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Auto Refinish Project Best Practices Kit

Auto Refinish Project Best Practices Kit Table of Contents (PDF) (4 pp, 180K)

• Project Information
• Sanding
• Solvent Wipe Down
• Paint Mixing
• Spray Painting
• Spray Gun Cleaning
• Health and Safety Management
• Working with Isocyanates

Project Information

• Caring for the Environment in the Collision Repair Industry (PDF) (2 pp, 1.6MB, About PDF) , by Chet Elia, Director, Collision Division, AASP-PA, Pennsylvania Automotive & Insider News, February 2001
  
  
• The U.S. EPA's Design for the Environment (DfE) Automotive Refinishing Partnership Web site.

  This Web site provides information on DfE's automotive refinishing project. EPA publications regarding the automotive refinishing project including factsheets and technical documents are available on the Web site. Information on best practices, health and safety, ventilation, and personal protective equipment for auto refinishing shops are also available at this Web site.

• The Coordinating Committee for Auto Repair (CCAR) - Greenlink Virtual Shop Web site.

  This Web site is a joint product of DfE and CCAR. The Web site presents a virtual automotive refinishing shop. Helpful information about health and safety and best practices are provided for specific activities that take place in a automotive refinishing shop.

• The Small Business Environmental Homepage

  This Web site provides information on compliance assistance, funding assistance, and pollution prevention for small businesses. Contact information for small business assistance programs is provided for each state. Recent news and events related to small businesses and environmental issues are posted and publications, videos, and factsheets are made available on the Web site.

• State and Environmental Agencies and Small Business Assistance Programs

  This Web page provides links to state environmental agencies, pollution prevention and compliance assistance, and small business assistance Web sites for each state.

• Sources of more information on Auto Refinishing Best Practices (PDF) (7 pp, 205K, About PDF)

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Sanding

• Sanding Best Practices Checklist
  (EPA 744-F-03-006)
  Sanding Best Practices Checklist (PDF) (2 pp, 138K, About PDF)
• Vacuum Sanders: Reducing Dust and Hazardous Air Pollutants - Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 251K, About PDF)
• Vacuum Sander Manufacturers/Suppliers | (PDF) (1 pg, 120K, About PDF)
• NIOSH Hazard Controls: Control of Dust From Sanding in Autobody Repair Shop

Solvent Wipe Down

• Solvent Wipe Down Best Practices Checklist
  (EPA 744-F-03-007) | (PDF) (3 pp, 151K, About PDF)
• Prep Station Manufacturers/Suppliers | (PDF) (1 pg, 121K, About PDF)

Paint Mixing

• Paint Mixing Best Practices Checklist | (PDF) (5 pp, 182K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-03-008)
• Best Practices for the Paint Mixing Room (PDF) (5 pp, 182K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-00-003)
• Breathing Easy: Ensuring Proper Ventilation of Paint Mixing Rooms In Auto Refinish (PDF) (4 pp, 222K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-02-008)
• Prefabricated Paint Mixing Room Manufacturers/Suppliers | (PDF) (1 pp, 121K, About PDF)

Spray Painting

• Spray Painting Best Practices Checklist | (PDF) (3 pp, 154K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-03-009)
• Using Waterborne Basecoats in Collision Repair Shops: A Case Study (PDF) (4 pp, 284.3K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-08-003)
  May 2008
• HVLP Spray Guns Best Practices Checklist | (PDF) (2 pp, 137K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-03-012)
• STAR: Improve Your Spray Application Techniques
  (Iowa Waste Reduction Center, University of Northern Iowa)
• Example of Cost Savings Using an HVLP Spray Gun | (PDF) (2 pp, 167K, About PDF)
• Best Practices for Auto Refinishers When Spray Painting | (PDF) (1 pg, 291K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-00-002)
• Spray Booth Filters: The Key to Quality Jobs and Clean Emissions (PDF) (2 pp, 221K, About PDF) (EPA 744-F-08-001)
• User Friendly Supplied-Air Respirators: Options for Auto Refinishers | (PDF) (2 pp, 421K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-00-006)
• Supplied-Air Respirators in Auto Shops: Get the Best Protection| (PDF) (2 pp, 984K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-00-007)
• HVLP Spray Guns: Cost-effective, environment-friendly technology | (PDF) (1 pg, 37K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-00-004)
  
• HVLP Spray Guns in the Auto Refinishing Shop: A Success Story | (PDF) (4 pp, 100K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-00-014)
• Choosing the Right Gloves for Painting Cars | (PDF) (2 pp, 92K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-00-005)
• Spray Booth Manufacturers/Suppliers | (PDF) (1 pg, 18K, About PDF)

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Spray Gun Cleaning

• Spray Gun Cleaning Best Practices Checklist | (PDF) (3 pp, 155K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-03-010)
• Automatic Gun Cleaner Manufacturers/Suppliers | (PDF) (1 pg, 121K, About PDF)

Health and Safety Management

• A Self-Evaluation Checklist of Best Practices for Auto Refinish Shops and Schools (PDF) (18 pp, 374K, About PDF)
  EPA 744-F-07-006
  The self-evaluation checklist is a tool to help you evaluate current practices and technologies in your facility and identify areas where you should make improvements to protect your workers (or students) and surrounding communities from isocyanates, organic solvents, hexavlent chromium, lead, and other hazardous air pollutants generated during refinishing activities. The checklist covers five key operations: surface preparation, paint mixing, spray painting, spray gun cleaning, and health and safety management.
• Health and Safety Management Best Practices Checklist | (PDF) (2 pp, 139K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-03-011)
• Other Auto Refinishing Shop Management Practices | (PDF) (1 pg, 96K, About PDF)
• Managing Worker Health and Safety: An Auto Refinish Shop Success Story (PDF) (4 pp, 1.6MB, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-00-017)
• Respiratory Protection Program for Auto Refinish Shops (PDF) (42 pp, 350K, About PDF)
  (EPA 744-F-02-010)
• Information on Auto Refinishing Training Programs and Workshops | (PDF) (1 pg, 95K, About PDF)
• Protective Glove Manufacturers/Suppliers | (PDF) (1 pg, 22K, About PDF)
• Respirator Manufacturers/Suppliers | (PDF) (2 pp, 135K, About PDF)

Working with Isocyanates

• Video: Working Safely with Polyurethane Paints (Bayer Industrial Chemicals Division, 1996)
  Available through the Bayer Company's Customer Center for Automotive Coating Adhesives and Sealants .
  Bayer Company's phone # (412)777-2000
• Safe Application of Polyurethane Automotive Finishes (Bayer Industrial Chemicals Division, November 1998)
  Bayer Company's phone # (412)777-2000
• Isocyanates: Questions and Answers About Use and Handling (Bayer Corporation, Product Safety and Regulatory Affairs Department, January 1999)
  Bayer Company's phone # (412)777-2000
• Desmodur® N: Hexamethylene Diisocyanate Based Polyisocyanates (Bayer Corporation, January 1999)
  Bayer Company's phone # (412)777-2000
• Request for Assistance in Preventing Asthma and Death from Diisocyanate Exposure (CDC NIOSH Alert, March 1996)

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