What sort os garage lighting?

[kellyinkc]

Well got garage cleaned out. Need some better lighting. Just have a single bulb in there. I detail outside. I was thinking of flouesent on the ceiling and get a twin halogen work light for side work. What do you all use?

Thanx

[chrisx]

Re: What sort os garage lighting?

I have 2 dual fluros on the ceiling and a portable twin 500watts halogen light stand (in its own carry case). I am thinking of getting another portable so I don't have to carry the lights around to the other side. The fluros don't show any swirl marks but the portable lights do.

[kellyinkc]

Re: What sort os garage lighting?

Thanx, Went out looking today. Found some dual halagons on a stand.
Still working on the ceiling lights.

[Accumulator]

Re: What sort os garage lighting?

If the single ceiling mounted light is a bare incandescent bulb, you might still want to keep it for spotting light marring, they generally work well for that. Fluorescents don't work well for spotting such flaws, though they can sometimes work surprisingly well on *white* paint for some reason

Besides the halogen worklights, high-wattage incandescent lights work great, I can even spot micromarring on silver if I get the illumination/viewing angles just right. Turning off all the other lights, so that whatever you're using provides "point source illumination" (IIRC that's what it's called) can make all the difference.

There are different applications for which certain types of lighting excel, and there isn't always a lot of overlap between the categories. Fluorescents are great for general illumination; halogens are good for more intense general illumination and are OK for swirl-spotting (note that they get *hot*); incandescents are my favorites for seeing marring; natural sunlight is best for spotting rotary holograms; natural spectrum worklights (e;g;, the Brinkman) can be good for checking paint texture/orangepeel and color matching (my painter swears by his).

[kellyinkc]

Re: What sort os garage lighting?

I'll look into it. talked to a electrician last night. He suggested upping the bulb to 200 watts and get the light stand to see if that works.

[Accumulator]

Re: What sort os garage lighting?

I'll look into it. talked to a electrician last night. He suggested upping the bulb to 200 watts...

Make sure the light fixture is OK with a higher wattage, don't want to burn the garage down! I dunno what the cutoffs/thresholds are...I have 320W bulbs in my ceiling fixtures and in my trouble light, but most of the trouble lights I see aren't rated that high. FWIW I guy I know (Bill D. from Autopia) uses 200W bulbs in his trouble light (same model I have) and thinks they work great.

[kellyinkc]

Re: What sort os garage lighting?

Fixture is OK. It's a porcelin base. The flouescent might be a prob because if the cold we get here.