Hey…haven’t worked with lasers in quite awhile. Whats a good colour to paint a leveling stick for day/sunlight use with laser to make it easier to see the stick.
light colours work well with sight levels but I’m thinking a darker color for lasers. I’ve got a can of black or blue.
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lasers are so intense , i have found that it doesn't matter much. if you want to nitpick, the darker color doesn't show the red beam quite as well as lighter colors, since a laser casts a red light, not solid pigment. but i have to admit, i haven't used my new laser tools in the sulight yet.
why not paint half and half black/blue as a test and YOU tell US which shows better-
>>why not paint half and half black/blue as a test and YOU tell US which shows better-
I would have done that except I don't have the laser, but I will be bringing the stick....wish it was the other way around - rather own a laser than a stick, lol. I'll paint some scraps and test em out.
turns out he had an audible laser....so I still don't know lol
In that case, the best color would be a haunting minor chord, to induce the proper respect for the awe of layout. ;-)Bill
worked out well ...the only thing - you don't know where you are at until you get to within a couple inches of the beam. we were leveling for an excavation.
Reflective tape..for the kids backpackks=is silver,
Can't miss it.
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I use white. Last time I needed such an animall I just grabbed a piece of base that was laying around and already primed. Penciled on some mearure marks. If I wanted something perm, I'd keep my eyes out for a broken tape mearsure and tack that on. Have too much junk already though.
hadn't really considered white, been about four years since I used a laser I just seem to remember that the orangey colour of fir 1x2's not doing so well in bright sunlight. so I was thinking go darker. but if white works ....cool.
I would be cautious of using a visible beam laser in the direct sunlight it might trow off the accuracy.
That said I see people using em all the time. I myself use a builders sight level...they don't work well in the dark....lol
Stay away from any sort of "pure" color, especially in a dark pigment. The laser has an extremely narrow frequency range, and there's a danger that a particular pigment could be "just right" to be highly absorbant of it.
I'd be inclined to go with just enough of a grey to prevent sunlight glare, and a flat paint.