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Axalta “Paint Outside the Can” competition winners announced

Paul Quinn, renowned airbrush and pinstriping artist and instructor in the custom paint industry, served as one of the celebrity judges Quinn is shown here holding Mike “Splash” Burton’s “Paradise Pipeline,” which swept the contest by winning in the categories of Fan Favorite and Celebrity Pick, as well as the Grand Prize.

By Jeff Sanford Glen Mills, Pennsylvania — October 20, 2015 — Axalta Coating Systems has announced its 2015 Paint Outside the Can contest winners. Professional painters from Canada and the US were invited to unleash their creativity using any Axalta-brand paint to decorate an unused, standard one-gallon paint can. A panel of six celebrity judges […]

Wedge Clamp’s Stat Gun reduces polishing time

Roger Turmel of Auto Quip uses the Stat Gun to blow off a bumper. Reducing static decreases polishing time.

By Mike Davey Toronto, Ontario — September 8, 2015 — It’s hot and humid, exactly the opposite of the kind of weather that produces static electricity. Nevertheless, when Roger Turmel of AutoQuip lets a thread go near a recently tacked bumper, there’s enough static to draw and hold the thread to the bumper’s surface. A […]

WorldSkills celebrates the power of skills at closing ceremony

The closing ceremonies of the 43rd WorldSkills competition in São Paulo, Brazil.

São Paulo, Brazil — August 19, 2015 — Following an intense and high spirited 43rd WorldSkills Competition, the Closing Ceremony of WorldSkills São Paulo 2015 brought to an end the largest competition in WorldSkills history and the first ever held in Latin America. Approximately 9,000 competitors, experts, delegates, sponsors, partners and supporters recognized the excellence […]

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