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Santana’s excels with higher standards for customers with higher expectations Continued from page 15 existing customers through e-mail, text, websites, Facebook, and other forms of social media.” New technology trends Santana sees in collision repair industry are high-strength steel, plus newer and lighter composite materials being used in the manufacturing of automobiles. “These technologies will Santana’s Auto Body Technician Alejandro Pedroza (kneeling) and Joe Becerra from Equip Automotive Systems use the shop’s Electron computerized resistance spot welder. It was purchased from Equip, which also provides training and maintenance. require advanced training on repairing and replacement procedures,” he said. Santana said everything has changed since he began his career 35 years ago at a mom-and-pop body shop at the age of 16, just after completing training through the Baldy View Regional Occupation Program (ROP). “I started from the ground up,” Santana said, “doing prep in the paint department, then as a painter and finally a body technician.” Five years prior to opening his own shop, Santana said he went to work for Mike’s Automotive, in Ontario, a small independent body shop just two doors down, owned by Mike Portolesi that specializes in high-end vehicles. “Portolesi tells everybody he taught me everything I know, and I really did learn a lot from him,” Santana said. “He’s from Australia and he taught me old-school fabricating and metal finishing techniques, how to master my paint, body, and frame skills, repair estimating, parts ordering, and co-managing the operation of his business.” Santana worked there until 1984, when he said it was time to open his own shop, so he bought a small building around the corner from Mike’s. “Since then we’ve expanded twice and have been in this building about eight years which Portolesi owns,” Santana said. “He’s my landlord now.” n Collision Repair Training Notes I-CAR Training Schedule For more information on registration and class times, call 800-422-7872 or visit www.i-car.com. Fix Auto-Tustin, Calif. • Dec. 10-Refinishing Equipment and VOC Regulations (Spanish) • Dec. 12-Wind Noise and Water Leaks • Dec. 17-Hazardous Materials, Personal Safety, and Refinish Safety (Spanish) Keystone Collision-Norwalk, Calif. • Dec. 10-Squeeze-Type Resistance Spot Welding (English/Spanish Bilingual) • Dec. 11-Cosmetic Straightening Steel • Dec. 13-Adhesive Bonding • Dec. 13-Cosmetic Straightening Steel (English/Spanish Bilingual) • Dec. 17-Steel Unitized Structures Carlos Castillo, an I-CAR-trained and BASF-certified refinish technician at Santana’s Auto Body, inspects a front fascia just painted with BASF Glasurit 90 waterborne paint in the shop’s cross draft spray booth. Caliber Collision- Westlake Village, Calif. • Dec. 6-Movable Glass • Dec. 13-Stationary Glass • Dec. 20-Best Practices for High-Strength Steel Repairs Valley Motor Center-Van Nuys, Calif. • Dec. 12-Surface Preparation and Masking • Dec. 19-Detailing Y & S Auto Body Shop-San Pedro, Calif. • Dec. 8-Automotive Foams (Spanish) • Dec. 15-Hazardous Materials, Personal Safety, and Refinish Safety City Body & Frame-Riverside, Calif. • Dec. 12-Wind Noise and Water Leaks • Dec. 13-Stationary Glass • Dec. 17-Exterior Panels Damage Analysis • Dec. 26-Surface Preparation and Masking LONG BEACH Timmons Subaru (562) 595-4601 (888) 489-5001 VAN NUYS Subaru Sherman Oaks (818) 674-7463 Fax (818) 670-7473 SAN DIEGO Kearny Mesa Subaru (800) 548-9124 Fax (858) 300-3331 SANTA CLARITA Galpin Subaru (661) 288-6934 Fax (661) 288-6933 Gustafson Brothers Automotive- Huntington Beach, Calif. • Dec. 12 or 18-Steel Unitized Structures Technologies and Repair • Dec. 19-Squeeze-Type Resistance Spot Welding • Jan. 17-Inspecting Repairs for Quality Control Holmes Body Shop-Pasadena, Calif. • Dec. 8-Overview of Cycle Time Improvements for the Collision Repair • Dec. 8-Hazardous Materials, Personal Safety, and Refinish Safety • Dec. 18-Hail, Theft, Vandalism Damage Analysis • Dec. 20-Inspecting Repairs for Quality Control Mission Viejo Auto Collision- Mission Viejo, Calif. • Dec. 13-Overview of Cycle Time Improvements for the Collision Repair Anaheim Hills Auto Body- Anaheim, Calif. • Dec. 18-Best Practices for High-Strength Steel Repairs BASF Automotive Refinish Training For more information, contact your local distributor or representative, call the national training center at 800-201-1605, or visit www.basfrefinish.com. Los Angeles Training Center- Buena Park, Calif. • Dec. 11-13-R-M ONYX Certification Program • Dec. 14-R-M ONYX Color Adjustments Techniques PPG Training For more information and registration, contact the local PPG or Nexa Autocolor Distributor or Territory Manager, Terresa Castañeda at 909-987-0924 or visit www.ppgrefinish.com. Los Angeles Business Development Center-Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. • Dec. 11-12-PPG Certification- Envirobase HP • Dec. 18-19-PPG Certification- Envirobase HP (Spanish) n Visit www.partsandpeople.com for additional training events Page 16 December 2012 Parts & People www.partsandpeople.com
NOW THE BEST IS EVEN BETTER DPLV 2.1 EPOXY PRIMER DPLV 2.1 Epoxy Primer offers the outstanding corrosion resistance and adhesion performance that PPG’s DP primers are known for, and improves on the technology so it lays down better and sands easier than ever. Plus, this workhorse primer offers an environmentally-progressive VOC rating of 2.1, making it the best solution well into the future. When used as a sealer, DPLV can be topcoated with a variety of PPG undercoats and topcoats, including PPG waterborne basecoats. OR SEALER RESISTANCE TOPCOAT INTERESTED? CONTACT YOUR PPG DISTRIBUTOR FOR MORE DETAILS. ©2012 PPG Industries All rights reserved. www.ppgrefinish.com Parts & People December 2012 Page C-1
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