Thread: Paint Guns??

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I'm no professional painter, but my dad and I painted my car with a DeVilbiss. We bought a three gun kit out of Eastwood that has a gun for primer, topcoat, and tuch-up work or something. I don't recall the name or model number but i thought it performed well and i'm happy with the results. I don't know if our paintguns are made for professionals but it worked for what little we had and what little we will have. I'm sure paint guns are just like everthing else, you get what you pay for.

use a cheap gun and you will learn all things great and small about solvent pop and the damage it can do. if an extra 100 bucks or so is that big of a burden your in the wrong hobby. there is a car here that was shot with the hf pos. after a ton of work it looked good. less than a year later the solvent pop is back and down to first clear. there is no fixing it. imho devilbiss has not made a quality gun since the jga502 . nor has binks. they just went cheap and depend on name to sell.

how true shine ,
when the HVLP was first introduced I was trying every new HVLP gun that came out on the market , Mattson was the one I used for years , still have mine but its wore out .

Devilbiss & Binks stayed behind the old Technology to long and fell way behind & they are suffering because of it . That plastic HVLP POS devilbiss made was the biggest pile I have ever tried to used .
The JGV was my last Devilbiss .

Originally Posted by SprayTech

how true shine ,
when the HVLP was first introduced I was trying every new HVLP gun that came out on the market , Mattson was the one I used for years , still have mine but its wore out .

Devilbiss & Binks stayed behind the old Technology to long and fell way behind & they are suffering because of it . That plastic HVLP POS devilbiss made was the biggest pile I have ever tried to used .
The JGV was my last Devilbiss .

Hey Spray, I'm thinking about getting a gun for JUST spraying clear.... Wondered what you might reccomend??? Or actually, which Iwata setup....

I use the LPH 400 LV for all my clearing Dave , has a nice wide pattern & the atomization is excellent at 20 psi with trigger fullly pulled .

Some like the Conventional W400lv with the Tulip spray pattern , I have one and the pattern is smaller and its a tad slower for clearing bigger jobs ( I will use it for solid color base coats though). But with that gun you can buy a nozzle, needle and air cap , and tun it into an LPH 400 , which I am going to do .

Or, to save a lot of expense, and risking a total disaster, just do all the bodywork, blocking, priming, and get it done to your satisfaction, then take it to Maaco and let them shoot it.... The guys that shoot paint there have a lot of experience with a gun, and use decent materials... If you can do above average bodywork, the paint job will look great!~!!!!!

i learned SOOOOO much in this topic! I'm really inclined to break up the porky pig and go for a Iwata (here in Brazil I'll get it for 600 dollars, MINIMUM), I certainly intendo to do more than one job with it, I'm a DIY freak and love old stuff, I'm also a hopless perfectionist and If I want to tur my fridg into a "hot rod fridg" (even for the most paradoxal that it may sound), I'll certainly want a PERFECT finishing in the paint! LOL

for finishing up, I'll spend as much as needed for a perfect result, BUT, for primer, do I really need a top quality gun?

here in Brazil, for around 100 dollars there are several national brands, respected ones and used by minor shops and regular paint jobs, some say that it's a waste of money to buy an imported one, I disagree, the shops that say this have a finishing that I'd NEVER accept in my car, but back to primer, with a good, regular, national, 100 bucks gun (or even less ???) would it be possible to have a good primer job?

reminding that just the 1.8 tip for the Iwata would cost almost 200 dollars here in Brazil, so it's cheaper to buy another gun (and of course, save the Iwata, and it's 1.4 tip, just for the really hard jobs) than get the Iwata tip and change it when necessary!

SATA is also a very nice gun. I like both but got an Iwata because I got an amazing deal. I also love Iwata's small gun with the side cup that swivels for painting upside down to do motorcycle frames and roll bars. I can't think of the name but I love it and only used it once hahaha. Iwata and Sata are two of the top spray guns. I am sure there are others but those two names you will hear the most.