Collision Repair

You need to quickly and cost-effectively return damaged vehicles to showroom quality and durability. The costs of your supplies and labor to do this are significant.

Shop overhaul
Recycle solvents, reduce cleanup and paint waste and get the job done. To run a competitive shop, you need to minimize labor and disposal costs and wasted materials.

Collision Repair: Reducing Waste and Costs Cutting the amount of waste generated at your collision repair facility can help you comply with regulations and save money. This fact sheet highlights changes in materials and practices that can help reduce waste at your facility.

Painting
Efficient painting requires skill, and it's worth keeping in mind that skills can be honed and improved. Even small habit changes or modifying technique can make a big difference in the amount of waste produced. Invest in your employees for the long haul with routine, effective training.

Gun Wash Unit Cost Calculator The Iowa Waste Reduction Center has developed this calculator to help collision repair shops calculate savings and payback of using gun washers.

HVLP Cost Calculator The Iowa Waste Reduction Center has developed this calculator to help collision repair shops project the advantages of high volume/low pressure (HVLP) spray guns coupled with a targeting device and specialized training, over conventional spray guns.

LaserPaint LaserPaint is an attachment for manual spray paint guns of any make or model. It uses two laser beams that come together into a single dot when the spray gun is at the optimum distance.

Solvent Distillation Cost Calculator The Iowa Waste Reduction Center has developed this calculator to help collision repair shops calculate the savings and payback of using a solvent still.

Spray Painting and Coating Waste Reduction Alternatives This MnTAP fact sheet goes in depth on many waste reduction opportunities for painting and coating process, from product design through manufacturing, coating and cleaning.

Spray Technique Analysis and Research for Defense (STAR4D) Training This Iowa Waste Reduction Center training helps the military refinishing industry use less material and improve finish quality. While this program is currently just for military painters, most of the information is valuable to any spray painters wanting to improve their spray technique and efficiency.

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Design for the Environment The U.S EPA Design for the Environment (DfE) Program is working with the automotive repair industry and individual shops to increase awareness of the health and environmental concerns associated with refinishing activities and to identify and encourage the use of safer, cleaner, more efficient practices and technologies.