Paint lab

Recipes for paint mixes: colour code and name, ingredients with ratios and quantities, coats and notes about the car. You assign a recipe to a job or save it as a general base to reuse on the next car.

01What it is

A recipe records a mix: name, colour code and name, a note about the car, coats and ingredients. It can belong to a job or be a general base.

An ingredient has a name, a ratio in parts and a quantity in millilitres. Ratio and quantity are separate fields, the app does not convert between them. You pick an ingredient from the catalogue of paint products or type it in.

The paint lab shows in the menu in extended mode, which you switch on in Settings › Workshop.

A COLOUR RECORDED ONCE: Colour code and mix to repeat.
ON THE JOB: A recipe assigned to the repair.
PAINT INSPECTION: The car's paint condition on a diagram.

02What it is for

The same colour next year

The recipe stays with the job and the car.

Mix cost

People with access to finance see the ingredient cost.

Condition before painting

A paint inspection with a damage map.

03Main options

The paint lab is a recipe list, the recipe form and its ingredients.

Every mix

Tiles: all recipes, assigned to a job, ingredient value (with access to finance).

Columns: recipe, category, location, code and car, job or general base
Category and group filter, when you have paint lab categories

04Tasks step by step

STEP 1Open Modules › Extra services › Paint lab and choose New recipe.
STEP 2Enter the name, colour code and name, pick a job or the general base. Save.
STEP 3Add ingredients with ratio and quantity.

05Actions

The most common tasks in the paint lab.

New recipe

What goes into a paint mix.

Add an ingredient

From the catalogue or by hand.

Paint inspection

The paint condition of the job's car.

06What it connects to

Choose a module to see how it connects to a recipe.

CUSTOMERS

Jobs

A recipe can belong to a job.

Go to the topicJobs