Saturday, May 29, 2010

Almost Everything Recognized for "Outstanding Contribution" to California School for the Deaf

Award presented to Almost Everything Auto Body Repair & Paint

Almost Everything was very honored to receive a special award on May 28, 2010 "for outstanding contribution to the Job Placement Program" from the California School for the Deaf.

Almost Everything partners with the School for the Deaf on two programs. Almost Everything hosts a body repair competition at the school's body shop that awards prizes for highest quality and most complete repairs. Almost Everything  lso runs an internship program for students to get hands-on experience.working in a real auto body shop.

Frank Barnard, Almost Everything's resident & General Manager says that the experience has been great for both the kids and Almost Everything's staff. The kids that have interned with us have been enthusiastic partners, quick learners and have become very skilled in the aspects of the auto body business. They also learn life lessons about expectations and requirements of a real job. They earn a little spending money too.

The Almost Everything staff has a great time working with these kids. When the program first started, there was some concern about communication issues between Almost Everything employees who did not know sign language & interns who could not hear. We were surprised and a bit amused to realize that the regular noise from machinery in the shop made verbal communication difficult at best. We had not realized that our normal mode of communication involved a good deal of improvised sign language anyway. Communication with the students came more naturally than we expected. Training for inexperienced workers is essentially the same whether they can hear or not--a trainer demonstrates a procedure and the trainee attempts to duplicate it. The trainer stops the trainee and re-demonstrates or adds nuance until the trainee is proficient. We keep pen & paper handy for the occasions when there are still questions or comments can't be communicated by gesture and example.


Award presented by Almost Everything  to Outstanding Students in area bodyshop classesIn the past few months, one of the winners of an Almost Everything  Duesenberg" award from the Bodyshop Class Competition worked as a Almost Everything intern. He progressed from basic scuffing of a vehicle to prepare it for paint to feather-edging of chips & scratches and removal of delaminating paint using a air-powered dual action sander ("DA") to masking, priming bodywork and block sanding. The quality of his work was excellent and he came to work with a great attitude and a real eagerness to learn.

Almost Everything staff have learned a lot too from the program. The communication in the shop has undoubtedly improved for everyone now that we are thinking about the best and quickest ways to get information transmitted in the shop where everyone has a hard time hearing. I think we have also become more adept at working with our deaf customers. We are very familiar with using e-mail, text messages and interpreters by phone for remote communication with Fremont's relatively large deaf population.

Thanks to the California School for the Deaf for this recognition and a special thanks to our interns for helping make the program a great success for Almost Everything and the school.

Car of the Day - 2000 Honda Civic

Today's car of the day is a 2000 Honda Civic that came in to us in need of paint on the front bumper cover and grille. Almost Everything Autobody prepped the front bumper cover and front grille for paint, apply a coat of primer sealer on parts and color-match the paint on the car. Almost Everything Autobody used waterborne paint to match the color and gave this customer a life-time warranty on paint.

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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Car of the Day - 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 with complete color change

Today's car of the day is a 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 that came to us in need of a paint job. Almost Everything Autobody prepped the car with a prep plus package that includes reconditioning of the old paint and apply a full coat of primer sealer for better paint adhesion. The customer requested to change the color on his car to a red metallic. Almost Everything Autobody painted the entire car with it's Signature Paint Service, a 2-stage paint service that comes with 5 year Nation-Wide gloss warranty. The complete color change included painting the four door jambs, under the hood and trunk. The customer was more than satisfied with the results and now the "Delt" as he calls it is ready for the summer.

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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Car of the Day - 1994 Chevrolet Lumina with color change

Today's car of the day is a 1994 Chevrolet Lumina that came in need of a paint job. Almost Everything Autobody prepped the car with a value prep that includes sanding chips & scratches on the entire car and apply a full coat of primer sealer. Almost Everything Autobody painted this car with the Ambassador Paint Service that comes with 1 year Nation-wide gloss warranty. The customer requested to change the color to a golden olive green effect. Now the Lumina looks good and is ready for the summer.

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Monday, May 17, 2010

Car of the Day - 1995 Ford Mustang with Auto bodywork and Paint

Today's car of the day is a 1995 Ford Mustang that came in need of Auto bodywork and Paint. Almost Everything Autobody repaired dents and dings on left door, left quarter panel, left fender, right door, right quarter panel, and right fender. Almost Everything Autobody prepped the car with it's Prep Plus package that includes reconditioning of old paint and a full coat of primer sealer. Almost Everything Autobody paint the car with it's Signature Paint Service that comes with full Clear Coat and five year written nationwide warranty. The Customer requested to change the color on the car to a Fireball red metallic including painting the two door jambs and under the decklid for a complete color change.

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Friday, May 14, 2010

Car of the Day - 2001 Ford Crown Victoria

Today's car of the day is a 2001 Ford Crown Victoria that came in need of Auto bodywork and paint. Almost Everything Autobody weld shut some holes, align the hood, prepped the car for paint and put a full coat of primer sealer. Almost Everything Autobody painted the entire car with our Supreme Paint Service that comes with 4 year written warranty. The customer requested to change the color of the car to a green metallic.

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