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   BruceS | Jul 04, 2011 05:43pm | #1

   Spectrum dilema

   Thats a loaded question !!    You may wish to install many different types of lighting !   And use the type of lighting that will be in a pieces final destination.    Something stained and finished under a flourescent light is sure going to change colour and appearence under an incandescent lamp.  Now the LED's are tossing in another light spectrum.

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   PSeverin | Jul 05, 2011 07:22pm | #2

   Anidotal

     The closer you can get to natural daylight the better you will see and the less light it will take.  There was a story told by lighting reps of a spray booth for Chrysler cars where every available surface was covered with fluorescent fixtures and they still couldn't see.  They ended up with an industrial solution of a remote spinning sodium bulb and light tubes delivering less, but almost perfect daylight to the booth.  Suddenly they could see and it was a hell of a lot cooler.

   A friend who specialized in lighting says under skylights you can see well with 30 f.c. where as in old classrooms the required illumination was something like 100 f.c. with the old fluorescent tubes.

   I'd steer you toward the new high end LED bulbs that produce near perfect daylight illumination.  LED are tested and graded for quality with the best chips used in the expensive light bulbs.  The ones you find at big box stores that will not produce the quality light you may need.  Anyway shining one of the flood light of a new LED high quality bulb on the surfaces of our office impressed me.  

   Peter

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   Westchester | Jul 07, 2011 04:56pm | #3

   Lighting

   Ken

   Since you're still in the design stage - how about a window in the spray area ?

   Supplemented with different color bulbs for lighting.  Have an electrican work out the details for safe wiring in a spray area

   SA

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   kreidy | Jul 10, 2011 12:51pm | #4

   Lighting

   Thanks for the input. 

   Natural light is going to be hard to direct into this room.  LED might be a way to go, I need to research this more.  The rest of the shop is natural color lamps in T5 fixtures.  Maybe a combination of directional incandescent and recessed fluorescents in the ceiling might be a way to go.  I really appreciate all of your insight.

    

   Ken

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   DonStephan | Jul 10, 2011 07:59pm | #5

   Raking light can be very helpful when spraying, to highlight runs and the quality of the finish, but general overhead light also needed.  I've yet to find an effective way to provide raking light without it's being in the spray path.