Painting Lamp

[armchairgeneral]

Can anyone recommend a good desk lamp for painting under?

[redzed]

You don't need a special lamp mate, you want the bulbs,  you need two of these bulbs either side of your painting desk and use the rooms own overhead light as a general source. Just get two cheap angle poise lamps.
 Also get a dozen cheap magnets (or bluetac], and some greaseproof paper. cover the bulb/lamp head with the greaseproof and fix it to the lamp with the magnets, instant diffuser, the bulb doesn't get hot enough to damage the greaseproof.

LINK  as long as the k number is between 5000k and 55000k you'll be fine.

[von Lucky]

I was recommended this one:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/LED-Desk-Lamp-by-Slim-Flex-Black-Free-Shipping-Australia-/141474518505?hash=item20f089d5e9:g:4G4AAOSwnNBXV8pO&rmvSB=true

After five months of use I'm very happy with it (for performance, size and price).

[snitcythedog]

I have two of these with daylight bulbs.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/lighting/work-lamps/tertial-work-lamp-silver-colour-art-40370283/
It works for me.  Hope that helps.
Snitchy sends.

[grant]

I use a pair of Luxo clamp lamps, https://us.optelec.com/products/4954-luxo-lfm-led-magnifier-lamp-1.75x-30-in.-with-clamp-mount-base.html

I don't use the magnifying function. One lamp I have a daylight bulb, the other has a normal bulb, and I can adjust the angle of light. They work great and being adjustable are handy.

Mine are vintage and came from an old Air Force base. How they got to be in my possession is not important.

[supervike]

You don't need a special lamp mate, you want the bulbs,  you need two of these bulbs either side of your painting desk and use the rooms own overhead light as a general source. Just get two cheap angle poise lamps.
 Also get a dozen cheap magnets (or bluetac], and some greaseproof paper. cover the bulb/lamp head with the greaseproof and fix it to the lamp with the magnets, instant diffuser, the bulb doesn't get hot enough to damage the greaseproof.

LINK  as long as the k number is between 5000k and 55000k you'll be fine.

I very much like this idea.  I'm revamping my painting desk, and think this is the route I'll take.

One question, however...Is 'greaseproof' paper the same as what we Americans call 'wax paper'?

[syrinx0]

I like my Ott lights.  I bought them after xmas on clearance as their regular price is excessively high.  A good daylight bulb in a fixture you already have would be cheaper of course.

[dbsubashi]

I bought a pair of TaoTronic LED lamps at the beginning of this year and am very happy with them. They give light in daylight, white and a few other emmisions. You can also dim the light up or down. Pretty good for about $35 a piece.

[redzed]

I very much like this idea.  I'm revamping my painting desk, and think this is the route I'll take.

One question, however...Is 'greaseproof' paper the same as what we Americans call 'wax paper'?

if it's used for baking then yes 

[armchairgeneral]

Thanks for the comments chaps. Food for thought.

[Wirelizard]

2nd snitchy's recommendation for the Ikea Tertial worklamp, with a good high-Kelvin daylight bulb in it. The Tertials are silly cheap, I'm fairly sure I spent more on the daylight CFL bulbs in them than on the actual lamps, but they're solid, all the moving/working parts are metal.

I've got a pair of them, one at each shoulder basically. The two of them worked great in my previous place, where the room lights were fairly bright too, but the room they're in now has abysmal shitty room lighting and I'm still trying to figure out how to add a third lamp to my fairly small workbench space to return to my previous light levels and reduce eye strain.

[Painter Jim]

My OTTLITE just died and went to the grave, it stopped working a week ago.
I dismantled it to see if it had a short in it, but it was fine, the lamp even has a small breaker fuse inside but was also fine.
This was my favorite lamp and painting has not been the same since.
I will not invest in an OTT lamp again.
The lamp was under two years old.

[Cory]

Painter Jim, Joann's has the Ottlites at 50% off and an employee of our local store told to come back tomorrow, the store will have a 25% off coupon on their website that should stack, so an Ottlite will be around $25-30.

[Painter Jim]

At that price it would be worth the gamble, great info, thanks.

[Argonor]

I use IKEA Format lamps with 800lm milky white bulbs - both for painting/modelling, and photography, does the trick for me.

http://www.ikea.com/dk/da/catalog/products/40063986/

Actually, for painting I use atm 3 different lamps - but I will be swapping one for another Format very soon, as my left one is on the verge of giving up.