Mike Phillips
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Why you want a SCANGRIP Sunmatch Swirl Finder Light - Initial Inspection, Final Inspection and everything in-between!
Besides using the SCANGRIP Sunmatch Swirl Finder Light to find swirls, scratches and other defects, there are other areas of your work where this light shines! (no pun intended)
Here are some other VERY IMPORTANT uses for this light that will save you time and give you peace of mind.
What do I mean?
In my Competition Ready Detailing Classes I stress the importance of doing the final inspection to check for wax smears or ceramic coating high spots at the end of the detail job.
You do your final inspection by doing these 4 things,
1: Move the car into a different position in your shop so light falls on it in new ways to help you to see things you may have missed.
2: Move the car outside into sunlight to help you to see things you may have missed.
3: Get a FRESH SET OF EYES to inspect your work. This could be a buddy, an employee or a girlfriend, wife or even boyfriend or husband. Because you've been looking at the car for hours you become snow blind or what I call shine blind. Shine Blind is when you are too tired to accurately see the car and see what you've missed because you've been looking at the same car, (same body panels), --> FOR HOURS. At some point it simply becomes one big pile of shine.
4: Get a kid to inspect your work. Adults are tall and look DOWN on the car. Kids are short and look UP at the car. They can often see things you missed simply due to their elevation.
The SCANGRIP Sunmatch EXCELS at this type of final inspection work and will help to ensure an absolutely perfect finish before your customer sees the final results.
Here's how the SCANGRIP Sunmatch saves you time
With the Sunmatch swirl finder light you can skip points 1 and 2 above. Because it does such a great job of lighting up a body panel you can easily see if there are any smears, streaks, patches of un-removed wax, high spots of coating not buffed off. You save time because you don't need to move the car around in your shop or move the car outside into bright sunlight.
Here's how the SCANGRIP Sunmatch gives you peace of mind
With the Sunmatch swirl finder light you wont' miss a thing. You will have the confidence that when your customer gets the car home into their garage under their lights that the finish will be just as clear and beautiful as it was when it was in your shop. You can still have a fresh set of eyes inspect your work, and this is a good idea, just hand them the Sunmatch swirl finder light and tell them to have a critical eye when inspecting.
Here's examples of inspecting for wax smears.
This is a 1948 Jeepster that we wet sanded, cut and buff. Afterwards we applied the SONAX High Speed Wax which is a thick, durable carnauba spray wax. The next day (after doing all the work), I RE-inspected the paint and found patches of wax that had not been removed.
With normal ambient light the results look great!
Now let me light up the same area with the SCANGRIP Sunmatch swirl finder light...
Whoa! What's that? Looks like we missed a patch of wax!
Yep... that's simply a small patch or smear of wax that was not fully removed and the SCANGRIP Sunmatch light revealed it.
Here's an example showing my friend Jeff Bell inspecting for high spots after coating this 1980 Corvette
And then when a high spot is discovered, Jeff gently wipes it away.
The customer will never see the high spots because of the Sunmatch Swirl Finder Light.
Versatile
More than a swirl finder light, a time saver and an final results inspection light that gives you peace of mind that you're delivering exactly what you promised... professional grade work.
Custom Paint Job - 1980 Corvette - RUPES & Gyeon - Extreme Show Car Makeover at Autogeek
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Besides using the SCANGRIP Sunmatch Swirl Finder Light to find swirls, scratches and other defects, there are other areas of your work where this light shines! (no pun intended)
Here are some other VERY IMPORTANT uses for this light that will save you time and give you peace of mind.
What do I mean?
In my Competition Ready Detailing Classes I stress the importance of doing the final inspection to check for wax smears or ceramic coating high spots at the end of the detail job.
You do your final inspection by doing these 4 things,
1: Move the car into a different position in your shop so light falls on it in new ways to help you to see things you may have missed.
2: Move the car outside into sunlight to help you to see things you may have missed.
3: Get a FRESH SET OF EYES to inspect your work. This could be a buddy, an employee or a girlfriend, wife or even boyfriend or husband. Because you've been looking at the car for hours you become snow blind or what I call shine blind. Shine Blind is when you are too tired to accurately see the car and see what you've missed because you've been looking at the same car, (same body panels), --> FOR HOURS. At some point it simply becomes one big pile of shine.
4: Get a kid to inspect your work. Adults are tall and look DOWN on the car. Kids are short and look UP at the car. They can often see things you missed simply due to their elevation.
The SCANGRIP Sunmatch EXCELS at this type of final inspection work and will help to ensure an absolutely perfect finish before your customer sees the final results.
Here's how the SCANGRIP Sunmatch saves you time
With the Sunmatch swirl finder light you can skip points 1 and 2 above. Because it does such a great job of lighting up a body panel you can easily see if there are any smears, streaks, patches of un-removed wax, high spots of coating not buffed off. You save time because you don't need to move the car around in your shop or move the car outside into bright sunlight.
Here's how the SCANGRIP Sunmatch gives you peace of mind
With the Sunmatch swirl finder light you wont' miss a thing. You will have the confidence that when your customer gets the car home into their garage under their lights that the finish will be just as clear and beautiful as it was when it was in your shop. You can still have a fresh set of eyes inspect your work, and this is a good idea, just hand them the Sunmatch swirl finder light and tell them to have a critical eye when inspecting.
Here's examples of inspecting for wax smears.
This is a 1948 Jeepster that we wet sanded, cut and buff. Afterwards we applied the SONAX High Speed Wax which is a thick, durable carnauba spray wax. The next day (after doing all the work), I RE-inspected the paint and found patches of wax that had not been removed.
With normal ambient light the results look great!
Now let me light up the same area with the SCANGRIP Sunmatch swirl finder light...
Whoa! What's that? Looks like we missed a patch of wax!
Yep... that's simply a small patch or smear of wax that was not fully removed and the SCANGRIP Sunmatch light revealed it.
Here's an example showing my friend Jeff Bell inspecting for high spots after coating this 1980 Corvette
And then when a high spot is discovered, Jeff gently wipes it away.
The customer will never see the high spots because of the Sunmatch Swirl Finder Light.
Versatile
More than a swirl finder light, a time saver and an final results inspection light that gives you peace of mind that you're delivering exactly what you promised... professional grade work.
Custom Paint Job - 1980 Corvette - RUPES & Gyeon - Extreme Show Car Makeover at Autogeek
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