tell us more about the bags, sounds interesting. can you buy bags for most any
gun?
Jay Duncanson wrote:
> Ryan, what is the brand and model of the gun you like?
>
> On 3/10/00, BORDER,RYAN (HP-FtCollins,ex1 wrote:
>
> >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.
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