what type of paint gun?

[Amazin' Wasian]

well i wanna start "Messing Around" with painting the interior and eventually the exterior of my car, what is the best paint gun to get, and what all would i need to buy?

 

[xpr626]

Here


very good for messign around...also very good for some professional results at low cost. This should get you started...I probaly wouldnt paint my entire car with it...but for a wing, interior peices, valve cover...this will work wonders. Has basicaly eveything you need to get started too.

Ryan

 

[AWD Lox]

AHHHHHHH, holy 60% cohesion coverage with a pot fed gun... Get an HVLP Gravity Fed style gun, they are easy to learn on and you lose a lot less paint due to overspray and the like. I'd check out e-bay. I have been painting for over a year now and use a 60 dollar gun I got off ebay over my 150 dollar devilbiss gun. I would also search around for a local auto paint store, they can get you hooked up with everything you need, just be prepared to spend about 300 bucks when you get started for gun, paint and chemicals. Then you better have a decent size compressor too. Once you start it will be hard to stop man, have fun and take your time, prep work is the name of the game in auto painting.

 

[Chuckster]

Gravity feed guns are used to reduce/reclaim expensive automotive paints.

Why can't someone use a nice HVLP conversion gun? Personally, I'm not ready to fork out $500+ for a complete HVLP system when I have a perfectly working air compressor.

Anyone use this?? I have a raving review for wood finishes, so I'm buying it. For automotive finishes, I still haven't seen any results.

http://www.gleempaint.com/hvcongunnew.html

 

[kre8ive_kustomz]

if your just starting out painting i wouldnt go too crazy buying expensive stuff, my first gun was a sata, a very expensive hand me down from my dad..... i hate that gun, probably havent used it in 5 years. a nice gun for about 200 would be a finishline from devilbiss, a more economical one which lays paint down very well is a sharpe. u can pick one up for around 100, or check with your local supply shop, before i bought the 2 sharps i have now i demo'd one from my supplier, they turn around and sell em for half, the pattern isnt quite as wide as the devilbiss, but a wide pattern has nothing to do with quality. one thing to be sure of is know what your going to spray before you buy, if your going to spray a buildable primer i would recomend a 1.8 tip or bigger, and i use the same tip for any heavy mettalic or flake, for any bases and clears i use a 1.3 tip. anyway, i have tendency to ramble on so if ya need any pointers or more questions let me know. good luck

 

[turbolazer92]

i have been painting for 20 years, Sata is by far the best in my opinion, but they are very expensive. but thanx to a company called sharpe there is a great gun out called the Finex. great spray gun and only $89 bucks...good luck

 

[kre8ive_kustomz]

i definately agree with laz..... the finex series are what i use, nice and cheap and work very well, thats the gun i explained in my previous post

 

[AWD Lox]

I just bought a Finex mini-gun last week and man I LOVE it. I have a finishline from devilbiss and it stopped spraying right about 3 weeks after I got it, so now its just a primer gun. I think I am going to go get one of the Finex regular size guns this week.

 

[2-0turbo]

Go to Lowes and get the small HVLP gravity fed. They sell one with a small cup (maybe only 4-8 ozs) and should work good for interior stuff and not get in the way like that big 32 ounce cup is going to do. The gravity fed guns are also much easier to clean.

 

[miteclgst]

Devilbiss Finishline 3 is definately, in my opinion, the best gun for the money. I mean for $160 I got a great gun with 2 tips, 1.5mm and 1.8mm. THe gun lays paint down very well. With the cheaper no-name brands the fact of the matter is that the cheaper the gun the less transfer efficiency and the less air feed efficiency it will have. Transfer efficiency means how much paint the gun will actually transfer from the cup to the panel. Air feed efficiency is how much cfm the gun will consume at working pressure. The old gravity feed non HVLP guns require a bunch of air and do not get a whole lot of the paint out of the gun and onto the panel. Gravity feed guns will be your best bet. They usually require less working pressure and have higher transfer efficiency then their syphon feed counterparts. Some of the disadvantages of the Gravity feed is that without a gun holder it could get a bit messy transferring the paint from the can to the cup. They don't allow you to spray things like metal flake because all of the flake will sink to the bottom of the cup and clog the feed. Also they don't spray well upside down, but then again that's what the 3M pps system is for
I like Sata guns, they are great and last a hell of a long time. Many big shops use them. We have one at work and it is still going strong 4 years later. I have a finishline 3 and took my gun to work to spray my dad's hood. The painter tried it out a couple times and immediately bought 2 for himself, one for base and one for clear. He too owns a Sata and thinks that the finishline is the best bang for the buck. The guns are made totally out of aluminum and are very easily cleaned with the harbor freight gun cleaning kit. As long as you keep the pin assembly/packing lubed up the gun will last forever. I would suggest getting the plastic cup tho, the aluminum seems to be a bit too hard to clean and the plastic cup setup is cheaper. Good luck

 

[greyforestgst]

ive done a small share of paint'n, and hvlp gravity fed is the way to go

 

[kre8ive_kustomz]

i agree with grey, i my finishline is a suction, its awsome performance and all but i prefere my hvlp sharpes, the hvlp is slightly more in cost but i paint daily so the price is more than made up for with the lack of overspray. i wouldnt recomend an hvlp to a newbie though, sharpe makes a nice finex gravity conventional that would br perfect for a newbie, i demo'd one when they first came out and they do lay a finish down very well. another nice thing about the sharps id how much they can be dialed down and still spray perfect, makes a perfect jamb gun. im doing a flamejob on a f150 right now and all im using is the sharpe.

 

[Chuckt]

i have a craftsman hvlp gravity feed gun. i paid 250-300 i believe and i like it. sata is the way to go. im going to use my gun as a priming gun and get a sata from a local distributor to lay down color and base coats. if you are using yours for just your cra and practicing, i would suggest getting one gun tho. hope you have a large compressor cause a small compressor will not be able to feed enough air to keep a consistant pattern.

 

[kre8ive_kustomz]

just wondering since chuck mentioned a craftsman gun...... anyone have a craftsman gun and has to keep replacing the needle packings? i have a craftsman professional that i have given up hope on because ive replaced the packings 3 times this year, never replaced them on any of my other 5 guns...... the only gun i have that i could even see having to replace this often is a spatter gun for rubberizer and adhesive. just thought id see if anyone is having similar problems. . . . . . .