Summary: A THIRTEEN-FOOT CANOE, BEARS, SQUIRRELS AND A FEAR OF SNAPPING TOWELS.<br><br> <br> The Gearheads went deep into the woods of the 2018 SEMA Show, and wandered into Camp Wannapaintem, <a href="http://us.ppgrefinish.com/PPG-Refinish/home.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">PPG</a>‘s latest show-stopping display. We were fortunate to fall under the guidance of camp counselors Cristina Fronzaglia Murray and Jeremy Seanor (of <a href="http://www.luckystrikedesigns.com/home.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lucky Strike Designs</a>). We sat for a while and discussed paint technology, creativity, marketing, and the importance of passion Most important of all was the lesson that paint is fun. It’s not merely a tool or just coating, but a vehicle in and of itself, capable of launching careers and forging lifelong friendships. Even after a certain podcaster suggests a prison-themed trade show booth.<br> THINGS COVERED IN THIS EPISODE:<br> <br> * Talking SEMA Show booth themes<br><br> – Gathering items to decorate the booth<br> * The “Homeless Chic” John Jackson<br> * Where inspiration lives<br> * Jeremy paints a canoe<br> * Our own Brad’s connection to a past themed booth<br> * A terribly inappropriate booth theme idea made presentable<br> * Brian chooses a favorite among his sons<br> * How to turn a group of adults into a bunch of three year olds (HINT: it involves whistles)<br> * Paint is fun<br> * Experiencing color in different ways<br> * Waterborne and Envirobase paint technology versus solvent-based<br><br> – Adapting the new tech to creative paint<br><br> – Progressing with paint technology in both collision and custom work<br> * The changing times:<br><br> – Hot-plating enamels and crushing pigment from leaves<br><br> – Moving cure times from cigarettes between coats to social posts between coats<br> * The longevity of Deltron<br><br> – Hosting a fourteen year old paint job in the booth illustrates quality like nothing else<br> * Booth design as a team-building exercise<br> * The value of not having to be engaged in the “SEMA crunch”<br> * Brian offers the then-thousand dollar marketing idea<br> * History of the PPG theme booths<br> * A custom painter reunion of sorts every year in the booth<br> * “The greatest paint in the world, used by the greatest painters”<br><br> – The value and appreciation of humility<br> * The “prison” theme booth<br><br> – Alex offers the idea of carving a shiv from a paint stir stick<br> * More great booth theme ideas:<br><br> – “Paint Church”<br><br> – “Rascal in a China Shop”<br><br> – “Barefoot on Legos”<br> <br> CAREER ADVICE FOR THE MOTIVATED LISTENER<br> <br> * On the importance of being yourself and making mistakes<br><br> – Career growth through understanding passions<br> * Teaching the technical aspect, and the inability to teach passion<br> * Four-year education versus hands-on trades<br> * The value of a combination of traditional school degrees and trade school/knowledge<br> * The misinterpretation of trades being just “dirty work”<br> * Recognizing the minds and hands that aren’t meant to sit in a classroom, but rather need to be out doing things<br> * The epitome of “self-made”<br> <br>
