I have 2 hvlp guns. A gravity feed gun, and a larger gun with an external
reservoir connected by hoses.
The gun with the external reservoir is good for primer, but I've given up on
it for any kind of finish work. There are two problems, both of which have
to do with cleaning. The first is simply that it's very hard to get the
tank, hoses, and gun all completely clean. There's nothing more frustrating
that finishing up a nice bright yellow top-coat, having it almost perfect,
and then have a blob of dark grey primer come loose and splatter onto the
surface. Secondly, there is a significant volume of paint in those hoses,
and everytime you clean the gun you waste it. It's OK with cheap primer,
but not with expensive color/clear coats. When painting small parts, I
found I easily wasted half of the paint because of this- sort of defeating
one of the supposed advantages of an HVLP gun. I suppose this wouldn't be
an issue if you were painting several gun-fulls of a single paint.
The other gun I have is a finish-line, gravity feed gun. It has the plastic
paint bags that go in the cup, which at first seemed kind of hokey to me;
but now I really appreciate as they make cleanup so much easier. Unlike my
other gun, I find I'm able to get almost %100 of my paint onto the surface.
I like this gun a lot.
Ryan.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Bobst [mailto:mailman@netins.net]
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 8:07 PM
To: oletrucks
Subject: [oletrucks] hvlp paint guns
Hello all,
I am thinking about updating my spray gun equipment and would like some
suggestions from the list. I would like to update from my old Binks to some
sort of hvlp gun. I have a hvlp gravity feed touch up gun that I really
like, and am leaning towards a gravity feed for a finish gun also. I would
like a high quality name brand gun. I would like to know which brand and
model would be my best choice, and what are the advantages and disadvantages
between different brands.
Thanks for your input.
Steve
56 "Hot Rod"
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