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Light bulbs for garage to uncover defects?
What's the best type of light bulbs to use in a garage to uncover swirls/scratches? I use bulbs that hang from the celing and are long and skinny(tube type).
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Alot of people use the halogen stands i think 1000watt
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Originally Posted by MDetail
Alot of people use the halogen stands i think 1000watt
Where can you buy those?
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For the Light tubes. Replace them with LED light tubes. I believe the 4300K is the closest to the sun. 500w and 1000w light stands work good to
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Originally Posted by 07 z-oh-6
Where can you buy those?
Home Depot
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Re: Light bulbs for garage to uncover defects?
One can actually see these lights on a post by Pampos in Show N'Shine,where he does a Aston Martin DB9.
As portable i think Brinkman dual xenon are the most used .
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Originally Posted by sullysdetailing
500w and 1000w light stands work good to
Will 500 show most defects, or will 1000 be much better?
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There are a lot of variables involved. It depends on where & how the light is hitting the paint, and the angle from which you are looking at it. The difference between 500 & 1,000 watts is quite a bit of difference. 1,000 is a lot brighter. Florescent lights can easily show swirls if your car is right next to one.
Depending upon the angle at which you are trying to view micro marring/swirls, halogens can sometimes emit too much light to be able to view micro marring/swirls, sometimes, depending on how the light is hitting the surface, and the angle at which you are looking at a particular surface, halogens can be blinding.
I like florescents, as I have four overhead rows in my garage (4 ft @ 40 watts apiece). Florescents can illuminate a hell of a lot of area, (horizontal panels) without blinding me.
It seems like halogen light either shows micro marring, or it doesen't. It seems like you have to view a panel at 90 degrees to see light reflecting from swirls with a halogen, whereas with florescents, the angle from which a swirl is/can viewed is more flexable.
But to answer your question directly, 1,000 watts is a lot brighter than 500 watts, thus allowing more defects to be seen easier.
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Re: Light bulbs for garage to uncover defects?
Originally Posted by Fly bye
There are a lot of variables involved. It depends on where & how the light is hitting the paint, and the angle from which you are looking at it. The difference between 500 & 1,000 watts is quite a bit of difference. 1,000 is a lot brighter. Florescent lights can easily show swirls if your car is right next to one.
Depending upon the angle at which you are trying to view micro marring/swirls, halogens can sometimes emit too much light to be able to view micro marring/swirls, sometimes, depending on how the light is hitting the surface, and the angle at which you are looking at a particular surface, halogens can be blinding.
I like florescents, as I have four overhead rows in my garage (4 ft @ 40 watts apiece). Florescents can illuminate a hell of a lot of area, (horizontal panels) without blinding me.
It seems like halogen light either shows micro marring, or it doesen't. It seems like you have to view a panel at 90 degrees to see light reflecting from swirls with a halogen, whereas with florescents, the angle from which a swirl is/can viewed is more flexable.
But to answer your question directly, 1,000 watts is a lot brighter than 500 watts, thus allowing more defects to be seen easier.
I knew this might get complicated.
I'm a rookie polisher just trying to see defects in the paint. My car is silver making it even harder to see defects.
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