a successful automotive repair business, you want to be able to show off the skills and techniques of your talented technicians, and achieving this…

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The Importance of Diagnostic Scanning a Vehicle Ahead of Repair

Even if you’re in the habit of vehicle repair pre- and post-diagnostic scanning, you might not have realised just how important these steps are in the collision repair industry. When a car is involved in an accident, any body shop professional will know that it isn’t just the bodywork that…

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