Paint Thickness Readers

**craigdt** · 02-16-2016, 04:45 PM

I have the same one as Detail Impressions linked to.
There is about half a dozen that look the exact same on Amazon, and I just bought the cheapest.
I think it was about $120.

Like someone said earlier, it doesn`t give you the thickness of each layer, but only the prohibitively expensive ones can do that.

Mine is nice and accurate, and gives me a general idea of what is going on. You can see it in use here:
Report and pics showng how much clearcoat is removed during machine polishing

**Ccrew** · 02-16-2016, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by heisenberg

Yes, there are some devices that will give you individual layers. They are pricey.

What I do on OEM paints is measure the door jamb then the other areas, which gives you an idea of how much clear was sprayed on - it`s not exact but has always been enough to give me an educated guess. You can also always tell when an area was repainted, but there are too many variables to determine the different layers on that part without one of the more sophisticated gauges.

Thanks, good info all. Yeah, I know that the 1/4 on mine was a full repaint, but this time since it wasn`t that old (1 year later and garage ornament car) they didn`t panel blend the door. So I was looking and hadn`t found any device that could output that kind of mixed up data. Overall thickness sure, but layers is what I had no luck with.