Anyone think this might be a help?

[inthedetails]

Sun Gun

3m make a tool called the Sun Gun. It is designed for color matching, but I am wondering if it would work with finding swirls and scrathces.

Any thoughts?

[SiriusRIMZ]

You'd be just as well having a paint code run through a local body shop if you wanted to match paint.

If you want to find swirls, any Xenon or white-ish light should do well. I suppose this light would work as it proably output light at 3000k color, something similiar to the sun. White light is more about 4000k

[rsa]

Not at $500+ Linky.

Stu

[inthedetails]

ouch...I'll wait for a sunny day then thank you

[Pete-FWA]

Originally posted by SiriusRIMZ
You'd be just as well having a paint code run through a local body shop if you wanted to match paint.

The idea with the 3M light is to match a factory or other finish that has faded with age, not a paint that's necessarily brand new. Getting a factory paint code is one thing, but correctly mixing and spraying to match is tougher than just that simple step.