Top 5 Blog Posts of 2023
As we look forward to what 2024 has in store, we pause to look back on 2023. In case you missed them, here are our top five blog posts of 2023.
With exceptional lighting, intuitive controls, premium contamination control and effective overspray capture, high-performance Ultra Paint Booths from Global Finishing Solutions® allow for flawless paint finishes and increased productivity.
Pre-engineered Ultra Paint Booth models and standard options are fully ETL and ETL-C listed, ensuring that the entire booth complies with applicable safety codes and meets performance requirements. ETL listing facilitates successful inspections and demonstrates that Ultra Booths have completed independent, third-party review.
The Ultra XS spray booth delivers the quality and performance you’ve come to expect from GFS’ Ultra Paint Booths in a durable, single-skin design. Available with downdraft or semi-downdraft airflow, several heater and control options, and multiple size configurations, Ultra XS provides flexibility and efficiency to suit any body shop.
The Ultra XD spray booth leads the industry in versatility and performance. With a choice of high-efficiency heat systems, intuitive control panels, and downdraft or semi-downdraft airflow — along with superior lighting and contamination control — the Ultra XD will exceed your expectations.
GFS’ top-of-the-line automotive spray booth, the Ultra XP1 exceeds the automotive industry’s standards for a premium paint booth. Incorporated into this booth is virtually every feature that sets GFS booths apart from the rest.
The Ultra XR Paint Booth is a premium downdraft spray booth that is integrated seamlessly with the REVO Speed — creating a top-of-the-line spraying and curing environment.
With a 12-foot-high ceiling designed for painting Sprinter vans, commercial vehicles and full-size pickup trucks, Ultra XL brings the performance you expect from the Ultra Paint Booth line to an extended range of vehicle sizes and heights.
Designed for high-volume body shops and collision repair centers, Side-Load Finishing Systems from Global Finishing Solutions (GFS) improve productivity and maximize shop space. Vehicles move quickly and easily between work bays on an integrated track and dolly system.
Versatile, end-to-end finishing environments, Ultra Closed-Top Open-Front (CTOF) Booths from GFS allow for vehicles to be filled, primed, sealed, painted and cured in one location. Pre-engineered Ultra CTOF Booth models and standard options are fully ETL and ETL-C listed, ensuring that the entire booth complies with applicable safety codes and meets performance requirements. ETL listing facilitates successful inspections and demonstrates that Ultra CTOF Booths have completed independent, third-party review.
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Exclusive to GFS, the Controlled Airflow Ceiling’s patented design maximizes the effectiveness of downdraft Ultra Paint Booths and increases the booth’s overall spray zone with a full-width ceiling plenum. The main airflow zone in the Controlled Airflow Ceiling creates a protective envelope of air around the vehicle, while secondary airflow zones protect booth walls from overspray and keep contaminants out of paint jobs. Between these zones is a row of color-corrected, angled ceiling light fixtures, located directly above the vehicle for optimal illumination.
Generally accepted as the best airflow style, downdraft booths do an excellent job of controlling overspray and contamination. Air enters downdraft Ultra Paint Booths through GFS’ patented Controlled Airflow Ceiling, a full-width filtered ceiling plenum. From there, air flows vertically over the vehicle and into the filtered exhaust pit in the floor.
The semi-downdraft booth is a hybrid, combining features of both crossdraft and downdraft booths. Air is introduced into semi-downdraft Ultra Booths through the High-Performance Airflow Ceiling in the first 25-30 percent of the booth. It’s then pulled through the working chamber, over the vehicle and into the filtered exhaust chamber at the booth rear.
As we look forward to what 2024 has in store, we pause to look back on 2023. In case you missed them, here are our top five blog posts of 2023.
For more than a century, Michael Cuene’s family has bought, sold and repaired cars. In the latest expansion of his flagship dealership, all signs pointed to GFS being the best fit for Broadway Automotive Collision Center. And in 2022, a massive rebuild — featuring four paint booths, a dual-bay prep station and two paint mix rooms from GFS, as well as 42 service bays and a drive-thru estimating station — has Cuene feeling good about the future of his business.
With more than 100 vehicles awaiting repair at any time and a shop expansion in the works, Cranston Collision needed equipment that would increase production and deliver the high-quality finishes their customers have come to expect. A pair of Ultra XR Paint Booths from GFS and local distributor Collision Center Design has given Dennis Gamba the tools to help Cranston Collision discover their full potential.
