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A friend of mine operates a large-ish bodyshop in Hartford, CT and recently relocated to a huge new location, so got to do a complete fresh shop design....new everything. My biggest surprise on visiting after they'd been in operation for a few months was the total lack of the customary bondo dust that permeates and infiltrates every nook and cranny of most bodyshops. How is this achieved? Every tech uses a Festtool workstation, just like the one pictured above, for aal their sanding, scuffing etc...anything that produces airborne dust. Anyone who knows/likes bodyshops will realize what a complete improvement this is for the quality of the repair, not to mention the health of all the employees. Another neat new product/process (to me, at least), is in the booths and prep decks where they have "sticky" carpet-like tiles on the floor. These are made by Pig-Mat and just need a vacuum (an upright Hoover!) each morning, obviating the need to hose down the booth with a film of water to control dust. Apparently these last for a couple of months.
More briefly: nice Festtool work station RS! John.
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