spitfires
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: Paint spray guns

To: James <james.carpenter@ukaea.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Paint spray guns
From: Doug Mitchell <dmitchel@ford.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 12:23:17 -0400
James wrote:
> 
> OK,
> I have seen resantly these DIY spray guns for painting, with house hold
> paints.  They plug into the mains, and are piston opperated, they
> atomise the paint when it's squerted out.  I think they are pulsed.  Has
> anyone used these spray guns for painting a car.  They are about 40
> quid, and at that price they are alot cheaper than getting a compresser
> and spray head.
> 
> Do you think they would work for car paints.  They don't seem to know in
> the shops, you know the type of employees in big DIY stores.
> 
> Has anyone had anyluck in using such a thing?
> 
> --
> James Carpenter
> Yellow '79 spit wired by a trained marmot

James,

I haven't used one of these for painting a car, but one of
my co-workers has a couple of them. He says the problem with
them is that the spray is not very even. It sort of sputters.
Your best bet is to borrow a sprayer from someone.


-- 
Doug Mitchell
dmitchel@ismi.net
dmitchel@ford.com

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>