Best lighting to purchase to see imperfections (swirl marks, scratches, dents etc)(

I'm going the other way because I simply use what I call "the ugly lights" which are decent $40 LED's from Home Depot. They show all kinds of marring very easily. No way I'm paying $400 for specialized light. That's just me.

I personally have a $60 tactical led light that runs on 2 - CR123A batteries. You can see everything you need with that. Spend the rest of your $ on pads and product [emoji106]

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Originally Posted by Coatingsarecrack

Cheaper alternative Astro neumatic 50sl. Also I have an arcusla color match which I got very cheap. You’ll have to look around but one one used the other and both worked great for swirl finding and checking work. I have not used scangrip and heard they are great but being a hobbyist a 150-400$ light did not seem worth investment.


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I have the same pneumatic one. Works great for high spot check with garage lights off.

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Originally Posted by spazzz

I have the same pneumatic one. Works great for high spot check with garage lights off.

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Never thought of that for high spots .... thanks


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Originally Posted by rst08

great tools but you'll be chasing scratches.....always

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Let say you polished whole car and like 80% swirl mark free (or what is idea percentage? From new car)

And then you do lot of rinseleas or waterless washing and some areas have swirl marks again. Can I repolish that one spot only using that lighting or the whole panel has to be polished

Too many polished I think will strip clear coat right


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I have the same pneumatic one. Works great for high spot check with garage lights off.

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So I just bought that on amazon what do you mean high spot check?


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Originally Posted by animescreen

So I just bought that on amazon what do you mean high spot check?


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Excess product one must wipe off when applying ceramic coating to a car.

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Let say you polished whole car and like 80% swirl mark free (or what is idea percentage? From new car)

And then you do lot of rinseleas or waterless washing and some areas have swirl marks again. Can I repolish that one spot only using that lighting or the whole panel has to be polished

Too many polished I think will strip clear coat right


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You can polish just the area that needs it but you must then reapply whatever LSP you had on there. Easier with a sealant or wax than a coating. Polishing will remove whatever LSP you used.