Thread: Paint Guns??

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Originally Posted by kitz

Unless you plan to do a lot of painting for a long while I think it's too frickin' expensive. I use the Devbliss finish line III for 1/3 the price. Others on here have used very inexpensive guns from Harbour Freight.

Kitz

Kitz,
I have both the FL III and the Iwata. There is NO comparison. I do like the Devil and have all 4 of the tips, but it just will not do the same job as quickly (read: color sand and buff) and as economically (read: overspray/waste, and the required bigger compressor to keep up with the FL III) as the Iwata. My FL is used primarily for all kinds of primers from the standard acrylic base, epoxies, 2K urethanes and polyesters by changing the tip and really does a great job with those paints. It will not lay down as good a BC/CC. The Harbor Fright (and yes, I spelled it that way on purpose ) is a major air hog. It will not spray worth a d@#$ at the stated 23# inlet psig. It needs 40-60 psig depending on each individual gun (the purple 43430). The overspray is beyond belief - much of my garage and everything in it has epoxy gray speckles from one of those P'sOS. That's when I went to the FL III for my primers and the Iwata for the BC/CC.

This, with me being a rank amateur, is what the Iwata can do: