Paint Thickness Gauge Reviews

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Paint Thickness Gauge

Paint Thickness Gauges are commonly used for measuring the thickness of paint, anodising, galvanising, zinc plating, chrome and/or powder coatings.

Our Paint Thickness gauge is a sophisticated yet simple to use paint thickness gauge that can enable the user to quickly determine previous repairs that may have been carried out to a vehicles bodywork. The gauge works on both steel and aluminium panels switching between either mode automatically. Often paint repairs are not easily or quickly identified when relying just on eyesight and/or fingers. Essential knowledge before committing to paint restoration work or when buying used vehicles!

Our Paint Thickness Gauge features a large, easy to read display that can be fliped to make reading easier. It also includes a power saving auto off function that switches the gauge off 30 seconds after the last measurement is taken as well as on board memory also stores a running record of the last ten measurements taken.

The CleanYourCar paint thickness Gauge are supplied pre-calibrated, with case, instructions, 4 x thickness shims, and steel / aluminium check pieces.

In built probe(s)
Operating principle: magnetic induction/eddy current (F/NF)
Measuring range:0-1250um/0-50mil
Resolution; 0.1/1
Accuracy: ±1-3%n or ±2.5um
Power supply: 1 x AAA(UM-4)battery (not included)
Auto power off

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Established in 2005, Cleanyourcar.co.uk is the UK's leading online Car Care & Car Cleaning Megastore. We import car detailing products from around the world to give you the ultimate choice for when you come to clean your car.

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Unit 18a, Holme Mills, West Slaithwaite Road
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“Okay, so first what's in the box? There's the gauge itself (no batteries included so make sure you have a AAA on-hand). There are 4 plastic calibration films/shims in a small stiff card envelope. Finally you get a Ferrous and a Non-Ferrous metal disc. The whole thing comes in something, that for want of a better description, is about the same size and shape as a glasses case. First thing I did was put in a battery and test the 4 films against the two metal blanks (after first taking the backing film off the blanks). The gauge performed pretty well and was within 3um of the stated thickness on every shim. I noticed in the guide that the device allows you to do a one or two point calibration. So I did a two-point calibration (easy, couple of button presses) for the ~50um and ~250um shims. After that the gauge was absolutely bang on. Next thing was to test it on some paint. My 2007 Fiesta ST gave readings of 130um on the roof, 100um everywhere else, and about 80um on the boot lid/tailgate (signs of some corrective polishing at some stage in the cars life perhaps). A 2009 BMW Mini Cooper gave similar readings except on the roof where it was >150uM (the car has a different colour roof so I wonder if the body colour is applied all over at the factory and the roof colour applied on top of that?). In conclusion the gauge is easy to use and calibrate. It's accurate and precise. For it's price too, I think this is the ideal addition to any detailer's "toolbag". Especially for those with machine polishers working on cars with an unknown or questionable history. Can fault it at all.”

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Posted 13 years ago