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

[DetailersDomain]

lighting should I get that is for my garage or portable?



Tks!

[DSVWGLI]

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.

[Accumulator]

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.

[DetailersDomain]

Sound great, how about the costs of this stuff and where is a good place to buy them at?

[papi_jay]

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

[Accumulator]

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...

[papi_jay]

Which of the following types/power level would suit best accumulator ?



http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=71471-290-PQ500WL&lpage=none

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=26070-290-HCT300&lpage=none

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=54681-290-PQS45&lpage=none

[MorBid]

I was at Lowes last weekend and they sell Halogen light fixtures (300W) that look like these (http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=6970&productId=385489&R=385489)

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.

[DetailersDomain]

Thanks for the update I will look into them.

[DetailersDomain]

Wouldn`t fluroscents be better as the heat from the halogens would be pretty intense after a while?

[RogueM3]

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..)

[MorBid]

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.

[MorBid]

Wouldn`t fluroscents be better as the heat from the halogens would be pretty intense after a while?



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.

[ciph3r]

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!

[papi_jay]

Do you mean this one Accumulator (http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=27277-290-HSL300&lpage=none) ( that isn`t at Lowe`s website )



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