Coatings World - September 2013

and the total increases by about

90,000 per day.

Actor Josh Duhamel
Partners with Valspar Paint
and Habitat for Humanity

Actor Josh Duhamel joined Valspar Paint and Habitat for Humanity to launch Valspar Hearts & Hands for Habitat. The program auctions off the colorful handprints of celebrities and notable personalities created with Valspar Paint. The auction benefits Habitat for Humanity’s Disaster Response program, which provides immediate and long-term response and solutions to devastating natural disasters, such as Hurricane Sandy and the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas, that damaged and destroyed thousands of homes.

“I am proud to partner with Valspar
Paint and Habitat for Humanity for this
important program which benefits a cause
that is very near and dear to my heart. The
rebuilding process is ongoing; I’ve seen it
first-hand in my hometown of Minot, North
Dakota with the destructive floods in 2011,”
said actor Josh Duhamel. “Through this pro-
gram, everyone can support Habitat families
as they repair and rebuild their communities
and gain access to safe and secure places to
live. Please, bid now.”
Valspar Paint, known for offering the
Valspar Love Your Color Guarantee, has re-
ceived autographed handprints from a range
of celebrities showing their guaranteed love
and support of Habitat for Humanity. In
addition to Josh Duhamel, other celebrities’
handprints that have been donated include:
Patrick J. Adams, Kate Bosworth, Mischa
Barton, Brooke Burke, Rosanne Cash, Eric
Close, Marcia Cross, Fergie Duhamel, Jenna
Elfman, Ethan Hawke, Genevieve Gorder,
Heather Graham, Jonathan Groff, Warren
Haynes, Ashley Hebert, Stacy Keibler, Minka
Kelly, Jenny McCarthy, Jillian Michaels,
Lea Michele, Bette Midler, Miles Redd,
JP Rosenbaum, Kelly Rutherford, Susan
Sarandon, Liev Schreiber, Taylor Spreitler,
Naomi Watts and more.

In addition to proceeds from the auction benefitting Habitat’s Disaster Response program, for every set of celebrity handprints created for Valspar Hearts & Hands for Habitat Valspar is donating $1,000 to the cause, with a minimum donation of $25,000.

Standox Expands Online
Documentation of Historic
Colors

The classic color documentation from Standox allows vintage car enthusiasts to get an online representation of what their favorite classic car looked like in its original color. To achieve this, the Wuppertal-based paint manufacturer digitized its information of historic vehicle colors. The online documentation has been recently updated and the color codes of 23 additional car marques have been added. The color formulation for Standox’s Standoblue system for each of these classic colors is now also listed, and can be accessed through three channels: via the online color search at www.standox.com, using the Standowin color search software, or through the Standox Color Service helpdesk. This Standox classic color information helps professional refinishers precisely match the color when repairing collectors’ items.

New additions to the documentation include the original colors of the Innocenti Mini produced from the mid- 1960s. The extended classic color documentation includes for the first time color codes of non-European vintage cars. In addition to Moskvitch and Lada from the former Soviet Union, ten Asian car manufacturers - from Daihatsu to Toyota - feature in the revised information, which is now sorted by car brands, making it even easier to use.

In total, color codes from more than 40 international car brands, from Alfa Romeo to Volvo, are available exactly as they were offered at the time. The classic color documentation from Standox not only gives users an idea of what a vintage or classic car might have looked like with its original paintwork, but also what other colors were available at that time. It can be downloaded from www.standox. com/classic as a PDF.

Use grind gages more consistently.

Little Joe Industries offers the ADM Automatic Draw-Down Machine for use with grind gages. The ADM automates the draw down process controlling scraper angle, speed, and force. Since these aspects are no longer operator dependent your grind gage draw-downs will be more consistent while requiring less operator training and supervision.