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I have been doing bodywork since highschool, 2 years of coop and was hired before I graduated (96). I went to a tech school so they had a bodyshop and spray booth.
I did my aprenticeship at a GM dealer, 1 year at chrysler, 6 years at an independant shop and now just over 5 years at a city owned shop doing fleet repair. I specialized in heavy collision repair before my current job. I now do minor bodywork, aluminum repairs on boats, trailers and equipment vans. I also do fabrication and welding. I have pulled one car in the time I have been there and one ATV. I use the frame rack as a welding table.The paint side use to be dupont with the chroma premier mixing system. The low voc rules screwed things up a bit. They made the switch to transtar no mix base. They needed upgrades to go waterborn so that switch did not happen.
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Welcome to the forum :cheers
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Glad to have ya. :rock
Thanks
I cut my intro a bit short.
I work in East York, Ontario. Basically Toronto.
They are trying to get me to start painting after 1 of the 2 painters retired at the start of the year.
I painted as an apprentice with the RM diamont system. Last time I painted anything was almost 6 years ago.Maybe I’ll get in the booth this week.
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:cheer: 😛 Hello guys i’m a new member and new in this country, i’m living in Toronto, i came from Italy and please i need help for where i can buy and give me a help for choose a material, i hope you can help me and have new friends with my same passions.
Thanks.Hey mate, if your using diamont jimmo is a guy with talent which will help you every need, ha ha and if not Ill try as I use rm diamont aswel. Good luck mate
[quote=”rikka23″ post=27747]Hey mate, if your using diamont jimmo is a guy with talent [/quote]
I don’t know about that but thanks.lol
but yes I am quite familiar with Diamont, I’m also in the Toronto area. Co-Auto is a great supplier for BASF but you would likely be using a waterborne system here and I don’t know that I’d want to endorse Onyx unless your spray environment is nothing short of perfection.. I hear good things about Paint Circuit for Dupont, I’ve met the owner also and seemed pretty accommodating (but they always are when they wanna sell ya a paint system) :whistle: .
😛 Ok rikka23 thanks now i try to check one store in Toronto, who sell this material, if same body know please let me know, thanks everybody.
:woohoo: Thanks rikka23 i finde Napa but i don’t know how much they recharge me for a quart of the paint bright silver metalliz for my Dodge gran caravan, thanks.
:cheer: rikka23 you know where i can find a store for buy cheep base coat and clear coat, and all the staff for mix, but one close to young and finch,thanks rikka23
Hi guys, My name is faz and been doing body work and paint most of my life. currently running a bodyshop in dagenham, London.
I love this site because you never stop learning. :cheer:cheers
fazhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qB2GJpeHLw&feature=plcp
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