HVLP Spray Guns

intergalactica said

You may want to look into using an Iwata LPH50 spray gun. They use only 1.8 cfm (at 13 psi) with the 1.00mm nozzle yielding a 3.9 inch pattern width or 2.1 cfm (at 14 psi) with a the 1.2mm nozzle yielding a 5.5 inch pattern width. It’s the world’s most efficient spray gun. Its a low volume/low pressure (LVLP) spray gun and it produces just about no overspray whatsoever. The spray gun uses one of 4 paint cups ranging from 130mL (4.4 oz) to 400mL (13.5 oz). Best of all... it incorporates a gravity-fed, side cup design that’ll give you an unobstructed view of whatever it is you’re painting.

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I have moved to Texas and I will not be running 220 all the way to my shed therefore NO large compressor. I have never used a LVLP system. But I plan to get a compressor to run off 110. I am basically doing all my prep work by hand on my 71 Duster. I have painted dozen or so over the years , later using HVLP guns.

I wonder if this LVLP system will not work fine. This car will be B5 blue, which has fair amt of metallic...

I admit I am into driving my cars, I want NO rust, straight as I can get it without killing myself, and I do all the work. NOT on my plate to pay for body work. So for me a driver need not be perfect, because as I drive them they get blemishes, scratches, dings. Just life.

Nice job on that orange car!