Follow SEM's four-step Plastic Refinishing Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for consistent, professional results.

Follow SEM's two-step standard operating procedure (SOP) for consistent, professional automotive trim refinishing.

Collision centers can increase revenue by custom matching any interior carpet, leather, velour, vinyl, plastic, or properly prepped and primed metal with SEM’s Custom Fill system. With an aerosol blank for solvent, waterborne, or Color Coat formulas, filling just takes seconds with the Custom Fill Pneumatic Machine.Follow this 2 minute video to quickly fill Custom Fill Aerosol Blanks with the paint of your choice. Or download the SOP.

General Motors (GM) awards SEM Products, Inc. 52 recommendations spanning 218 SKUs. Recommended products should be used as “equivalent materials” during repairs outlined by GM Technical Service Bulletins. Recommendations include adhesives, foams, panel bonding adhesives, plastic repair materials, seam sealers, stone guard coatings, and undercoatings. Specialty coatings are recommended for out of warranty repair scenarios.

In preparation for SEM School, our New England team came down to set up product demos. As part of their display, they revived this 2013 Honda Ridgeline truckbed. The fiberglass composite bed was chalked-out, faded and showed fiberglass hairs. It was a sad sight for a 2 year old bed. The team used the new and improved Rock-It Liner to get this truckbed’s dignity back.

Do you want to turn more hours and put more money in your pocket? Do you want to lower paint costs to look good in front of your boss? Do you want to grow a thicker beard and have biceps that easily bend solid steel like putty?Factory Pack can make all of this come true. Well, at least the first two. How? By matching 18 of the top 20 OEM

Don’t leave money on the table. Refinishing automotive vinyl, plastic, and leather is fast, simple, and lucrative. For about $20 in materials, you can easily refinish interior parts to add $75 - $250 per repair order.

AutoRestoMod does an excellent job demonstrating how to restore a 40 year old car with Color Coat. AutoRestoMod uses our ready to spray Color Coat Landau Black, but many jobbers have Color Coat Mixing Systems to mix custom colors when needed. Their video shows how well SEM Soap, Vinyl Prep and Color Coat work together to produce exceptional ad...

All American Ford of Hackensack, New Jersey, proved truckbed liners aren’t just for truckbeds. This dealership sprayed a new 2014 F-150 FX4 exterior entirely with SEM’s #1 selling truckbed liner, Rock-It Liner™. The result is an impressive, rugged look that catches attention across the showroom... View More

SEM’s Marketing Manager of Technical Services & Training, Larry Trexler, led a webinar on preparing for the future of steel and aluminum repair. Larry simplifies SEM’s Dual-Mix line of adhesives, fillers and sealers to the 6 products that cover the majority of collision center repairs.... View More

Body shops, mobile technicians, and detailers agree that headlight output is critical to safe driving at night. Restoring a car’s headlight lens increases light output, which improves safety, and enhances clarity for an attractive appearance.Follow these instructions to make any vehicle’s headlight lens look and perform its best.... Read More

General Motors recommends SEM Products’ 39977 Panel Vibration Control Material

We recently received a thank you letter from Dave, who used SEM’s flexible coating Color Coat to refinish the dashboard and doors of his car. Dave writes, “I used SEM Color Coat on the interior panels of my custom sports car 10 years ago and it still looks amazing. No cracking or flaking or fading. Looks like the car came that way.”Want to get Dave's results? Here are 4 easy steps to use Color Coat on your next interior plastic refinishing job.

The Problem:It's obvious that the shorter the job time, the more jobs you can service each day. But how do you shorten labor time when you’re required to wait on mixing paint, flash times, vacant paint booths, and the time to clean your tools after each use?Find out how to lower your labor time up to 85% with SEM's OEM Refinishing System.