http://www1.westfalia.net/shops/tool...ess_tester.htm

What do you think?

 

I thought about getting one but I found out it cost $800...You don't really need it, its more of a luxury... Unless you plan to work on high volume of cars or if you plan to work on single stage paint all the time...Otherwise, its not a necessity..

 

Eh. You dont really need it unless you're that ****. Money could be better spent elsewhere.

 

What would you do with the $20?

I would def. get some mexican food. I'm so glad there are so many authentic mexican food places in LA, like taco bell, del taco mmmm mmmmmm. just kidding, but yeah def. get authentic mexican.

 

not if you're a car dealer and attend dealer auctions where you need to measure paint from different section of the car to see if it was damage and repainted.

 

For a detailer, it has very limited use. You still won't know how thick the topcoat is as you polish or sand, but rather the overall film build, and you have to estimate from there.

And because paint thickness varies slightly over the whole of a car (and in specific places such as ridges etc) it's a bit of a false sense of security for a detailer.

It's useful for auctioneers for reasons mentioned, and body shops, because they have to be careful applying paint to previously painted cars due to issues with too high a paint thickness, in order to warranty their work down the road. They have to know when to strip rather than paint over.