The Clay Paky Sharpy Wash is a highly versatile and powerful moving head wash luminaire that builds upon the groundbreaking legacy of the original Sharpy beam light by adding a comprehensive wash light capability. This fixture is engineered for professional stage, concert, and event lighting, where intense, uniform fields of color and sharp, defined beams are both required from a single unit. It combines the iconic, ultra-narrow beam shaping of the Sharpy series with a wide, soft-edged wash output, making it an exceptional dual-purpose tool for lighting designers. The fixture is renowned for its exceptional brightness, rich color mixing, and rapid, precise movement, allowing it to transition seamlessly from painting a stage with saturated color to projecting a piercing aerial beam effect.

At the heart of the Sharpy Wash is an advanced optical system centered on a high-output 470W LED light engine. This source provides immense luminosity while offering significant energy efficiency and reduced heat output compared to traditional discharge lamps. The fixture features a sophisticated color system, typically including a full-color RGBW or extended color wheel with CTO correction, capable of producing a vast spectrum of vibrant hues and pastels. Its defining characteristic is the motorized zoom, which allows the beam angle to be smoothly adjusted from an extremely tight spot for long-throw beam effects to a very wide flood for washing large areas. This is complemented by motorized focus, frost filters, and a range of gobo patterns for texture.

Built for the rigors of touring, the Sharpy Wash is housed in a durable, lightweight aluminum chassis with integrated convection cooling for silent operation. It offers fast and accurate pan and tilt movement, along with advanced features like 16-bit micro-stepping for incredibly smooth color and position fades. Its combination of high output, zoom range, color performance, and reliability makes it a staple in rental inventories and permanent installations for theaters, television studios, and live music venues, providing lighting designers with a powerful and flexible tool to create dynamic visual landscapes.