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SCRS Investigates Blend Panel Refinish Time: The Blend Stops Here

June 7, 2004 By CollisionWeek Editor

Insurers often reduce refinish time on a panel when they deem it to be a blend panel.  Many repairers feel that this term is not completely understood by some insurers, and the use of blend panel refinish time on the estimate is often misused. To shed some light on this issue, the Society of Collision Repair Specialists has been contacting information providers and paint companies to clarify the issue of blend panel refinish time, looking to uncover how it is calculated and when it is technically proper to consider a panel a blend panel.

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