Brinkman Swirl finder

[YankeeFan]

I will be working outdoors and was wondering those that own a Brinkman find it works well ouside even though the sun is out and all sorts of glare and shadows are around? I have a canopy so I'm not in the sun but found it difficult to ensure all swirls are gone when I move it out of the way. Is there something else I should be looking at? Stopped polishing but wanted to start up again on Friday so gotta buy something Monday.



Thanks,

Howard

 

[LICamaro85]

It works well outside, I find there is a alearning curve to any light you use, you have to get used to the distance to hold it and the angle etc...



If you need something NOW why not just go get a halogen for 20 bucks from lowes or home depot. Or even an Incandescent light which I have been using more and more lately. I usually have my 100 watt incandescent a 500 watt halogen a 280 lumen LED flashlight and the brinkman when I am correcting a car. Each light has there own purpose and can pick up certain defects that the others can not.



Just remember when you are using a hand held light source IE not the sun just try to make it as dark as possable where you are shining the light. Either have the car indoors and kill the rest of the lights or roll the car into the shade to check your work.



I polish the car blind and then go over the entire thing before my last step in the polishing process just to make sure all removable defects are gone.



One more thing to keep in your mind is always inspect it in the sun since this is where your car is going to be seen. Usually people do not walk around carrying halogens and brinkmans in there pocket to inspect paint. If it looks good under the sun than call it quits.





- LI 85

 

[OnTheSpotMobile]

I picked up the swirl finder light and when it arrived I realized it's the same thing they sell at my local hardware store. I much prefer the sun to inspect my work. I can't get the swirl finder light to show me much of anything but maybe I'm just not using it right. It's almost always sunny when I do correction work so maybe thats why I don't get much use of the light. Also I work in direct sunlight rather than under shop lights. Therefor it may be a better tool when used inside in more dark conditions like 85 said.

 

[Accumulator]

Even when used in an otherwise dark shop, I don't find the Brinkman all that great for spotting minor marring on metallics, I do better with incanscents and the (admittedly pricey) SunGun.

Usually people do not walk around carrying halogens and brinkmans in there pocket to inspect paint. If it looks good under the sun than call it quits.

Heh heh...Mike Phillips has teased me about that before (good naturedly of course). Different people have different ideas about when to say when.