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Automotive masking paper is an essential tool for any auto body repair or painting project. It is used to protect areas of a vehicle that should not be painted or coated. There are two main types of automotive masking paper: coated and treated. Coated masking… read more »

Self-tapping screws are a type of screw that are designed to create threads in a material as they are driven in. This allows them to be used in materials that do not have threads already, such as metal, plastic or wood. Self-tapping screws are typically… read more »

Self-piercing rivets (SPR) join two or more pieces of material using a rivet without a pre-drilled hole. Self-piercing rivets are a semi-tubular rivet driven at high force through the material layers to be joined, into a die which causes the tail of the rivet to… read more »

When looking at body bolts, sheet metal screws and related U-clips, and even automotive fasteners, such as push pins or Christmas trees, the nomenclature used by each manufacturer to describe the size of the fastener, or the hole size that it goes into, can sometimes… read more »

Heat shrink tubing is used to help protect an electrical connection from vibration and moisture. Depending on the type of heat shrink tubing, it can be used for applications ranging from industrial to automotive. Our primary focus is obviously on the automotive end, so we’ll… read more »