3M™ PPS™ Colour Check Light shedding light on the colour
matching process
3Innovation
• designed to make the colour matching and refinish process
faster and easier
• reduce labour, paint and material costs
• increase productivity
• improve customer satisfaction
A fully portable light with a virtually perfect
match to natural daylight3 AB 621
EL68Printed in UK 6/06
3M, PPS and PPS logo are trademarks of 3M Company
Copyright 2006
Automotive Aftermarket, Automotive Aftermarket,3M United Kingdom
PLC, 3M Ireland,
Tel: 016 1237 6391 Tel: (01) 280 3555Fax: 016 1237 5911 Fax:
(01) 280 [email protected] www.3mbodyshop.co.uk
Part no. Item
16407 Case containing light, battery, charger, power supply,
cords and instruction manual
16409 3M™ PPS Colour Check Light - Battery Charger x1
16398 3M™ PPS Colour Check Light - Battery (NiCd) x1
16399 3M™ PPS Colour Check Light - Bulb x1
Warning.
Do not use or store the 3M™ PPS™ Colour Check Light, 3M PPS
Colour Check Light Battery Pack,
Battery Charger or Power Supply in potentially explosive or
flammable environments.
3M™ PPS™ Colour Check Light
The 3M™ PPS™ Colour Check Light is ideal for: • Selecting the
correct colour and colour variant
• Checking colour match with spray out card
• Checking coverage
Further uses:
• Checking colour for accurate estimates
• Checking surface finish prior to painting
• Identifying post paint defects such as swirl marks, holograms
and sanding marks
Benefits:
• Quick and accurate colour matching decisions
• Eliminates the need to move vehicles outside for assessing
colour
• Reduces the chance of re-work related to colour mismatch and
lack of coverage
• Reduces bottlenecks in the repair process and speeds up paint
shop throughput
• Reduces material and labour costs
• Improves customer satisfaction; right first time and on
time
A valuable tool for checking andapproving quality at each stage
of therepair process
Light features:
• Portable, hand held and rechargeable
• Patented bulb giving a virtually perfect balance to the colour
spectrum of natural daylight
• Electronic control unit maintains the colour spectrum
regardless of battery charge levels
• Two light intensities : Standard for mid range colours and
metallicsHigh for darker colours and extremely poor light
Lighting conditions inside a bodyshop are rarely ideal and we
cannot control the seasonsor the weather! Fixed lighting and
unpredictable weather conditions make precisedecisions
difficult.
No matter where the vehicle is in thebodyshop, the 3M™ PPS™
Colour CheckLight provides near perfect daylightconditions every
day of the year!
Daylight is characterized by a full andeven light spectrum,
without spikes,across the visible colour range. Daylightwith its
full and even spectrum is thebest light source for viewing colours.
Foran artificial light source to mimicdaylight properly, it must
have a lightspectrum very close to daylight,otherwise it will
affect the accuracy ofcolour judgement.
Lights used in bodyshops can have anuneven spectrum and colours
willtherefore look different.
The 3M™ PPS™ Colour Check Light hasa spectrum virtually
identical to daylightand therefore colours look the same as
indaylight.
Natural Daylight 3M™ PPS™ Colour Check Light
Natural Daylight Fluorescent light
blue line represents thespectrum of naturaldaylight
blue line represents thespectrum of naturaldaylight
Wavelength
Natural Daylight Spectrum
Wavelength
Wavelength
Colour Corrected Fluorescent vs. Natural Daylight
3M™ PPS™ Colour Check Light vs. Natural Daylight
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