discussion Spray booth lighting

[Jim R]

Fed up with my spray booth being rather gloomy. The wife had bought one of THESE for her sewing machine and I wondered if it would work as a light in the spray booth.
Without lighting ...


With the light ...


Simply stuck inside the front top.


Made a big difference and thought it may be of interest.
Jim

 

[adt70hk]

Fed up with my spray booth being rather gloomy. The wife had bought one of THESE for her sewing machine and I wondered if it would work as a light in the spray booth.
Without lighting ...
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With the light ...
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Simply stuck inside the front top.
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Made a big difference and thought it may be of interest.
Jim

Jim

Thank posting. It does make a big difference. I see it can even be cut to the 'right' length.

As you can see below I have lamp clamped to the handle. it works ok but I am looking for something a bit better. I'm assuming blue tack will hold the strip in place if necessary? I don't have a permanent space and so wouldn't be able to stick them in place with the adhesive?

Thanks again for sharing.

Andrew


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[SpitfireAce]

It may seem a bit odd to some, but I wear a small headlamp, the one you buy for hiking or biking. May seem like a bit of a hassle but I get a good ‘head-on’ light (no pun intended) from any angle I look from - and I also can adjust the brightness as needed. My spray booth is in the garage so the overhead lighting is poor to begin with.

 

[Guest]

I have a booth with out lights, I've seen the same style now with them. Just like yours Jim.
I added two lights that I had no real use for, one clips next to the booth, certainly does lighten the area up. Better than nothing.

 

[SimonT]

Makes a difference Jim - is that the daylight 6500 Kelvin version? Like the bench lights, the daylight colour temperature 6500K one will render the colours you are spraying much nearer to their true colour

It says usb powered so how are you powering it in the booth? Trailing lead back to a pc?

My booth has a built in light - not as good as these

 

[Guest]

This looks like a very good idea. Like Simon, my spray booth has a built-in lamp that in practice is all but useless, so I’ve been moving another lamp over it every time I’ve been spraying. Will have to look into this instead, it sounds like a good solution.

 

[Jim R]

I have used it a few times now and it works well. It is daylight colour temp and so the colour looks right. I plug it in to one of THESE.
Jim

 

[topgazza]

I have avoided getting a booth because of space but I am seriously tempted seeing these. I have a head torch as well which I would use but again, tempted by those LED strip lights.

 

[mrtintheweb]

Beats my packing box turned on its side and wedge cut out and a camping strip light held on with a bulldog clip.
T

 

[Matt.]

Unfortunately not enough room indoors for my spray booth. I steel my daughters room when she’s at uni but I’m on the dining room table when she comes home so I have my small spray booth in an outbuilding with zero natural light. I ended up with a under kitchen unit light from screwfix and a small decorating lamp above. Played with lights a lot around spray booth but found this best for me in dark space.