ShakingHorizons
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Thanks for your clarification!
Swirl Finder
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Accumulator
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Do you folks find that the "color" makes a difference with regard to swirl-spotting? Never really seemed to notice that myself..
JustJesus
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The metallic paint of my Blazing Blue Yaris is a pain to spot swirls. Or at least it used to be. Smaller/finer swirls might still be.
I believe Accumulator is referring to the color, or Kelvin temp of the light.
Accumulator
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Right...I`m now (painfully
) aware of just how to inspect my metallic vehicles for marring...more like I can`t "not see" it much as I`d like to...and *I* don`t find the Kelvin Temp. to be a factor when inspecting. Not trying to start any argument, just curious about the experiences of others.Only vehicle I`ve *EVER* had problems inspecting was the Granite Metallic Yukon. Had to have my wife help me so I could get the *EXACT* right illumination/viewing angles...incredible PIA all over such minor stuff that *NOBODY* else would`ve ever noticed. Not like I didn`t try..oh, guessing...8-10 different light sources..just amazed me how I`d think it was perfect and then after many minutes of work I`d still spot something. I mean...*?HOW?* could it still have flaws after all the polishing anyhow?!? A case of (somebody else`s) rotary-induced holograms being hard to remove despite "holograms are so shallow they`re easy to fix". Didn`t work out that way for some reason, maybe because I didn`t hammer it due to concerns about clearcoat thickness.
JustJesus
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ShakingHorizons
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I`m going to start another thread with a poll - stay tuned!
Right...I`m now (painfully
Only vehicle I`ve *EVER* had problems inspecting was the Granite Metallic Yukon. Had to have my wife help me so I could get the *EXACT* right illumination/viewing angles...incredible PIA all over such minor stuff that *NOBODY* else would`ve ever noticed. Not like I didn`t try..oh, guessing...8-10 different light sources..just amazed me how I`d think it was perfect and then after many minutes of work I`d still spot something. I mean...*?HOW?* could it still have flaws after all the polishing anyhow?!? A case of (somebody else`s) rotary-induced holograms being hard to remove despite "holograms are so shallow they`re easy to fix". Didn`t work out that way for some reason, maybe because I didn`t hammer it due to concerns about clearcoat thickness.
My silver metallic is the same way. I went all over that thing and it looked perfect. I get in a parking lot at night at a different angle and see stuff I have no idea how they didn`t get polished away. So frustrating!
Accumulator
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Noting that I currently have 5 silver/metallic light gray vehicles...
IME (which might not work for anybody else...) the trick there is to duplicate the "point-source illumination in an otherwise dark environment". That`s what`s going on in the "parking lot lights at night" situation.G
otta have the shop *DARK* and then go around with that kind of light (I often do best with a regular old incandescent lightbulb) varying the illumination/viewing angles and distance. Often easiest with two people, but doable by yourself.
I figured this out when I pulled a seemingly perfect silver car into a garage with a bare, ceiling-mounted 60W bulb and suddenly saw flaws that I hadn`t seen under my shop`s lights. That`s *still* a great test IMO, but it has to be a bare bulb, not one behind some lens/diffuser. Same reason why some LED lights and the SunGuns can work so well under some conditions.
(Heh heh, note all those "some"-type disclaimers, this stuff isn`t always easy!)
But you gotta have an otherwise dark environment of it just doesn`t work IME.