Who uses "Daylight" Flourescents?

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Lowejackson

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Now that the rest of the my car is starting to look OK, the engine bay is next, this looks horrible. The biggest problem seems to be the large amounts of alumimium oxide on the engine. I tried using a basic (cheap) metal cleaner but this did nothing, what is the best way to remove this stuff.



The engine bay does not seem to have any build up of oil or grease just lots of dirt, although this was easy to clean.



Steven

Alfa 164
 
Are you refering to whitish spots or just dull looking intake manifold?



To make the intake manifold shines after the casting has harden the manufacturers shot blast/sand blast it. In fact that is the only way for us to remove the spots left by rain water and oil. Otherwise we will just throw the stained manifold back to the furnace.



Maybe other members over here can provide a solution for your problem.
 
I was in a friends garage today and I couldn't believe how BRIGHT it was in there..... My garage has the same exact number of fixtures and bulbs, but his is 3 times brighter!

He told me they are called "Daylight" flourescent bulbs.

I'm gettin' 'em!:drool5:

Does anyone use Daylight bulbs? Do they require a special fixture or will they fit in a normal flourescent fixture?
 
Luster said:
I was in a friends garage today and I couldn't believe how BRIGHT it was in there..... My garage has the same exact number of fixtures and bulbs, but his is 3 times brighter!

He told me they are called "Daylight" flourescent bulbs.

I'm gettin' 'em!:drool5:

Does anyone use Daylight bulbs? Do they require a special fixture or will they fit in a normal flourescent fixture?
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Can't answer yer quizzical but I wish I did a bit more homework before I went out and bought bulbs the other day. I've got 4- 8' fixtures, 8 bulbs. When one goes belly up I run out and pick up 8 of 'em figuring the others probably aren't far behind. When the builder asked me if I wanted 4 ft or 8 ft fixtures I never gave a thought to hauling 8 footers home. D'OH!

Anyway, I asked for High Output, Cold Weather tubes. Installed the tube and actually read the print.... WattSaver. Which means it's a 95W instead of the 100W tubes I had The difference was noticeable.

I ordered some 110W tubes through Amazon thinking it'd relieve me of the PITA factor picking 'em up. UPS did their usual smashup so I got a refund before they were even delivered.

TL
 
Check with any home store, like Lowe's, Home Depot or Ace. I think they are something like 6500k or 6700k on the light color scale.
 
I made the mistake of getting the wrong bulbs for my garage when I first finished it off. I got the ones that were listed for use in a "shop" enviroment. :banghead:

Some day I will replace the 16, 8 foot bulbs in my garage with some daylight ones. :cursing:
 
Make sure you get the high efficiency ballasts to go along with the lights, it REALLY helps when the temperature drops.

Luster, call Western Extralite, they will hook you up with exactly what you need.
 
Luster said:
I'll do that! Thanks!:smile:
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They will be a bit more expensive than the HD or Lowe's version, but I can tell you, it's worth it. I have two sets in my garage, one bought at HD and one from Western, there is a HUGE difference in light quality and when the temp drops, the Western one fires right up and the other one struggles to come on, then has the dreaded striping in it until it warms up.

They are great though, wonderful light to work under.
 
I was first introduced to Daylight fluorescent lights in (bowling) pin setting machines in the mid seventies - a normal tube makes the pins look yellow by comparison. Yes, they are a little pricier, but worth it in my opinion especially during the approaching season. I even put daylight compact fluorescent lights above the pool table - for winter blues "light therapy". :D

Jack
 
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