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If you are learning to spray then buy the best quality HVLP gun you can afford. Even an expert can not completely compensate for a poor spray pattern. Just my 2 cents. Or.. buy the cheap HVLP to spray your primers, and cut in areas. Then buy a better gun to use for final coats once your skills have improved. (an extra 2 cents please) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
 
I recently painted my Healey 3000 using my son's SATA gun ($600 + or -) and for my first paint job where I did it all, it came out perfect!
I have a Craftsman $99 special and I have tried painting panels and whole Sprites only to sand it down and have my son repaint the car with his gun.
It makes all the difference in the world. I always thought it was just me, no knack for spraying. But I was pretty good with primers and a $99 gun. I learned that I am pretty good with a good gun now. Much better than I was with a cheap gun.
BTW, that Healey was painted black!

Frank
 
This thread is starting to interest me. For those of you that paint, aside from an HVLP gun, what other settings/setup do you recommend. By that I mean, compressor size, target air pressure, any additional hardware in line with the gun like a dryer maybe?
 
I sprayed for awhile with a cheap Sears gun and did OK. Then I tried a really good gun. Day and night. Spend the money. Get a good (expensive) gun.

Bruce
 
I can only comment on a siphon type gun as I have never used HVLP. I have a Binks 2001 gun which has been used for several ground up resto's. It has performed admirably over 25 years with one major rebuild and produced show winning finishes in both acrylic lacquer and acrylic urethane. It is an ideal "hobbyest" gun as it does not require scads of cfm's to produce a good finish. Should be able to get one or a newer version for $200???
If you don't clean it won't work!
 
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If you don't clean it won't work!

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Boy, ain't that the truth. I loaned a friend one of my Sharpe siphon guns, and when I got it back, you could tell he had been shooting red. He was cool, though, and bought me a new gun. I kept the old one, too. (I warned him before he borrowed it, that if it wasn't clean when I got it back, he was going to replace it. He agreed.)
I just bought a Sharpe "Titanium" gravity feed HVLP. Now I just need something to use it on!!
Jeff
 
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