Passenger Cars. The huge diversity of car colors calls for innovative technologies and products for the repair. Learn about the latest repair technologies from full resprays to minor damage repairs – including new trends like matt finishes, numerous special effects, tinted clear coat and 3-stage finishes.
Efficient waterborne base coat technology: Permahyd® Hi-TEC 480
New trends: Repair systems for matt finishes
Special systems for tinted clear coats
Commercial Vehicles. Buses and coaches, vans, tippers and trucks – commercial vehicles come in all shapes and sizes. Depending on the vehicle, the paint finish has to withstand severe mechanical stressing, resist chemical aggression or be non-slip or elastic. Fleet vehicles have to stay on the road, for time laid up is costly for the operator – as a highly skilled painter, you will learn how to best apply the balanced systems for commercial vehicles and large surfaces.
Permafleet® product system special requirements
Broad range of primers, surfacers and clear coats
For different degrees of gloss and surface textures
Color management for fleet colors and commercial vehicles
Light Industry. In the painting of industrial objects, the requirements vary greatly. Different substrates have to be coated and special degrees of gloss and effects are sometimes requested.
Practical application of the flexible Permaflex® system is at the heart of this training.
Color. Absolutely essential for a good refinish is correctly identifying the color. Some 1,000 new colors come onto the market each year and special effect finishes are now also going into series production.
The future for refinishers will still call for craftsmanship but with assistance from new digital equipment and good color software for efficient color matching.
