CARLOS TOVAR
Fairview Ford
San Bernardino,CA
10
years of professional experience
Offered organizational time management and teamwork capabilities to support company operations and collaboration.
Work History
Paint Prepper
1 Year 8 Months- Prepared vehicle surfaces for paint by sanding, masking, and cleaning panels to ensure smooth finishes.
- Inspected repairs for imperfections and corrected surface flaws before paint application.
- Mixed and matched materials to support accurate color and finish consistency across vehicles.
- Applied primers, sealers, and fillers according to body shop specifications and quality standards.
- Coordinated with body technicians and painters to keep repair flow organized and efficient.
- Maintained prep tools, sanding equipment, and work area to support safe, productive operations.
Paint prepper
5 Years 3 Months- Clean spray booths.
- Restock material.
- Shoot primer
- Check bondo and primer
- Block primer with correct grit paper.
- Blend panels with the correct grit sand paper.
- Mask off repaired panels.
- Properly clean the panels.
- Color match panel blends.
- Spray paint and jam.
- Polish
Polisher
3 Years 9 Months- My duties as head polisher are to Grind, sand, and polish objects.
- Correct defects.
- Prepare surface for further finishing.
- Prepping bondo, primer/blocking.
- Repair clear runs, fish eyes, pin holes, and solvent pop.
- Inspect vehicle before polishing for color matching.
- Masking for paint.
Painters helper
1 Year 3 Months- Prepper/polisher/Detailer
- Prepare vehicle services for paint.
- Inspect panels after body work.
- Primer repair panels and block primer.
- Mask vehicle for paint and a thorough clean of panels.
Education
High school
Skills
Bilingual – Spanish
CA drivers license
Utilizing air sanders
spray guns
sanding blocks.
Color sanding wet and dry
Polisher- paint correction
Adapt easily to fast paced environment.
Team orientated.
Timeline
Paint Prepper
Tesla
02.2025 - CurrentRead More
Paint prepper
Fairview Ford
07.2021 - CurrentRead More
Polisher
Caliber Collision
10.2017 - 07.2021Read More
Painters helper
Lone Hill collision
07.2016 - 10.2017Read More
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