Paint thickness gauge to borrow - Swindon area.

[Rav]

Antone in Swindon got a paint thickness gauge that i can borrow?
I am going to see a car tomorrow and it would be a great tool to take along.

Cheers Rav

[beanbag]

Blimey! I've never gone so far as to check the thickness of paint on a car when buying one!!!

What kind of motor is this? Must be something quite special.....

[Thudd]

Scrape it with your keys?

[paoloh]

Rav said:

Antone in Swindon got a paint thickness gauge that i can borrow?
I am going to see a car tomorrow and it would be a great to take one with me and make myself look like a right tool!

Cheers Rav

[Digger.]

Guessing its a 944 Turbo. Should paint be a uniform thickness over the whole car?

Have you asked in the Detailing forum?

Edited by Digger. on Thursday 26th February 14:44

[Xenocide]

Or the South West forum?

[Rav]

Good guess Digger.

It was just a thought. Paint should be between 110 and 160 microns all over the car.

[Risotto]

I wouldn't put too much emphasis on what those devices tell you. A car could have had, say, a front end respray because it had been in a major accident or because it had had some stone chips dealt with.

I'm not saying they're worthless, just that it won't tell you why there are differences in the paint thickness.

[Samcat]

You need one of these babies........




I use one daily, but sadly I'm knowhere near Swindon