Paint Thickness Tester Meter Gauge, Paint Coating Tester, Car Body Damage Detector, with Magnetic Tip, and Measurement Scale, Crash-Test Check, Water Resistant, Highly Accurate

I used to just use a magnet with a paper towel to tell how thick the paint and bondo was until i saw this. The magnet I would use was light enough that if there was any trace of bondo of too much paint it would fall off. This is basically the same thing as far as accuracy. This tells you how thick it is too by how much tension it takes to pull the light spring inside attached to the magnet. Works great! Cheap, and handy.

I really like the simplicity and accuracy of this device. I first tried in on the hood of my car and couldn't get any reading at all. Then I found out that the hood is fiberglass or carbon fiber which is lighter and doesn't rust and that also explained why the chips on the front never rusted. It only works on metal surfaces and for the price it's well worth it.

This appears to work. I tried it on my vehicles which have no known damage and that is what it showed. Lower door panels have a plastic stick-on protection and it showed them as having damage (I expected that as the thickness of the plastic decreases the magnetic attraction). It is a good, inexpensive device to have on hand when shopping for a used car. Should be easy to identify body work that might not be visually obvious. It would be better if the device remained in the position where the magnetic tip came off the vehicle, and you pushed it back in to do another reading. Because it snaps back in when it comes off the car surface, you have to pay close attention to where it was at the moment of release. I saw a youtube video for a different product that remained out. It was more expensive and not currently in stock so I thought I would try this one. It will get the job done.

Inexpensive, simple and effective tool to measure paint thickness on metal surfaces. Great for the occassional used and classic car buyer. Not as precise as a digital paint meter, but good enough to detect bondo, etc. And never runs out of battery since it is a simple spring and magnet design.

Not accurate definitely. But I guess it can help a bit to understand thickness of a car's paint/material. Not for professional use.

Worked great. I was surprised to find on my 2002 Lesabre, which had not been repainted, that the paint on the hood was thinner than on the side panels. Was this because of more sunlight and oxidation of the paint on the more exposed hood over 18 years time? My Lexus SUV had had body work done on it, and the device corresponded well in showing where this was done.

This is a cool little tester. Attach the magnetic tip to the car and slowly pull away. Watch the color code on the stick and it will tell you if you are looking at a repainted area. First find an un-repainted area which will hold the magnet solid for a bit and that sets your baseline. It should be green or so. Then move around the car retesting. It will surely find repainted areas like it did on my car. One I did not know about!

So impressed with this thing. Found 2 areas that have been repainted and repaired on my used car but no accident reported to car fax. Upon further inspection in sun can see where the paint had very very slight bondo and overspray marks. Didn’t know you placed the magnet on the car and then pulled it away. Took me a couple mins to figure out. Wish the measurement scales made more sense to me. Uses very technical terms for a few of the color readings. Found another bondo repair on a friends car with no accidents reported. Very cool tool. Highly recommend.

In this price i think you cant get such a good product.

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I work in the auto detailing/wrapping industry. I use this tool to identify if panels have been repainted, because when vinyl wrapping a vehicle, a repainted car has a higher chance of paint peeling off when removing vinyl. The tester works great, and can identify the thickness of the paint, regardless of the condition of the paint. Just a little disclaimer, some cars are made of aluminum, fiberglass, carbon fiber, plastic - where this tester won't work. Not the testers fault, but just something to consider.

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