Yet another white car question...lighting?

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Hi all,

Thank you all in advance for all the great advice you have given me so far!!!

I have a garage detached from my house that does not have great lighting...couple fluorescence and an incandescence.

Given that my car is white and the swirls are very hard to see,even in direct sunlight, is there a lighting set up that I can use in my garage so I don't have to keep moving the car into direct sunlight to see my progress as I go through the steps?

I'd hate to go through all the steps, take the car out into the sunlight and realize I didn't go deep enough on the first polishing step.

Would love some ideas on something portable to help me see the swirls ( or hopefully lack of them ) without having to keep taking the car in and out of the garage.

As always, thank you!

Steve
 
Hey man I would go with some halogen work lamps only down side is they produce a lot of heat or you can go with some LEDs
 
I downloaded an App for my cell called Flaslight LED Genius which turns the flash of your camera into an LED light.

I am sure it is not the best tool out there, but works well enough - especially if you use it in an otherwise dark room (on white paint)

The real bonus though is that you can set it up so that it turn on and off by shaking the phone (and can adjust sensitivity) so its nice to:

Shake
Look
Shake
:buffing:
Shake
Look

Repeat

:laughing:

Saves fumbling around with the phone whilst still trying to clean pads and keep buffing....

It costs nothing and may be worth a shot :dunno:
 
When correcting paint you want to have one source of light focused on the immediate area you are working. So having a single LED or halogen work light, or even an incandescent bulb, will make it easier to focus on the defects at hand, and not have ambient light flooding the rest of the car. The spectrum of the light source will make a big difference as well. Xenon and halogen are two of the best mobile light sources that aren't super expensive like halide lights or LEDs that match the spectrum of those sources.
 
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