dan moran
07-23-2007, 1:10 PM
i just wanted to post a thanks/testimonial to some of the advice i found here concerning lighting in the shop..
i recently started setting up "shop" in my 20'x20' garage- "shop" used to be mainly onsite/in the yard for me and its nice to have a hard surface with a roof in order to get things done.
one of the tips i used from here was to use full spectrum flourescents - i remember a lot of ppl suggesting it (but had forgotten the cited reasoning behind it) and installed like 7 fixtures out there.
i was building a pair of built in bookcases for a job and got to the point of priming them, and the lights made every little flaw in the primer stand out like it was the end of the world- so i recoated and sanded until i got to the point that i was telling myself "if they dont like it they can sue me" which took a while but i finally stopped.
installed em yesterday and wouldnt you know, the living room theyre now in has much softer lighting and the stuff i thought was glaringly defective isnt even visible..
hmm i think i remember the reasoning behind good lighting now..
some pics of the job:
before:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/humongojugomango/IMG_0021.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/humongojugomango/IMG_0020.jpg
after(almost- as im heading back tonight to add a few mouldings/topcoat) :
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/humongojugomango/IMG_0223.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/humongojugomango/IMG_0222.jpg
i recently started setting up "shop" in my 20'x20' garage- "shop" used to be mainly onsite/in the yard for me and its nice to have a hard surface with a roof in order to get things done.
one of the tips i used from here was to use full spectrum flourescents - i remember a lot of ppl suggesting it (but had forgotten the cited reasoning behind it) and installed like 7 fixtures out there.
i was building a pair of built in bookcases for a job and got to the point of priming them, and the lights made every little flaw in the primer stand out like it was the end of the world- so i recoated and sanded until i got to the point that i was telling myself "if they dont like it they can sue me" which took a while but i finally stopped.
installed em yesterday and wouldnt you know, the living room theyre now in has much softer lighting and the stuff i thought was glaringly defective isnt even visible..
hmm i think i remember the reasoning behind good lighting now..
some pics of the job:
before:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/humongojugomango/IMG_0021.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/humongojugomango/IMG_0020.jpg
after(almost- as im heading back tonight to add a few mouldings/topcoat) :
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/humongojugomango/IMG_0223.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c290/humongojugomango/IMG_0222.jpg