Green Initiative

At Apollo, we are dedicated to making sure our repair processes and equipment meet the highest standards for health safety and environmental protection. Here are just a few examples of the extra steps Apollo takes every day to help ensure the protection of our environment as well as over 50 employees in Texas.

RECYCLING Metal & Plastics

Apollo recycles all used and junk sheet metal & plastic bumper body parts. Since we replace a large number of car parts on a day to day basis, we can contribute to efforts to recycle different materials.

Protecting Our Environment

Our spray booths have commercially insulated walls to keep heat in and use afterburners to quickly ramp up the heat. They also have programmed timers that shut off automatically, reducing the use of heat and electricity.
To reduce energy usage, we use fast-dry paint products and infra-red/UV-B lights to cure paint and shorten the duration of the spray booths bake cycles.
Excess paint and thinner is always recycled. Residue is washed off with a water-based gun cleaner to eliminate fumes and eliminate solvent-based thinner use.
Spraying occurs in a downdraft spray booth with sophisticated HVLP (high volume, low pressure guns). Use of HVLP spray guns can significantly reduce overspray which will reduce harmful emissions and save paint.

Protecting Our Employees

All spray applications (including primer, basecoat and, clearcoat applications) are performed in a spray booth or ventilated and enclosed prep station which minimizes painter and other worker exposures to solvents and other harmful components of paints and coatings during spray applications.
All of our painters wear hooded fresh-air paint masks that constantly supplies fresh outside air to the painter.
Apollo uses automated gun cleaners to reduce painters and technicians exposure to harmful cleaning solvents by allowing them to perform part of the cleaning process remotely. Automatic cleaners also typically reuse solvents in the cleaning process which reduces solvent waste.