HS is Raail’s newest product. It stands for High Solids. This product is allowing installs to take half the amount of time. As of today, you can spray one coat of HS as a base (Black or Light Grey) and then spray your colored Raail AirWrap gallons and call it a day. The HS product can ONLY be sprayed via HS Sprayer. Don’t waste your time trying via compressor or turbine. I’ve tried it. Even with a 3.0 tip size. Nothing but webs come out. HS sprayer will come with 2 free HS gallons. Some prep goes in to getting the sprayer primed but overall its super simple. We are getting a ton of positive feedback from installers.
 
“Wow I now get my weekends back.” 
“I spent more time prepping than spraying”
“HS lays super smooth and it was simple to apply”
“More profit”
 
FAQ
 
Q: Where can I buy the HS sprayer?
A: Click here
 
Q: What all comes with the sprayer?
A: The turbine (which Raail rebuilt some of the components to work with HS), hose, gun, 2 HS gallons (Black or Grey) and a manual.
 
Q: How many gallons should I need?
A: Size of the vehicle plays a huge factor. We are seeing 1-2 gallons on average. Having extra on hand is always a safe bet. Would hate for the project to come to a holt due to a missing gallon ($90 difference)
 
Q: Where can I buy HS gallons?
A: Click here
 
Q: Can I spray something else other than HS from my HS sprayer?
A: Yes, currently we tested AirWrap. You will need a different tip size though. Click here.
 
Q: Can I get other colors than Grey and Black
A: At the moment Raail is working on a on that. Coming soon!

I personally have a stage 5 Turbine and don't currently have an upgrade 220v outlet or upgrader breaker. I started to run into some issues with the turbine running very very very hot. After doing some basic trouble shooting (cleaning filters, adding more air flow and even switching the turbine to a direct outlet) I still had the issue. So I called the company and they told me to send it back and they would replace it. Thankfully. I thought my issues were solved.... Nope. After using the turbine for a full car the heat started to come back. So hot that I could not hold the 40ft turbine hose. So after going back to the source (Turbine filter cleaned, own outlet, more air flow and turbine on the ground) I have been able to really narrow the issue and now that I'm aware of it... it seems like common info. 

So far we have 7 shop lights, power drill, stage 5 turbine and exhaust fan all pulling power from one breaker. Multiple outlets however same amount of amps available. So we would spray the Raail AirWrap with ease. No issues that we saw. Wait a couple hours for the AirWrap to flash and then start to spray the 2k gloss. No issues for the first coat. I waited 10 min and then started with the second coat and thats when the issue occurred. The moment I turn the gun vertical I would get the crystallization effect. Only on the top surfaces. This is caused by too much heat to product flow. I'm sure we could always add more reducer to correct however I want to solve the overheating issue. I personally have seen 2 other shops with a stage 5 turbine have the same exact issue. When I first bought the turbine I decided to get the highest stage I could afford and thought "more is better"...nope. 

So here are a few solutions I would suggest.

1. Buy a stage 3 turbine. You will save money. ($330 vs $1000+) You can still spray 2k gloss and get it very smooth. 
2. If you want to keep your stage 5 turbine you can upgrade your breaker/power.
3. If you want to keep your stage 5 turbine but you done want to do the above you will need to allow the turbine to cool for 6+ hours. Even then its no guarantee it will not start to over heat again. 

Of course having a compressor is ideal however I am not ready for that job. Would love to hear more from someone who is in the electrical industry.  ​​

 
First wash the car with scent free dish soap. This needs to be done 24-48 hours prior to spraying the car. If your car is 2+ years old we suggest clay baring the paint. You can find clay bar in any auto shop or Walmart ($13-$20). Doing this will ensure the surface is smooth prior to the Raail AirWrap application. 
 
Ok now your car is free of any dirt, oils and wax. Should be 100% dry by now. This is very very important. Water likes to sit in cracks and crevices and will only cause issues down the road (pun intended) Now comes the prep. We suggest 3m Blue painters tape, Green solvent resistant paper and Tape-n-Drape. All of this is located at most home improvement stores. Some installers like to leave a gap on the panel they are spraying and others like to mask the entire car. For us personally we like to mask the entire car. Example: if the window trim is chrome and you can either tape the entire trim or leave a gap, exposing 30%-40% of the trim and just peel the AirWrap later. After years of spraying cars we have found not all head lights are the same. Some are high quality plastic and others… not so much. It’s best to just mask the entire headlight vs peeling later and possibly have the solvents effect the plastic. I have yet to see any issues with taillights by the way.
 
Now your vehicle is prepped. Next step is to clean off any oils from your hands and give your car a final wipe down. It’s best to do this with Prep All (which can also be found at most Auto Parts store) $8 and a lint free towel. Micro fiber towels are ok, they may leave micro fibers behind and cause “Fish Eyes”. 
 
Next, it’s time to start spraying. If you are using a turbine a 1.5 tip size works best. As for the gun setting turn it all the way down an turn up 8 tiny clicks and start with your first coat. This coat should be a light tack coat. Once complete, allow 8-10 minutes to dry and now you can start working on your next coat. Prior to that turn your gun up two more clicks. Continue this process till you reach 25-30 clicks on your gun. 3-4 light tack coats to start with. This allows you to build up enough product and ensure you don’t get any “fish-eyes”. Let’s say you do have this issue, applying 2-3 very light coats over will cover. Nothing too major.
 
A nice guide to follow
Gallon one: Light Tack coats
Gallon two: Medium coats
Gallon three: Medium coats
Gallon four: Wet coats
 
A few quick tips
-Prep is key
-Take your time
-Allow the paint to flash/dry between coats
-No need to “heat up” your Raail AirWrap
-Compressor: 15-20 PSI 1.5 tip size
 
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​ So now that you have sprayed a few cars and you have an interest in making money liquid wrapping let’s talk about advertising. We have ran a local shop since 2013 and have found a few things that worked and others that haven’t worked. You will need to get your name out there (obviously) and one of the best ways is car shows and car meets. This will allow people to meet you and put a face to your company/car. Wearing a shirt with your company logo and having your company info on your back window of your car helps too. Something simple and effective is key “50% less than wrap or paint” is always a good go to. This peaks peoples interest…. If it’s not a wrap and it’s not auto paint what could it be? And the calls start to come in.
    The first thing people think after starting a business is to have business cards made. Yes they look nice but really, when is the last time you bought something because you had a business card? Probably not too recently. Not for this line of business. So what do you do when someone wants your contact info? “Agh I don’t have any cards on me now but, I can text you our Facebook/Instagram/website (whatever you want). 904 area code?” and we have our phone out. By default, 9 time outta 10 people roll out their phone number. You have now gotten their contact number, they now have your link and will have no problem texting you since you opened that door. I immediately save their phone number in my phone such as “Chance Camaro (wants matte black). If you feel like things are super slow you can always text them later “hey it’s ____ from ____. Wanted to see if you had a chance to check out the link I sent ya? What color were you thinking?” (next end a text on a yes or no question). I always always always send them pictures of their car done in other colors I see other shops do. Example: “Hey Chance, a buddy of mine in Texas just spray this Camaro.” And that’s it. Most of the time it creates interest and you spraying their car is a thought again.
   Going to car shows/meets isn’t a forever thing and definitely isn’t the only way to advertise. Social Media plays a huge part. We personally don’t have a website for our shop. We only use FB and IG. This does a couple things, it shows our reviews, other likeminded people are here and displays our work. Even sharing other shops work (giving credit where credit is due) helps. The goal is to stay in front of people. Think about social media as a platform to advertise and a color portfolio. Next form of advertising is the good ole “hey man will you sponsor us? We go to a ton of car shows and will get you so much business.” We hear that all the time. Yes its effective and works much better if you have 3+ cars done like this. Long story short, our very first car we spray (business wise) was a Scion TC who said “do you have any sponsorships” and we told him “yes we do. Its 50% off and we tag your back window with our company info.” At this point we had two cars on the road with our company info. We became very close with the client (actually closest friends today) and touched base with him when a big car show came up. 5+ years later we have 15+ cars on the road with our company info on the back window. Imagine going to a car show with 10 plus cars sprayed and it has your company info on the back window. Yes you will take a minor hit on the front end however its daily advertising for you.
   Overall it’s a people business. Doing good work is key. Going to an event or having a potential client seeing your car (or sponsored car) looking rough is never a good sign. Do good work and you’ll get good work. What other tips have you found that work or don’t work? What other service(s) do you offer at your shop? Are you cross advertising? We would love to hear from you. Feel free to check out other blogs we have here.

​    We have owned our business for about 5 years and have a steady amount of work coming in. Almost to the point where we need to hire some help (almost). Getting your shop name and work out there is a key to gaining traffic. You’ll need to be consistent with your marketing and advertising. That’s the biggest factor. If you think about it, every successful business is consistent with its marketing. Keeping the slogan or logo in front of you at all times. When we see that “Target symbol” we think of Target or when we see that Yellow smiley face we think of Walmart. Same goes for “Eat Fresh” slogan, good ole Subway. With shops we don’t need to create a national commercial or campaign so that will allow us to focus locally. When we first started out shop we went to a ton of car shows on the days we didn’t have cars to do. These car shows are a great place to start. Being a vendor and having a booth was something we did as well. Got a ton of interest and people asking questions. Now and days we don’t go to car shows too often due having cars in the booth. One of the biggest marketing and advertising successes we’ve had is sponsored cars. Yes sponsored cars… we tag the back with our company name and number with something catchy like “75% less then wrap or paint” people see that and call all the time. We actually have seen the best results with this marketing method. We don’t just offer this for every car we see. Cars that are newer, well-kept and a great color (ColorShift). Vehicles who have just that are offered a percentage off along to do just that. What’s cool is a friendship is built by default. We go to car events together, they send us messages when people stop and talk to them and they come back for color change 9 times out of 10.
  Social Media is a good marketing and advertising source as well. Of course we all knew that already that. Having a decent following and great photos will get you the best results. People love to see the work you produce and social media allows us to get that content out the quickest. Try using the same hashtag with every post along with like hashtags. Commenting on others post helps build your following and likes. We mainly focus on Facebook and Instagram for our social media. We did create a few YouTube videos as well however that’s more for a portfolio then anything. Also sharing others work (with credit given when due) helps a ton. This will allow your clients to see the type of work you could do along with helping that other shop out (not local competition). We share work from our vendors all the time. They put out a sample of new colors we share, they put out work from other shops we share. Sharing is caring lol. Own a shop? What sources of advertising have you found work best?

​So we had a customer call us wanting her Audi Q3 Matte Black but didn’t want to pay $2500+ to have it vinyl wrapped. Her being a single mom wasn’t an option for her spraying it herself. Knowing that the Audi Q5 was a smaller SUV vs a sedan we picked the RAAIL AirWrap Truck Kit which is 6 gallons. This will ensure she has enough product on her car for durability and peel-abily. The fact that she is going with a Liquid Wrap vs Matte Black Vinyl Wrap,  she will not have a crazy hard time peeling it. No heat gun and no left over glue or adhesive. Raail AirWrap is similar to Plasti Dip… Just designed for automotive coatings. I personally don’t own a compressor so I currently spray use a state 5 turbine (Mini Mite 5 with the Dipyourcar Plasti Dip gun). We always ask the customer to wash the car 24 hours prior with Dawn dish soap. The scent free stuff is perfect. After she dropped it off we started to prep the car with a micro fiber towel and PrepAll from PepBoys. Stuff works really well. $8 too. Now here comes the fun part. Let the spraying begin. I know this may sound funny but i always spray a different base color vs just all black. Spraying 6 gallons of the same color is no fun. So i did 2 gallons of Grey Raail AirWrap, 2 gallons of Black AirWrap and 2 Gallons of Jet Black with one matting agent drop-in. The matting agent in the last 2 gallons gave the finish a nice matte flat look vs the standard satin finish. She wanted matte so she got matte. Once I let that dry completely i started to unmask everything. Took it out side and got some good pictures. Overall she loves the car. Who would of thought a soccer mom wanting a Matte Black Audi Q5. Looked like it come out of a Marvel Movie. 

Does your vehicle need painted? Are you planning to apply some spray paint to that, but not sure what will be the end result? Looking to vinyl wrap your car but it’s too expensive? Then you have landed on the right page as I am going to solve your problem.
Please take a minute from your busy life to read this article as it will guide you as to why it is beneficial for you to go for plasti dip or Liquid Wrap removable paint.
 
1. Adhering Capabilities –

The best thing about Liquid Wrap/ Plasti Dip is the adhering capabilties and durability. The original intent was to get better grip for tools, as time has shown this product has evolved and now can be applied over your OEM paint and act as a color change and/or protection. Spray on, peel off.  
2. Lack of Fading – 

Liquid Wrap is simply perfect for your vehicle as it won’t fade. Some Liquid Wrap companies even back their product from any fading like Raail AirWrap. (2 year warranty) However the fluorescent colors don’t stand a chance (currently) Those fade after a few months, even seen them fade in a few weeks.
3. Ease of use – 

Liquid Wrap offers you another benefit, very easy to apply paint than any other kind of paint. It also saves lot of your time and effort. All you need to do is to just mix and go with the spray paint. But in case of other ordinary paint you need to get your pan ready and hope that when applying you don’t drip that all over the place.
4. Wide range of Colors – 

If you are looking for a wide variety of colors then you will certainly get a diverse color collection in paint for your vehicle. Choosing the best color will help you to restore the look of vehicle or you can even make any part of your car more attractive by adding suitable color to it. In the end you will definitely enjoy the color of your modified car.
 

If you are new to the market and want to try a great product we would suggest Raail AirWrap. 200+ Colors, satin finish and very easy to spray. Please feel free to contact us if you have any more questions. Here is the link for the kits.
Benefits of using Liquid Wrap or Plasti Dip for your vehicle
 
Does your vehicle need painted? Are you planning to apply some spray paint to that, but not sure what will be the end result? Looking to vinyl wrap your car but it’s too expensive.  Then you have landed on the right page as I am going to solve your problem.
Please take a minute from your busy life to read this article as it will guide you as to why it is beneficial for you to go for plasti dip or Liquid Wrap removable paint.
 
1. Adhering Capabilities –

The best thing about Liquid Wrap/Plasti Dip is the adhering and durability. The original intent was to get better grip for tools, as time has shown this product has evolved and now can be applied over your OEM paint and act as a color change and/or protection. Spray on peel off.  
2. Lack of Fading – 

Liquid Wrap is simply perfect for your vehicle as it won’t fade. Some Liquid Wrap companies even back their product from any fading like Raail AirWrap. (2 year warranty) However the fluorescent colors don’t stand a chance (currently) Those fade after a few months, even seen them fade in a few weeks.
3. Ease of use – 

Liquid Wrap offers you another benefit, very easy to apply paint than any other kind of paint. It also saves lot of your time and effort. All you need to do is to just mix and go with the spray paint. But in case of other ordinary paint you need to get your pan ready and hope that when applying you don’t drip that all over the place.
4. Wide range of Colors – 

If you are looking for a wide variety of colors then you will certainly get a diverse color collection in paint for your vehicle. Choosing the best color will help you to restore the look of vehicle or you can even make any part of your car more attractive by adding suitable color to it. In the end you will definitely enjoy the color of your modified car.
 

If you are new to the market and want to try and great product we would suggest Raail AirWrap. 200+ Colors, satin finish and very easy to spray. Please feel free to contact us if you have any more questions. Here is the link for the kits  http://www.drpigment.com/raail-airwrap-diy-kit.html