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n the 28 years Jack Bongard has been repairing cars in central Ontario’s Durham Region, he’s seen a lot of technological advances. He also has enough experience to know he should trust his tried and true equipment. But there comes a time with every piece of equipment when you have to consider replacement. For Bongard, owner and operator of Bongard Collision in Ajax, Ontario, that time came when he saw that payments on a new spraybooth would cost him less than the maintenance on his tired existing booth. Bongard had just begun researching the plethora of different booths on the market when a paint representative (Perry Gummerson) recommended he call Roger Turmel of AutoQuip Canada, distributor of Garmat spraybooths in Canada as well
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as other shop equipment. “First we start by producing CAD [computer-aided design] drawings to fit the equipment within their facility and we ran through several flow scenarios to find ways to maximize their efficiency and production,” Turmel said. The next step for Bongard was to find the perfect booth for his shop. Luckily, with a little help from his painter and the people at AutoQuip, the decision was an easy one to make. “I got several quotes and went over them with my painter Gord Wry—he knows that Garmat is the Cadillac of booths,” Bongard said. In the end Bongard decided to go with the high-end Garmat 3000 Series Downdraft Spraybooth, which excels in airflow, lighting and numerous standard features to
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make a paint tech’s life easier. For Bongard, it was the perfect choice for his shop. The next step for Turmel was to help Bongard get the proper building and environmental permits. This meant planning the logistics of the installation including coordinating all the sub-trades: electrical, gas, concrete pit work, roofers, and fire suppression systems. Meanwhile, Bongard had to make room for his new spraybooth by selling the old one. He was in charge of the sub-trades while the team from Roger Turmel and Jack Bongard celebrating a job well done.