What is a good light to get to check and correct paint, what freq, and what type of

Halogen work light with two 500 watt lights. This is a portable tripod unit that raises up and down. A single one that is not on a tripod is handy for working on the lower half of cars.
 
Hand held incandescent work light with 2-300W bulb. Turn out all the other lights and use different angles of both illumination and view.



Ceiling mounted lights of a similar nature. I have 3 over each "bay" in the shop and a another two in the middle. I'll turn out the fluorescents and halogens and see what shows up under the incandescents.



I use halogens while polishing, but they're only one step in the final inspection.
 
Accumulator where in the world do you find a work light with 200-300 watt bulb capabilities ? Only ones I have ever seen are 75-100 max .

Thanx
 
I can't tell you anything about the ceiling mounted ones except that my builder got 'em and they weren't expensive enough for me to remember what they cost. There aren't that many that take high-wattage bulbs so just go by that when you're shopping. Check out a specialty lighting store or have an electrical contractor find them.



I got the hand held one at the local Lowe's. I bought the last two and sold one to Bill D. Maybe $25 or so. Haven't checked to see if they got more in stock since then...
 
I was at Lowes last weekend and they sell Halogen light fixtures (300W) that look like these

for about the same price.



The also have them in a wall mounted unit as well. You won't find them on their website though for some reason.



Since I live right down the block from a Lowes and about a mile from Home Depot I always stop by just to walk through and see what's in there I might want to get.
 
Phil,



I bought a tripod light as described above with (2) 500W halogens on a tripod stand.



I think it was $40 at Lowes and has served me well. (Included extra bulbs that came with it and that I havent had a use for yet..)
 
I have two set's on tripods, one is the Generic Yellow ones that put out 1000W fixed and the other is from Sears which is adjustable up to 1200W's.



I find Halogens need to be isolated from any other light source to work effectively and while gr8t at finding swirls and scratches. Light marring like buffer swirls and hazing need a different type of light.
 
pyiu said:
Wouldn't fluroscents be better as the heat from the halogens would be pretty intense after a while?
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Yes halogen's do heat up after awhile. Gr8t in the winter but sucks big time in a garage during the summer. Flourescent lighting while running cooler don't always do the job as well as halogens for spotting marring.



I've heard the best setup is a combination of both. If I could afford it I think I would want to try "full specturm" lighting next.
 
I picked up the 1000 watt dual lamp setup from Sears today. It was 24.99 plus tax and let me tell you that thing puts out alot of light...and heat. When I got done washing my car tonight my skin felt as if I'd been in the sun!
 
I have the dual 1000 watt setup from Sears as well. I got it on sale at one of the Sears Tool Stores (not a regular Sears- tools only!) for $19.99 plus tax. I have had one bulb blow out in the year I have had it. I love it in the winter as it helps heat my garage!
 
papi_jay- Your link doesn't seem to be working for me, didn't bring up a light :confused: but rather their home page.



WSUcommuter- The Sears dual-head halogen is one of the two lights of that type I use when polishing. I still use something else to *really* inspect the finish though ;)



MorBid- Your link *did* work for me...I don't think those would throw enough light. At least not right where you'd want it.



I'm such a downer when discussing lighting :o
 
With black paint, I generally follow this sequence in a dark garage: 1000 watt halogens,handheld xenon light, incandescents ranging from 100-300 watts. Given this, its certainly imaginable how long polishing one panel can take and this isn't factoring in pulling the car in and out of the garage to inspect in sunlight and then setting up that whole arrangement all over again for the next panel.
 
At Lowe's model # is HSL300 Accumulator .



Without having access to two or more lights what is best for finding swirls when direct sun is not available ?
 
papi jay- For some reason I just can't get the Lowe's thing to work :o



If I could only have one light for just swirl-spotting I'd get the handheld incandescent that seems so hard to find.





If I could only have one light for swirl-spotting *and* seeing what I'm doing while polishing, etc. I'd get a good twin-head halogen.
 
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