Paint Depth Guage

[Bill Prentice]

I was reading where using a paint depth guage is a smart thing to do.

Where can those be purchased and how can you tell a good one from a bad one.

Do you recommend getting and using one of these.

[Mike Phillips]

Hi Bill,

Paint thickness gages are good for a number of things, one is to determing where a car has been repainted, another is to determine where really thin paint is, which can help you to avoid those areas.

I'll dig up the website for these gages.

Mike

[Tim Lingor]

Hey,

Here is a link to a site that carrries a couple of different models. As you can see they vary from $500.00 to over $900.00.

http://www.handsontools.com/store/products/Refinish-Detailing/Paint-Prep/PMC5437-Pro-Motorcar-Electronic-Paint-Thickness-Gauge_15457.html

Tim

[DETLMAN]

shop around and look at all the differnt ones and find what will suit you best. Then keep your eyes open on ebay, sometimes they come up for a good deal. I picked up an etg paint thickness gauge like th eone mike has at meguiars for $250 including shipping. It was new and still in the original case.

[Mike Phillips]

Here's the link to where we get the one we use,

ProMotorCarProducts



You want to get the ETG-A model (Ferrous) $595

Mike

[Rockpick]

There are currently two listed on Ebay but, as always, buy at your own risk.

RP

[Bill Prentice]

Paint Depth Guage

Thank you all for the information. I'll keep looking and when the time is right ($$$) I'll pick one up.

Thanks again you guys are great!!!!