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Well it's that time of the year again, so as always there will be a £200 reduction on two courses, Dec 11' and Jan 12'. First come first served basis. The £200 saving will be the main chunk of your accommodation charge, so be quick!! |
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| Our 11 day course is now in its 5th year and in that time, we have taught many students from all lifestyles and from all parts of the world. If you want to learn to paint, there is no better course to suit your needs. |
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| Our course is primarily designed for beginners, but we have also taught experienced painters who want to learn custom work. It is easy to look at other courses on offer around the UK and be drawn in by unrealistic marketing techniques, or by the fantastic painting skills of the teacher. However, there is so much to learn with this type of work, our course will teach you everything you need to know and the importance of every skill.
We pride ourselves in offering a totally unique custom painting course and learning experience. Instead of concentrating on certain techniques, our course is designed to teach you everything, from a small stone chip to full-on artwork.
There are many courses available offering to teach you motorcycle or car paint, but these tend to focus on air brushing. In our experience, people are not made aware that air brushing is only a small part of the process. The importance of repairs and preparation is usually overlooked. The reality is that not everything is going to come to you ready to rock and roll for air brushing. Are you willing to offer a guarantee on someone else's prep work? Even on a panel that is ready prepped, you still have to paint it, go through the lacquering process, sand it, mix paint, set up guns, understand about pressures, rectify different mistakes, use various masking techniques, flatten and polish, and save time and money!
The list of the skills and understanding you really need, and are not told about, just goes on and on.
All our training is geared towards showing you from the very worst to the very best, that's why it is important for you to understand how to be self reliant and achieve the very best results, no matter what you are faced with and where you have to work. |
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Course Content |
| Please be aware the following stages are simply "main headings", "a guide". There is much more to learn in-between. |
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Stage 1: Prep and Repairs |
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- Plastic welding
- Tank repairs
- Fiberglassing
- Priming and Flattening
- Panel Beating
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2 DAYS
£145.00
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Stage 2: Airbrushing |
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- Beginners / Intermediate / Advanced
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3 DAYS
£120.00
per day |
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Stage 3: Prep and Repairs |
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- Straight lines
- Curves
- Griding out
- Designs
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3 DAYS
£120.00
per day |
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Stage 4: Conventional Painting |
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- Spray gun theory and handling
- Types of paint and application techniques
- Paint mixing
- Standard paint repairs
- Laying decals (race replicas)
- Smart Repairs (Demonstration) Lacquering
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2 DAYS
£140.00
per day |
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Stage 5: Custom Painting |
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- Laying graphics
- Flames
- Metal flake
- Painting with candy colours
- Marblising
- Rivets and Torn Metal Effect
- Wavy Flags
- Chequers
- And other various techniques
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2 DAYS
£150.00
per day |
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Stage 6: Polishing |
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- Flattening lacquer
- Types of polish
- Polishing techniques
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1 DAY
£110.00
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All courses start on the 1st Monday of each month |
- Maximum of 3 students per class.
- All materials provided, however a notebook and camera is recommended.
- Tea/coffee making facilities, lunch also included.
- Individually tailored courses available.
- Vegetarians catered for (please state when booking)
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NEW SMART REPAIRS training day. |
| You will be shown how to maximize your income by being able to fix bumper scuffs, scratches, stone chips, wing mirrors. Unlike others that teach this, you won't just be watching. This is full'hands on' training. Call for more details. |
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£150.00
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| All Stages: £1390.00 Including £60.00 reduction for the full course |
| Remember, this price is as for the full 11 day course. You can "pick and choose" what you would like to do. We are day to day cheaper than any other training provider and offer much, much more. |
| (The day prices are for students that only wish to learn certain modules) |
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Day by Day - More insight: |
This is a brief outline of your stay with us, without giving too much away, so you have a better understanding of the overall package: |
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Day 1 - Metal Repairs |
| We will take you through the assessment process. You will be taught how to price, create a realistic, cost effective timescale, and most of all to understand that it is not the size of the damage, but how that particular damage affects the next stage of the job. You will be given a bike tank or car wing (if on the car course) and it will be damaged beyond economical repair. I mean it will get hammered, thrown down stairs and get used as a skateboard. After the initial teaching, this is what you will fix and then later in the course apply full custom paintwork too. It is to teach you that all damage is fixable and not all damage is the same. You will then see that after you have learnt your basic hammer and body filler techniques, that it's really not rocket science to achieve this type of repair. Please look in our gallery for some examples of what you work with. Believe it when we say you will fix this in one afternoon! |
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Day 2 - Plastic Repairs |
We will start the day by understanding the priming process and prime the metalwork from the previous day. You will not be taught how to paint at this stage, but now is the chance for you to throw some paint around and have some fun. Remember, we need to learn how to overcome problems, so I will expect drips in the primer from you. If you do not put them in, I will be happy to do this for you!
While your metalwork is drying in the booth, we will move on to plastic repairs. Again, we go from the worst possible cases of repair. Learning how to fix scuffs, cracks, holes, etc… you will be taught how to join pieces back together using the hot weld system and to minimise the amount of product you use.
Plastic repairs are an essential part of the industry, whether on bike plastics or car bumpers. Once you are happy with plastics we will finish the day by sanding down your previously primed metalwork, removing all imperfections and getting ready for painting the following week. |
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Day 3, 4, 5 - Airbrushing |
The 3 day airbrushing package is quite intense.
We teach you how to work the airbrush correctly and become confident with it, to get that muscle memory working. There is little point in attempting artwork until you can master the airbrush without thought, so on day 1 this is what we do. For the full day we learn by the 'wax on wax off' technique, exercise after exercise. This is a fun day for us all, as there are many mistakes and much swearing! Students find my Jedi Knight method quite interesting too! The day ends on a high after you produce your first piece of art, leaving you eager to get on with.
Day 4 and 5:
Without giving too much away, we cover everything from basic stencilling to a free hand mural of a woman's face. Our philosophy is that if you get thrown in at the deep end anything less will be basic, so all work covered over these next 2 days would be considered technical by all ready established airbrush artists.
An enjoyable 3 days learning, you do not need to be an artist to airbrush. You will be amazed at what you can achieve. |
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Day 6 - Pin striping |
| We start the weekend with the half day pin striping and aim to finish around 2pm. Pin striping is very enjoyable and easily overlooked by up and coming custom painters. You will learn how to select, look after and trim your brush; how to pull straight lines and go around curves. Once you have mastered the basics we do real time striping by out lining flames and adding to a design, taking something quite basic and turning it into a full custom job. |
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Sunday |
| Ok, now we are midway through the course we are finished until Monday. However, the Sunday is a free practise day and you can do what you like. I will open up for you in the morning, set you up and be on call for rest of the day. As you are no longer in a training environment, you tend to achieve your finest work under your own steam, so you get the workshop to yourself. How is that for value for money! The time is your own, so alternatively you could go home if you wish. |
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Day 7 – Conventional Painting |
| This is where we step up the learning curve and go on to the 2-day conventional painting. During the first day we cover: |
- Types of paint, primer, lacquer, thinners' and all other paint related products.
- Compressor and shop set up.
- Mixing paint.
- Types of spray guns.
- Spray gun exercises.
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In the afternoon you will carry out your first paint job with the aid of a fine line. This is a "race replica" type paint job.
Further things you will learn this day and during this paint job will be: |
- How to lay paint, metallic's and pearls.
- How to fade and blend
- Fine lining
- Masking techniques
- Water based and solvent based paint
- Problem solving
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| Again, you will learn that painting is not a dark art and anyone can learn. Your eyes will now be opened to what you can achieve. |
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This brings us nicely onto Day 8 |
Lots going on today with your paint training and making you more self- reliant. You will tackle your second paint job. During the previous day you learned how to join colours together. Today you learn how to overlap them by taking on a more complicated design. All day you will be cutting around, under your own steam; mixing your own colours and achieving your own looks.
Design techniques are overlooked in favour of common custom painting designs. These techniques are a big part of the paint (especially bikes) industry. You will also start learning how to lacquer. Lacquering is essential part of painting and can catch out even the most experienced of painters. Metal flake is also covered at this time. Lots happening today, to complete your conventional paint training. We may finish late, as more time is given to students that require more practice. |
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Day 9, 10 – Custom Painting |
| Day 9 is where you put your skills into practice and get to play. After a few hours of demos from myself on the following designs: |
- Torn metal
- Chequers
- Wavy torn union jack
- Flames
- Back masking
- Metal panelling
- Marbleising
- Custom fades
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At this stage you can fix, prep, airbrush, pin stripe and paint. You will now have a good understanding of how to administrate yourself, and are relatively self contained, so now is the time to shine and for me to take a step back as you now will carry out a full custom paint job.
Once we have gone through the design process, and you have an idea of what you want to achieve. The rest of your 2 days are left up to you to come up with a work of art on the piece that you fixed on day one.
You go through the full custom paint process, with all your artwork lacquered up to 3 times during this process. On average, around 10-15 coats of lacquer are applied during these 2 days. Do not be fooled by the quality of the work in our Student Gallery. All of these final projects have been completed during these 2 days. You have experienced real-time painting under your own steam, with me offering guidance wherever needed. An exhilarating few days, getting into your own zone and enjoying the steep learning curve. |
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Day 11 - Polishing |
Once we have applied the final lacquer, the previous night, it is now time to give your artwork a final flattening and machine polish, to achieve a show standard. All students are amazed when they see all their little imperfections disappear, and achieve the best possible quality of finish. After all work is completed the course is wrapped up with a final debrief and photo shoot. |
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Facts you need to know: |
- There are many Airbrush courses in the country claiming you can paint a bike or car with an airbrush. Some even state "on your kitchen table!" YOU CAN'T! Airbrushing is not enough. We WILL teach you what others don't. This really is THE ONLY COURSE OF ITS KIND, nothing is missed out.
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- Be wary of training providers who only try to sell their products. We could easily sell to you ourselves, but chose not to. Your training is our priority, not selling you gear and products you will never need. Instead, we provide you with a list of our suppliers and get you discount on all products purchased.
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- Our student's work is proudly displayed in our student gallery – this is an indication of what you can achieve. All work on view in the gallery has been repaired, fully painted and polished by the student. At least ten - 15 coats of lacquer has been applied during this process. Trust us, a typical Airbrush course is in no way sufficient. You wouldn't know where to start.
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- We don't use "practice" tanks, helmets, car doors or bonnets - you paint the real thing. Nothing is pre-prepped for you. You fix and prepare it yourself and take ALL your work away with you at the end of the course.
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- We teach you at your speed and capabilities. Start times are 10.00am and end when YOU'RE DONE. It's not uncommon to still be here at 10.00pm, (our record is 2am), but we're here with you all the way.
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- As well as the training, in our working environment you will benefit greatly in knowledge and understanding of how to run your own business. We will also teach you how to set up, market and price your work, as well as deal with your customers.
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- We don't pack you in for "maximum income". We could provide space for ten students, but chose not to. Your strengths and weaknesses need to be analysed and addressed, to get you to the required standard. There is so much to learn we only teach a maximum of 3 students per course. We will give you all the one to one teaching that you need. There is never any rush and we have never failed to get anyone up to scratch!
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- We do not push you towards just one product. We teach both water and solvent based paint, therefore increasing your options.
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- We are based solely in one location. If you need us for support, we are here 24hrs a day. We are not the most flash or famous, nor are we here to boost our own egos. We pride ourselves in providing you with the best training within the industry. With over 15 years of teaching experience we guarantee, you will not find better training anywhere in the world.
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Conclusion |
| This course aims to give the student the opportunity to learn & develop the skills and techniques necessary to be self- reliant and achieve the highest standards. Alongside qualified instructors, our 11 day intensive package provides a full ,hands-on, practical opportunity to practice your skills and techniques within a purpose built area and operational body shop. |
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| There is no point being great at airbrushing if you need to rely on others to do your preparation and repairs, or to finish off your work. We don't just teach you how to become good with an airbrush, we also teach you how to become painters, by giving you extensive spray booth time and showing you how to paint actual bodywork, bikes or cars and help overcome common problems. |
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This is a serious course for serious people. When you are looking for a paint course, you shouldn't be looking at how famous the tutor is, or how prestigious the teaching facility. You should be looking at the students work and in depth testimonials. I have no rivals in terms training. A bold statement in this current market, but a fact non-the less. For further information please get in touch. |
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