Detailing light

**merlin3008** · 05-26-2021, 06:39 AM

Hey guys...I’m looking for a light to help make defects, swirls, etc. stand out as I correct and polish. Any recommendations I should be looking for? I’m just wondering if the detailing specific lights add value, or if I can hit Home Depot and buy something a bit les expensive. Thanks!

**BurnsDetailing** · 05-26-2021, 07:20 AM

Being able to adjust color temperature is a great feature to look for, but brutal honesty here, I still have a pair of LED work lamps and a tripod I picked up from Lowes years ago that works great for me. The only addition I've made to my light collection is adding a Buff Brite LED Flamethrower, it's like a small headlight for your buffer, pretty adjustable to cast light where you need it depending on your buffing style.

**vaca22** · 05-26-2021, 08:09 AM

I'm going to head to Harbor Freight to pick up their Braun light. It's supposed to be good (at least from what I've read here) and will save me a pretty penny compared to other options.

**TTQ B4U** · 05-26-2021, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by vaca22

I'm going to head to Harbor Freight to pick up their Braun light. It's supposed to be good (at least from what I've read here) and will save me a pretty penny compared to other options.

It works great.

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**Bruno Soares** · 05-26-2021, 08:45 PM

What’s your budget? Gyeon Prism Plus is awesome (same as Scangrip MultimatchnR but includes diffuser for coatings). If your looking to spend less, the suggestion above from HF is pretty good.

**robwoodgto** · 05-26-2021, 09:47 PM

I would like to state that the braun works excellent for paint correction but for seeing high spots while applying a coating for me I’m just not seeing the high spots unless I pull car out in to sun light. Then all my imperfections are truly revealed.

Any recommendations would be great. Thanks for the Gyeon prism recommendation. I’m sure the OP and myself would welcome additional ones.

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**DFB** · 05-27-2021, 04:37 AM

I added a Scangrip Sunmatch 3 to my arsenal recently.

A really nice piece of kit and it feels great to hold. Very impressive the amount of light this little thing can generate.

Being able to change the light output and color tone, would this light be suitable for ceramic high spots?

**Dredogol** · 05-28-2021, 09:33 PM

From my experience, just get a headlight / flahshlight with a good spot light (not diffused/filtered); even a good pen light will work.
Nothing crazy strong like those you see online that can burn paper at 10k+ lumens.

Usually a 5000K color temp light works best... too warm or cool will make it difficult to see the swirls on various colored paints.