^^^^That stuff is great for floors and bottom sides. It will not have thee UV protection that auto paints have. It sticks well prepared primers.
HVLP?
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Ron816
Mopar forever
I love the 3m Accuspray
flingdingo
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exactly.....so just wait for it to catch up?[/QUOTE]
30 seconds or so worth of spray time in between 3 minute long compressor runs? For a bracket or a pulley or something, sure, but not for an entire car.
pishta
I know I'm right....
can you just use a bigger tank for extended spray times? I saw a guy that daisy chained 4 old propane tanks to his compressor. Not sure what he achieved by doing this but I bet he got maybe some more spray time..but the same longer run time too. I could see mounting car tires.....
I had an extra tank connected for many years. Extra run time and would trap moisture too.
Compressor runs longer, and in the end its all relevant to the amount of air used.
I use quite a few paint guns.
Most of the time if I am just shooting brackets, a fender, smaller stuff I use the purple HF spray gun, it shoots fine.
Clean it with about a 1/2 pint of thinner and go on, I keep a coupe extras on the shelf, when they start spaying like crap, toss them and grab another.
For a primer gun I like the green HF suction gun, it has a larger tip, and sprays a good pattern.
I do have a nice Anwest Iwata LPH-400, its a sweet gun, but I use it mostly for overall paint jobs.
I really don't use it a lot of the time, because of the cost of the gun ~$500.00, I am super anal about cleaning it, I bet I use 1/2 gallon of thinner to clean it each time.
Most of the time if I am just shooting brackets, a fender, smaller stuff I use the purple HF spray gun, it shoots fine.
Clean it with about a 1/2 pint of thinner and go on, I keep a coupe extras on the shelf, when they start spaying like crap, toss them and grab another.
For a primer gun I like the green HF suction gun, it has a larger tip, and sprays a good pattern.
I do have a nice Anwest Iwata LPH-400, its a sweet gun, but I use it mostly for overall paint jobs.
I really don't use it a lot of the time, because of the cost of the gun ~$500.00, I am super anal about cleaning it, I bet I use 1/2 gallon of thinner to clean it each time.
You own a shop don’t buy a Harbor Freight gun unless you have Harbor Freight tools. Go to a auto body paint store and let them show you what they have. Tell them what your budget is and go from there. I have 2 guns and paid about a $1,000.00 for them 30 years ago and they still work great.
mopowers
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Damn, that's pricey. In today's dollars, that's about $2,000 - for two guns???
harrisonm
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Hi. I will agree that you can get by with a cheaper spray gun, but please consider this. I have been painting cars for over 40 years, and I had always used Devilbis. I had a Devilbis Finish Line FLG3 for about 10 or 12 years. I had three tips for it; a 1.8 and 2.2 for primer and a 1.5 tip for spraying paint. I did some beautiful paint jobs with that gun. I cleaned the gun THOROUGHLY after each use. After about 15 years, it started to work poorly, so I bought a rebuild fit for it, relegated it to being a full time primer gun and bought a new Finish Line FLG4 with a 1.3 tip. FLG3 and FLG4 tips are interchangeable. The FLG4 is a GREAT gun. it will truly do everything. High build Polyester primer with the 2.2 tip, Epoxy primer with the 1.8 tip, and any kind of paint with the 1.3 or 1.5 tips. The gun with 3 or 4 tips will set you back about $300, but it is well worth it. You will have a great spray gun that you can do anything with that will last a long time. I would recommend buying the FLG primer gun (comes with a 1.8 and 2.2 tip) and then buy a separate 1.3 or 1.5 tip. The FLG4 body is the same whether you buy the the primer kit, or the FLG4 paint gun and buy the primer tips separately. I would be happy to tell you more if you are interested.
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