Thanks for the replies.
I played around a bit more and found out why flood lights are not that good (for me). Basically, on darker cars you can not even tell where the light is shining on the vehicle, so you have to lose time mucking around looking for where the light is pointing (inconvenient). Also I found on cars like Aston Martin's, the rear quarters have a curved off side to them... with the flood light you cant just point it direction on the curved edge. With spot light you can and then you can work around the edge (bottom side) as the light is exactly where you need it to be. So I have found in the end the spot lights to be more convenient as you can put the light where you want and then work around the bright spot (on the edges of it cause in the middle of the bright spot you can not see anything). So basically I can put the light spot on the side of the section I want to work on rather than directly on it (work towards the spot light on car)
So what I have done is sent the flood light back and got another spot light so that I have 2 of these 'really' bright lights. Basically if I keep the light at a distance on yellows/reds etc, it is ok, kinda shine it on 1 spot and work towards it. I put the Light stand say at the door of the car point at the fender (above the wheel) and then work from the headlight towards the top of the wheel where the light is shining, then move the light stand further back so the shining light moves closer to the door and keep working towards it... that way I see the scratches etc that are on the outskirts of the bright light and thus I don't miss anything. Looking at it on an angle really helps a lot.
On black car.. I can turn 2 spot lights on and make them shine on the 1 spot. That should be bright enough for black as well then. I also found that my light was good enough (as I went to check a second time), I just had to sit on the angle for it to reveal what I needed.
I want to do the job right because for me, I am not going to get paid to do half-arsed work. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It either gets done right, or don't even start.
Regarding taking it in the sun, the training I did I was told you never do this stuff outside because wind etc will blow stuff onto the car. If you can not paint-correct indoors, then do not even bother starting on the vehicle. All I can see is, use lights, do what you think is done, then take it outside to have a 'final inspection' of the vehicle and see if satisfied with the job. If yes, then final inspect spray the car (meguiars) and hand it over.
I played around a bit more and found out why flood lights are not that good (for me). Basically, on darker cars you can not even tell where the light is shining on the vehicle, so you have to lose time mucking around looking for where the light is pointing (inconvenient). Also I found on cars like Aston Martin's, the rear quarters have a curved off side to them... with the flood light you cant just point it direction on the curved edge. With spot light you can and then you can work around the edge (bottom side) as the light is exactly where you need it to be. So I have found in the end the spot lights to be more convenient as you can put the light where you want and then work around the bright spot (on the edges of it cause in the middle of the bright spot you can not see anything). So basically I can put the light spot on the side of the section I want to work on rather than directly on it (work towards the spot light on car)
So what I have done is sent the flood light back and got another spot light so that I have 2 of these 'really' bright lights. Basically if I keep the light at a distance on yellows/reds etc, it is ok, kinda shine it on 1 spot and work towards it. I put the Light stand say at the door of the car point at the fender (above the wheel) and then work from the headlight towards the top of the wheel where the light is shining, then move the light stand further back so the shining light moves closer to the door and keep working towards it... that way I see the scratches etc that are on the outskirts of the bright light and thus I don't miss anything. Looking at it on an angle really helps a lot.
On black car.. I can turn 2 spot lights on and make them shine on the 1 spot. That should be bright enough for black as well then. I also found that my light was good enough (as I went to check a second time), I just had to sit on the angle for it to reveal what I needed.
I want to do the job right because for me, I am not going to get paid to do half-arsed work. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It either gets done right, or don't even start.
Regarding taking it in the sun, the training I did I was told you never do this stuff outside because wind etc will blow stuff onto the car. If you can not paint-correct indoors, then do not even bother starting on the vehicle. All I can see is, use lights, do what you think is done, then take it outside to have a 'final inspection' of the vehicle and see if satisfied with the job. If yes, then final inspect spray the car (meguiars) and hand it over.