3m Sungun
- This topic has 16 replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 9 years, 1 month ago by .
- Posts
Made my own Sungun. Followed information hear http://www.zpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=654637. Not sure where he got the $40 from but I spent $80 and got everything from Amazon.
I posted about making these a few years ago and as far as I know I was the first to do so,great that someone had the ingenuity to use a those cheap drills as the foundation for a hand held unit ,At the time i was looking for the correct light spectrum to use in a he airbrush studio ,these are being used for photography and where being recommended on such forums ,I then made the leap to use them as sunguns ,the 3M version being a total rip off like a lot of the technology sold to bodyshops by such companies
Good find.
I’ve been using this one for a while http://www.autobodytoolmart.com/infratech-color-matcher-light-system-cm5300-p-14231.aspx
Works great, its alot cheaper than the 3m one, which I own as well. I stopped buying parts for it, it was ridiculous. 100 dollar batteries, 50 light bulbs, and then when you really need it in a pinch THE BATTERY IS DEAD!
When my last battery took a shit, i found this one, and my jobber sold it to me for 160. It has two light bulbs as well, covering a larger surface area like if you want to check the blend on a hood or something.The only thing I didn’t like about that one is that you would need to bring electricity in the booth. Also the battery for the 3M Sungun can be rebuilt for a lot less than buying a new one.
I bought a home built sun gun off ebay they used a cheap drill and put the same bulb that the 3m one uses ! Had it about a year its used every day and cost £60 ! Bargain!
Great bit of kit the ebay sun guns,only pit fall is battery life isnt very long but more than enough for the short times the light is actually on !
We didnt get on with the indassa paper and i found its cut doesnt last long but everyone has there own liking to products !I find this whole idea very interesting and am tempted to make one just for fun.I can get the drill at the local walmart for cheap.So what about the connector/socket to plug the light in and where can I find the bulb?Does it have to be a solux or can I find a true daylight bulb at home depot or other place???Thanks
Im sure you can get them direct from solux i think it was paul that wrote that on another forum ?
The ebay one i got has been properly soldered so no nasty scotch locks or connectors ! Im sure the bulbs are about £24 in uk and europe ?Yeah thanks,Im in Canada so if I can’t find the stuff locally it won’t be worth it.I can just imagine what my supplier would want for a repalcement bulb from 3m :stoned
The guy that does them uses same bulb as 3m do and he says he can supply bulbs easily so must be ready available ?
I followed a guide and made one a couple months ago. I didn’t use the solux bulb just a normal light corrective bulb which are really cheap and it works very well. Maybe not as good as the correct bulb but I couldn’t get one locally at the time. It cost me about £30 to do and took about an hour so can’t complain. It does the job.
In all the time i had it ive not had a redo for coverage issues so they pay for themselves really
I got everything from Amazon.
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.