Axalta to Showcase Automotive Art Created With Its Brilliant Paints
GLEN MILLS, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
How hot will this summer get? How about checking out one of the hottest
hot rod shows in the Midwest? Consider stopping by the 47th
Annual NSRA Street Rod Nationals Plus at the Kentucky Exposition
Center in Louisville, Kentucky on August 4-7. Axalta
Coating Systems (NYSE: AXTA), a leading global supplier of liquid
and powder coatings, is proud to support this show as well as more than
a dozen other custom car shows across the country this year. We’ll be
cruisin’ into Louisville with five dazzling vehicles including:
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Axalta and Richard Broyles’ 1941 Ford Truck “Mirage” painted with Axalta’s Cromax® ChromaPremier® primer, Sunset Mirage basecoat and clearcoat are headed to Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo: Axalta)
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Richard Broyles’ 1941 Ford Truck “Mirage” painted with Axalta’s Cromax®
ChromaPremier® primer, Sunset Mirage basecoat and clearcoat.
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Retired U.S. Marine Corp Colonel Andy Starr’s one-of-a-kind,
special-car order dealer demo 1965 Buick Riviera Gran Sport painted by
Mike Velek’s Auto Specialties and Restorations with Axalta’s Spies
Hecker® Samoan Bronze basecoat.
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Bill and Linnea Currie’s 1932 Ford Roadster built by Dave Lane’s Fast
Lane Rod Shop and painted with Axalta’s Cromax ChromaPremier primer,
Fast Lane Red basecoat and clearcoat.
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Terry and Sara Rose’s 1968 Chevrolet C-10 pickup truck built by Tim
and Carrie Strange of Strange Motion and painted with Axalta’s Cromax
ChromaPremier primer, Blue and Charcoal basecoat and clearcoat.
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Fred and Jane Strukman’s 1936 Ford pickup truck built by Hot Rods by
JSK and painted with Axalta’s Cromax ChromaPremier Dessert Tan
basecoat (exterior), Maroon basecoat (engine bay) and Mastertint®
custom-mixed Bright Red vinyl coating system (interior).
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Bob Garwood’s 1965 Buick Riviera Gran Sport built by Mike Goldman
Customs and painted with Axalta’s Cromax ChromaPremier primer,
SpectraMaster® Yellow basecoat and clearcoat.
Axalta representatives will be on hand to offer show attendees examples
of automotive art created with our brilliant paint including all of our
global refinish brands: Cromax®, Nason®, Standox®
and Spies Hecker®, as well as our Hot Hues™ line of custom
colors.
Axalta will also feature its 2016
Paint Outside the Can Contest. The contest is an invitation to
automotive painters from across the United States and Canada to unleash
their creativity using any Axalta-branded coating system to paint and
decorate an unused, standard one-gallon paint can.
Submissions will be recognized and displayed via select social media
channels throughout the contest. After the contest closes on September
15, 2016, six “Celebrity Picks” will be selected by industry celebrities
who will vote for their favorites based on creativity, execution and
degree of difficulty. In addition, six “Fan Favorites” will be chosen by
fans based on the number of photo “likes” that these favorites received
on Axalta’s Instagram page. Finally, one “Best-in-Show” grand
prizewinner will be selected from the six “Celebrity Picks.”
To help make it easy to find us at events, visit Axalta’s event website
that includes information about the shows and Axalta’s participation.
The shows enable various types of car enthusiasts to interact with us,
gather firsthand information about paint use and garner application
ideas.
To learn more about Axalta, follow us on our North America Refinish
social media channels.
www.Facebook.com/AxaltaNArefinish
www.Twitter.com/AxaltaNAref
www.Instagram.com/axaltarefinish
www.Pinterest.com/AxaltaNAref
www.YouTube.com/AxaltaUS
www.Axalta.us
www.Axalta.ca
About Axalta Coating Systems – Celebrating 150 Years in the Coatings
Industry
Axalta is a leading global company focused solely on coatings and
providing customers with innovative, colorful, beautiful and sustainable
solutions. From light OEM vehicles, commercial vehicles and refinish
applications to electric motors, buildings and pipelines, our coatings
are designed to prevent corrosion, increase productivity and enable the
materials we coat to last longer. With 150 years of experience in the
coatings industry, the approximately 12,800 people of Axalta continue to
find ways to serve our more than 100,000 customers in 130 countries
better every day with the finest coatings, application systems and
technology. For more information visit axaltacoatingsystems.com
and follow us @axalta on Twitter and on LinkedIn.
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