For any professional detailer, determining paint thickness is essential prior to commencing machine polishing. Without understanding the thickness of the primer, paint and clear coat layers, there is a danger of burning through to the panel resulting in a costly respray.
These days, detailers are faced with a variety of painted substrates including steel, aluminium, plastic and carbon fibre, yet many paint depth gauges are only able to measure readings from painted ferrous substrates. Defelsko offers a range of coating thickness gauges capable of returning measurement for all types of automotive substrates that may require machine polishing, eliminating the risk of burning through unusually thin paint. Large displays make them easy to read, and gauges provide readings for each layer, displaying primer, paint and clear coat as separate measurements.