Mitchell Cloud profile settings now
allow users to modify blend percentage formulas for two stage and three stage.
Users would modify the formula under “system profile”>> “calculations”.
[“User-defined percentages will appear
on the estimate as a manual entry, denoted by an asterisk[AS1] (*)”
No changes have been made to guidance
in the Mitchell Collision Estimating Guide (CEG). The CEG continues to state:
Single
Stage/Two Stage Colors
Blend
adjacent panel(s): Allow .5 per refinish
hour (50%) for each panel(s)/refinish area(s) blended.
Three Stage
Colors
Blend
adjacent panel(s): Allow .7 per refinish
hour (70%) for each panel(s)/refinish area(s) blended.