CollisionCast: How Airflow Can Make or Break Paintwork in a Shop

In this CollisionCast episode, sponsored by Accudraft Paint Booths, Editor-in-Chief Jay Sicht sits down with Jeremy Winters, content and marketing at Accudraft, to talk about the importance of having the proper amount of airflow for each refinish coating.
May 27, 2025

In this CollisionCast episode, sponsored by Accudraft Paint Booths, Editor-in-Chief Jay Sicht sits down with Jeremy Winters, content and marketing at Accudraft, to talk about the importance of having the right amount of airflow for each refinish coating.

A paint booth is essentially a large air mover. The freer air can move in and out, the better off you'll be. But if a booth is imbalanced, the air can be turbulent and dirty, and that creates more work to sand out and polish dirt nibs.

The Accudraft Titan ramps up air speed to as much as 20,000 CFM on the flash cycle. Add a little heat, and this allows the painter to efficiently dehydrate waterborne basecoats without supplementary air movers. This means minimal downtime before applying the clearcoat, improving cycle times and booth utilization. And with its LIVE Control Panel, the painter can program it for different finish coatings to make short work of any coating and delivering clean, flawless results day after day.

Join us to see how your paint shop can be on the road to productivity. To learn more about the Accudraft Titan booth, click here!

About the Author

Jay Sicht

Editor-in-Chief, FenderBender and ABRN

Jay Sicht is editor-in-chief of FenderBender and ABRN. He has worked in the automotive aftermarket for more than 29 years, including in a number of sales and technical support roles in paint/parts distribution and service/repair. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Central Missouri with a minor in aviation, and as a writer and editor, he has covered all segments of the automotive aftermarket for more than 20 of those years, including formerly serving as editor-in-chief of Motor Age and Aftermarket Business World. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

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