The Workshop

After your workshop training with Vinyl Craft Inc., you will be venturing out at the top of your field. You will not have to spend years working your way up through the ranks. You will be able to charge premium prices starting with your first job.

The two main aspects of most jobs are the repair and the color match. You will learn how to do both from beginning to end, as well as the order of procedures. These steps have been tried and tested over the course of over 40 years with great success and profit. Newly trained technicians and entrepreneurs will be trained quickly and efficiently to maximize their income. Growth and perfection of these taught skills will never cease to grow and perfect, equaling a never-ending growth in skill and income.

Learning some of Vinyl Craft Inc.’s trade secrets, which have been sought out by others for years, will help you become one of the most desirable vinyl, leather, and plastic repair technicians in your area.

Color Matching

Learn to factory match colors, correct discolorations, and metallics.

Learning basic color matching value, hue & saturation
Matching factory colors
Antiquing
How to adjust colors to account for time and fading
How to blend
Proper chemical ratios

Proper spraying techniques
How to adjust volume to air flow ratios for flat or wet layers
Primers
Clear Coats and Ratios
And more!

Repair Training

You will learn how to repair scrapes, gauges, burns, cuts, glass damage, mounting tabs with cracks or are broken off.

Plastic Welding
Vinyl Welding
Leather Welding
Plastic Texturizing
Vinyl Texturizing

Leather Texturizing
Adhesion And Re-adhesion
Leveling and Filling
Buffing and Polishing

You will receive a complete list of everything you will be learning on the first day of the workshop. It will also be posted within the workshop area.

You will be working on all or most from the following items

Door Panels

Seats

Dashboards

Consoles

Steering Wheels

Trims

Bumpers

Textured Items

You Will Receive, for field Training

How to schedule your workday.
Who to talk to and where to go (getting familiar with Body Shops and Dealerships)
Demonstrations and hand- on of how we estimate repair costs 
Demonstrations and hands-on of how we interact and invoice the customer

Your First Customer(s)

After your workshop we will travel to your location to demonstrate and teach you how to obtain customers. It is strongly advised that you have your business license, business cards and invoices in place prior to our promotional outing. It isn’t uncommon to get your first job at the time of acquiring your first customer, and yes, we will stay with you during that job!

Promotional Material provided with a flash drive to create more
In person demonstration and hands-on supervised promoting your business
Learn who to talk to and how to conduct yourself
In person demonstration and hands-on of contacting insurance companies

QuickBooks

Fieldwork is one part of your business. Keeping your paperwork and documents organized and keeping detailed accounting records is an important step for a successful business. We will teach you the basics of QuickBooks (QB) to get you started on the right path. For those with no experience of QB we will give you a thorough tour, like no videos you will ever find on other YouTube channels or elsewhere.

Which QuickBooks versions is best for you
How to install
Preferences
Reports
Classes
Personalizing QB’s

Reconciling Accounts
Bills
Name List
Receipt Management
Invoices
Payments Received

Credit Card Payments (if applicable)
Chart of Accounts
Banking
Customer Center
Vendor Center
Items

QuickBooks assistance from the beginning and throughout the year will be basic assistance. We are not an accounting firm nor tax experts. We have been using QuickBooks for 30 years, so we can assist with helping you set up your QB file to work with this field service industry. We will demonstrate how and why you should set up customers the way we do, along with Name List and other areas of QB’s. We can assist with reconciliation issues, receiving your first payment from a customer, creating a credit, and other such tasks.

The Package

You will receive everything you need to outfit your truck to get started on your first day after the workshop, plus some extras! When possible, we will assist you with setting up your truck for the most optimal performance.

Air Compressor
Air Hose
Drill
Extension Cords, 2 lengths
Heat Gun
Soldering Iron
Spray Gun, 2
Feed Cups, 2
Glue Gun
Spray Gun, Primer
Gun, Quickset
Hogring Pliers
Plier Set
Retching Tools Set
Screwdriver Set
Vise Grips
Wire Cutters
Wrench Set
Air Adjusters
Air Blower
Air Shut Off Valve
Atomizer
Bondo Spreaders
Brushes
Channel Locks
Couplers

Duct Tape
Hogrings
Masking Paper, 2 sizes
Masking Tape, 3 sizes
Micro Towels
Mini Torch
Needles
Pallet Knives
Pick Tools
*Plastic Bins, optional
Popclip Door Tools Kit
Quart Cans
Razor Blades
Sandpaper, 10 different grits
Scissors
Scrub Brush
Sharpie Dispenser
Scuff Pads
Squeeze Bottles
Stir Sticks
Strainers
Terry Cloth Towels
3M Rubbing Compound
Acetone
Bulldog
Butane

Duct Tape
Hogrings
Masking Paper, 2 sizes
Masking Tape, 3 sizes
Micro Towels
Mini Torch
Needles
Pallet Knives
Pick Tools
*Plastic Bins, optional
Popclip Door Tools Kit
Quart Cans
Razor Blades
Sandpaper, 10 different grits
Scissors
Scrub Brush
Sharpie Dispenser
Scuff Pads
Squeeze Bottles
Stir Sticks
Strainers
Terry Cloth Towels
3M Rubbing Compound
Acetone
Bulldog
Butane

One Year After Your Last Day of Training in The Workshop!

You can call us up to three times per day, Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 7:00 pm EST for one year after your last day of training at the workshop. For assistance with fieldwork questions, promotional questions, business related questions (no legal advice, basic), QuickBooks questions (basics), or let us know how you are doing.

Summary of Why You Should Choose Vinyl Craft’s Workshop

Quality of craftsmanship training
Hands-on Training
Small class size
Real Time Field Training - optional
Your location, in person promotion of your business
QuickBooks Basic Training and Office Organization Tips
Huge, package to outfit your truck
Ready to work the day after the workshop (your vehicle, business license and invoices not included)
Access to us for one year after the last day of the workshop!

“We always strive to be the best, to be above any competition.”
— Vinyl Craft inc.