Homemade Sun Gun!

[Gally]

Hell yes... Just a thread that's been going for a while on Detailing world i'm sure a few of you guys have seen anyway I now have my own, just awaiting a solax bulb (3m one)

So baring in mind a 3m sun gun is £385...

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=205820

And a friend off the forum made me one..

Poor iPhone pics!

Up until this point I was taking home the 3m one from work if I needed it but obviously £400 worth of kit is a bit dodgy so i'm chuffed to bits.

All for the small price of £30. £25 for the drill from b&q and £5 for the bulb plus holder.

The solax bulb is £70 from 3m. I've got one coming for £14! Mark up? Never!

 

[Toby]

I can't see the link to DW but I'm sure I've seen something similar.

Didn't a dude do this with a hair-dryer?

 

[Kane.]

Brilliant :approve:

 

[Gally]

Hope not.

 

[Fletcher]

Bargain!

Performance power tools are gash though.

 

[SimonR.]

I remember seeing the hair dryer one aswell. Can't remember if it was on here or dw

 

[Jay.S]

Bargain

Performance Power may be gash but perfect for what you need it for.

 

[Nickson]

Haha thats pretty cool!

I wasnt sure to expect when I read the thread title..

 

[Gally]

Bargain!

Performance power tools are gash though.

In this case it doesn't matter much.. £30 vs £400

Haha thats pretty cool!

I wasnt sure to expect when I read the thread title..

Sun ray gun?

 

[Nickson]

In this case it doesn't matter much.. £30 vs £400

Sun ray gun?

Something along the lines of:

I am equally impressed by yours though :approve:

 

[Gally]

I like yours better!

 

[JD]

Been following this, interesting read. Let me know how you get on, on a detail Kevings.

 

[Gally]

Callum is going to have a play with it on Gaz's cup at the weekend and i'll use it on Pauls car next Tues/Wed.

Shame you don't have much use for one anymore Forearms.

 

[Tommy B]

maybe a noob/daft/stoooooooopid question, but what are these used for?

 

[Gally]

Checking for swirls holograms ect... when doing correction work mate. Not really needed for cleaning your car to be honest.

The intended use of the 3m sun gun was to check colour cards in bodyshops, it was supposed to represent true sunlight when colour checking.

 

[Tommy B]

ahh I see.....good for getting a healthy tan then? haha. Cheers for that...just wondered.

Wouldn't need one to see my swirls ha ha just wash it!

 

[Rob]

Forearms, you can detail mine one weekend if you need the practice?

 

[Gally]

He's "kep in aff the missus".

I jest!

 

[Feirny]

maybe a noob/daft/stoooooooopid question, but what are these used for?

To see in the dark.

 

[JD]

I'll think about it if you text me to meet up for a drink.

 

[JD]

Checking for swirls holograms ect... when doing correction work mate. Not really needed for cleaning your car to be honest.

The intended use of the 3m sun gun was to check colour cards in bodyshops, it was supposed to represent true sunlight when colour checking.

Spoke to Rob@Gtechniq yesterday, talked through full correction, C1, C4, G1,2,3 and C5 applications. Nothing like the price I was expecting so will be booking in sometime in the coming months.

 

[richy22]

I can't see the link to DW but I'm sure I've seen something similar.

Didn't a dude do this with a hair-dryer?

http://www.detailingworld.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=202530

Same as the thread posted just using the hairdryer as the case. Also works out cheaper sometimes

 

[Will.]

Doesn't a torch do the same thing

 

[richy22]

If it has the right lumen output anything would/will work.

Obviously this was originally designed as Gally said was to do with colour checking.

Brinkmann also do one.

 

[Gally]

The solax bulb in question isn't used on any other device, it's meant to represent as close to daylight/sun as possible. For colour checking obviously.

There are other things out there like the brinkman but that's just really 2 small xenon lights. And the Lenser p7 torch is also very good but again it's just a torch.

The secret is in the bulb really.

 

[Revels]

You'll never make a businessman, Kevin.

There's cracking potential there. But you gave away your costings. Tut. Should be getting another 10 made and selling them on for a tasty profit.

 

[JD]

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[Feirny]

Should just buy the G3 one, rebrand it and add £100, then sell on.

 

[Gally]

You'll never make a businessman, Kevin.

There's cracking potential there. But you gave away your costings. Tut. Should be getting another 10 made and selling them on for a tasty profit.

God dammit!

They would have found the thread and then ousted me as a fake a fraud and a phoney! I would have been banished to the CS archives.

I like you're thinking though. Although I could charge £80 for them. 2 hours at £25 per hour is cheap labour!

 

[richy22]

Everyone would know the costings anyway..especially if they received a cheap modified battery drill with a bulb attached! ***

**Im also making one....started it 2 months ago ffs and forgot about it

 

[Gally]

Craig made mine it 20 minutes from buying the drill.

 

[richy22]

Piece of piss really nothing to it.

If any of the detailing regulars on here want one and don't feel comfortable doing it just supply the bits and I would build it up for a beer.

 

[Gally]

Indeed mate, I wouldn't take anything for helping out, the more basic the drill the better.

That b&q was is perfect and a decent colour to look at rather than the other cheap black plasticky ones.

 

[jimbo666]

I use my Led Lenser L7. bright as fook.

 

[Gally]

Yeah that's popular mate.

 

[jimbo666]

lol, I also use it as a 'Criminal Blinder' when I'm at work too. Many uses.

 

[JD]

Piece of piss really nothing to it.

If any of the detailing regulars on here want one and don't feel comfortable doing it just supply the bits and I would build it up for a beer.

How about I operate on your 6th toes and you supply it?

 

[richy22]

I'm from suffolk (well technically Milton keynes/northampton) not norfolk u spanner

 

[renclio]

I want one of these tbh pity i am r**arded when it comes to this stuff lol

 

[richy22]

Buy the bits and Il make it for you.