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Spray Booths
           PAINT&PANEL JULY / AUGUST 2020
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  THERMOFLO’S AUSTRALASIAN DEMO SITE
THE THERMOFLO TEAM ARE BUILDING A SPECTACULAR REFINISH DEPARTMENT AT WOODRIFF PREFERRED AUTO WHICH WILL BE THE DEMONSTRATION SITE FOR ANZ.
                                      ABOVE AND LEFT: ‘Theatre’ spray booth being installed at Woodriff Preferred Auto.
  WHAT STARTED OUT AS A PAINT SHOP
upgrade has evolved into a next level project at Woodriff Preferred Auto in Maroochydore, Queensland.
Joe Woodriff says he had a pretty good idea of what he wanted at the outset: “I was going to move our detailing de- partment and basically build around the old two booths – I had never thought of removing them and in my mind it was going to be great.
“The ThermoFlo team planted some seeds of a radical design before I went on leave overseas. At first I thought they were crazy. It involved a whole redesign of the existing paint shop. When I’d
thought about it with a clear head it all made so much sense.
“David and Nigel opened my eyes to something totally different – they are all about solutions, the right ones for our business. They challenged me so hard to think outside the square.
“Once we committed to this, my mind started racing. I decided if we’re doing this then we’re blowing it out of the park. I saw a gap in their market when I wanted to see their technology in action in Australia. My commitment is to main- tain extremely high standards of care so that they can bring in prospective cus- tomers. It will be clinical – we have a
great culture here and being the demo site with showroom painting we will de- liver superior customer experiences and raise our quality standards to the high- est level,” he said.
The huge 8.5m x 4.5m Show Booth will sit between admin and refinish de- partments and clients will be able to watch the techs in action. There’s a state of the art paint laboratory where batch colour matching will take place and each of the three spray booths has its own ‘activation room’ that contains re- ducers, clears and hardeners. There’s a colour matching area with natural light and booths two and three work on ThermoFlo's innovative rail system.
ThermoFlo's David Weatherall said: “We’re not in the business of just selling spray booths - we sell business solutions and more efficient ways of working. You don’t get paid to move cars or for denib- bing - so eliminate what you don’t get paid for. Our booths are highly produc- tive with a short 20 minute bake cycle that run efficiently on LPG.”
Now that Woodriffs has begun the build, they’ve set their sites on the Paint & Panel national best large shop award in 2021, having clinched the title for Queensland last year – from the sounds of things they are in with a really good chance.
     
















































































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