Great tips for professional painting!
Video 14: Colour matching - 100% digital
We have an easier and more reliable way to find the right colour other than using colour charts. Colour specialist Inne Goossens guides Tony through a simple and effective digital colour selection using the ColorDialog Phoenix spectrometer and Phoenix software. The biggest problem for all painters is abandoning the traditional colour card-based shade selection. Getting up to speed with a digital system is a big challenge, but if you give it a chance, you'll realise that there are actually more possibilities using modern equipment. With Permahyd Hi-Tec 480 water-based paint, not only will you have the quickest painting process, but you'll also get the best matching colour.
Video 13: How to avoid pinholes (craters) in your paintwork?
Small holes and craters in the finished surface are unpleasant defects, especially if you don't know what caused them and how to avoid them in the future. They usually occur in non-metallic basecoats especially reds and whites and are caused by a coat of paint that is too thick. In this video, you'll see what steps you can take to prevent these blemishes from occurring, and we'll show you an innovative new product to help you create a flawless result.
Video 12: Special Finish-Tinted clearcoats
Axalta's Global Car Colour Popularity Report shows that bright and deep reds with strong pigmentation and special blues are becoming increasingly popular. These intense and vibrant shades and hues are creating new trends in the European car fleet. Spies Hecker has developed a system of correction colours to achieve the right tone and intense deep effect. To create shimmering bright hues, tinted clearcoat is used here. If you would like to know more about this and to see how these colours are used, watch this video.
Video 11: Permasolid Race clearcoat 8700
The new technology we use to paint with 8700 Race lacquer allows significant energy savings and speeds up the drying process. Smooth transition and spot repairs are a little different to the traditional spreading process.
This video provides step-by-step instructions on how to achieve the best result with 1070 Race blending solvent and how to remove minor defects by polishing to ensure maximum speed of the process.
Video 10: Permasolid Speed-TEC Clear coat 8810
If you want to achieve maximum painting speed, then go for our new Speed TEC technology, in combination with 8810 lacquer. The new 8810 lacquer is part of our complete Speed TEC painting system, which significantly reduces the overall painting process time and energy consumption, especially when drying at low temperatures of +40°C and even +20°C.
Thanks to Axalta's new technology, the clear coats good filling capacity and vertical stability are guaranteed, as well as the flexibility of the painting process.
Video 9: Clear coat application using 1.5 layer method
Most Spies Hecker lacquers can be applied using 1.5 coats. We would like to share our tips to achieve the best painting result.
Video 8: Permahyd® Hi-TEC 480 water-based paint: Mazda 46G Machine Gray
Mazda 46G Machine Grey is growing in popularity, challenging many paint shops to carry out a high quality touch-up painting.
In this video, we will explain the key points to help you achieve a quality finish.
Video 7: Correcting colour deffects on a dried base coat
From time to time, we can detect unexpected colour effects on the surface of an already dry Hi-Tec basecoat, be it a trace of scattering or dust and dirt on the paint surface. This is the kind of problem painters encounter most often.
Follow our recommendations for a quick fix.
Video 6: Colour blending
We know that when using Permahyd Hi-Tec waterborne paints, the use of a blending agent is only necessary in certain cases when carrying out colour repairs.
In this short video we will show you when it makes sense to use a blending agent and when it does not.
Video 5: Ultra-fast painting process
When we see it, we believe it! In this video we show you a typical painting process from start to finish. We'll show you how the new Speed Tec range brings out the ultimate efficiency and productivity in the painting process, using as little energy as possible without compromising on quality and appearance - thanks to Axalta's latest technology.
The Speed Tec range offers a new dimension for today's paint shops. If you are really interested in this system and want to see it in action, take 10 minutes, have a cup of coffee and see what we can offer you!
Video 4: Painting 3-coat paints
Three-coat pearlescent colours are becoming increasingly common and require special attention in the repair process. If you want to achieve a high quality result first time, follow our recommendations and advice - on preparing colour charts, choosing the right base colour and blending and painting techniques.
Video 3: Blending process
Holograms and visible transitions are the most common problems with coarse metallic paint blending. Hi-Tec water-based paints have a reliable and sustainable process to avoid this, helping you achieve a consistently good result. Follow our tips in this video.
Video 2: Check colour uniformity (cloudiness)
Painting the bonnet with Hi-Tec Performance 480 water-based paint is easy if you follow our technical manual. If, however, you want to repair some difficult paint that has already been unevenly (cloudily) painted, you need to know the best way to do it.
