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helps technicians determine their gun-to-part distance, maintain control, and consistently apply the appropriate spray pattern overlap. Once technicians have gone
through classroom and virtual training, they take what they have learned and practice spraying actual coatings in the booth to work on technique. Here, technicians are not only able to use actual coatings and parts, but they also are able to learn the proper setup of equipment. Simply comparing pre- and
Tom Giblin, one of STAR4D’s instruc- tors, uses hands-on demonstrations in the classroom.
thickness can be viewed and analyzed immediately without waiting for coatings to cure,”
says Jeremiah Treloar, STAR4D instructor. The VirtualPaint was
developed by the IWRC, as was another technology called the LaserPaint. LaserPaint is a small spray gun attachment which
post-test data, STAR4D instructors have seen countless instances of improvements by students over the years. “Every painter who comes through our training tells us they learned something whether it be from the spray technique training to VirtualPaint practice. What really matters, though, is taking what they
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