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R-M introduces the refinishing industry’s first one-coat clear – RMC1000 for the American region. R-M is a premium refinished paint brand of BASF. RMC1000 delivers the customer’s demand for speed and efficiency. It reduces cycle time and provides superior sag resistance. It also offers an excellent appearance.
Save Time with Single Coat
RMC1000 can be applied with one wet coat and 30 minutes of drying at 60°. It will save customers at least ten minutes due to no flash-off time. It does not require a second coat when compared to 1.5 coat clears on the market.
The value of ten minutes for body shop owners is more than mere time savings. With no flash-off time nor second coat application, they can increase cycles per day. It will unlock over half a million dollars in additional revenue per year.
For example, if a customer uses a competitive 1.5 coat clear with an average booth run time of 90 minutes for four cycles per day using an average RO of $3,750, their income would be $315,000 per month, per booth. If that same customer swapped their 1.5 coat clear with RMC1000, the time savings could allow them to run 4.6 cycles per day. An extra 0.6 cycles could add $564,000 per year in additional revenue.
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RMC100 is a trailblazing product for our customers. As the very first one-coat clear in the industry, the increase in speed and efficiency is simply unobtainable through any other product on the market,” said Jim Reddy. He is the BASF Marketing manager, Americas – Refinish Coatings.
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When you combine that benefit with energy savings, CO2 emission reduction and the ease of application, RMC1000 not only answers the growing demand from shops for improved productivity and less complexity, but it also exceeds it,” added Reddy.
Energy Savings with Increased Efficiency
RMC1000 unlocked the opportunity for additional revenue. It increases efficiency without adding repair orders.
Swapping out a competitive 1.5 coat clear with RMC1000, can save customers $2,000 per year in energy saving with less booth run time and 7000 lbs. per year in CO
2 emissions. It is the same as a car driving 6,433 miles, or Michigan to Alaska and back. Furthermore, shops can achieve immediate savings on RO cost per hour with RMC1000.
RMC1000 one-coat clear is now available for national rule markets.
Source: BASF Coating