Creativity Contest: FinishMaster announces Hood Master painting competition
Toronto, Ontario — FinishMaster announced yesterday that that company is holding its first-ever Hood Master Challenge, a contest that will allow painters to show off their painting skills and snag some stellar prizes along the way. Painters have until March 6 to register, and each will receive a free mini hood from FinishMaster, which they […]
Exhibition Off the Autobahn: Germany’s PaintExpo approaches
Toronto, Ontario — Karlsruhe, Germany will be the host of the 8th World’s Leading Trade Fair for Industrial Coating Technologies—otherwise known as the PaintExpo. From April 21-24, this exhibition will aim to train industry painters on how to improve quality, productivity, sustainability, as well as enhance efficiency. Painters will also learn to react flexibly to […]
International Excitement: The Body and Paint World Championship continues in China
Toronto, Ontario — The third leg of the Body & Paint World Championships kicks off this Tuesday at an Automechanika conference in Shanghai, China. Previous heats have been held in the U.K. and in South Africa. Held in the midlands city of Birmingham, the first stage of this contest took place at Automechanika Birmingham from […]
HIP, HIP, HUZZAH!
Three Cheers for the World Skills Competitors BY DARRYL SIMMONS If you’ve missed our digital coverage of the 2019 WorldSkills competition in Russia— prepare to be blown away. The event was an amazing demonstration of auto repair and refinishing techniques. Beyond the excitement, the event received an immense amount of coverage in the popular press. […]
BODYWORK BEYOND BORDERS
CATCHING UP WITH THE CANADIAN REPAIRERS IN KAZAN, RUSSIA BY ALLISON ROGERS With more than 150,000 spectators, 1,700 competitors and 63 represented countries, this year’s ‘Olympics of the Trades’ certainly did not fall short of excitement. Students across the globe fought hard to strike gold in the semi-annual WorldSkills competition. Seven Canadian competitors took to […]
CHROMATIC SHIFT
BASF PRESENTS 2019-2020’S AUTOMOTIVE COLOUR TRENDS BY ALLISON ROGERS BASF’s Colour Design team has presented its new colours and colour concepts for the automotive industry. The ninth edition of the global Automotive Color Trends is characterized by the commitment to actively shaping the future and shows what colours will meet the zeitgeist of tomorrow. While […]
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
THE ROLE OF AN INSTRUCTOR BY BEN HART Students across the country attend post-secondary technical training through a pre-employment (direct entry) course or an apprenticeship program. I instruct autobody tech apprentices as they come for their four periods (blocks/levels) of training. My classes run Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., but I […]
ALL THE FIXINGS
THE DOORS TO FIX AUTO’S NEW TRAINING FACILITY HAVE OPENED Just hours after announcing Fix Auto Network had become Canada’s largest repair network, the company officially opened its multi-faceted training facility. Fix Auto president Steve Leal officially opened Fix University on September 30 in Milton, Ontario. The cutting-edge facility will specialize in training network personnel […]
PRIME TIME
NEVER WONDER WHICH PRIMER YOU SHOULD USE AGAIN BY JUSTIN JIMMO Primers are an unavoidable aspect of working in the collision repair industry, so it’s vital to know how to use them well. The most basic function of a primer is to protect and ensure proper bond to the surface you will be applying paint […]
THE BIG, BAD WORLD OF CAREERS
For most, school is a daily ritual in the early years of our lives. Six hours in a classroom, five days a week, absorbing every little bit of information like a sponge—or, at least, that’s the idea. The average person lives that routine year after year and, for those who pursue further education, the number […]
