Reccommend me a good Paint Gauge

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Re: Recommend me a good Paint Gauge

The PosiTest DFT is a very high quality and accurate paint thickness gage.

I'll use it on the Extreme Honda Makeover this Thursday and show make a little video so you can see it in action.

This Honda has been repainted so the reading will likely be all over the place.

Looking forward to that video, Mike. Too bad it won't be a live show tonight. When you demo it, could you also mention some rough guidelines, based on your past experiences, for: enough paint to compound; enough paint to use a swirl remover; don't touch the paint with anything abrasive? I know there are no hard and fast rules, but any data on this would be more than I have now.

And maybe see how much paint you remove from a given point by using whatever correction product you select? That would be handy info, I think.

Thank you!

 

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Re: Recommend me a good Paint Gauge

The thing that sucks with those is 3 things.

1- you have to apply a gel on the panel to take a reading.
2- you can't use these for ferrous cars.
3- between 2-6000! Only 2 manufacturers

This is from the AG store :
The Defelsko PosiTector 200 Series Paint Thickness Gauge non-destructively measures a wide variety of applications using proven ultrasound technology. This device measures coating thickness over wood, concrete, plastics, composites, metals and more. The Defelsko PosiTector 200 Paint Gauge gives fast, accurate readings with no calibration needed.
The Defelsko PosiTector 200 Series Paint Thickness Gauge measures up to 3 individual layer thicknesses in a multi-layer system and features a graphic readout for detailed analysis of the coating system

There is also a write-up of this unit on Detail Image -Ask a Pro Blog by Mac Harris.
This unit will do metal,fiberglass etc and as the description mentions up to 3 layers.
This unit is by no ways cheap but it could be a lifesaver for a high end detailer on a priceless exotic or collectible with original paint. I will be the first to say this unit isn't for everybody but it does have a market out there.