I've used a lot of the HF guns, both regular size and detail size, for painting stuff like frames and suspension parts. They worked well for me on those pieces. But we did buy a better gun for shooting the bodies on my 27 and Dan's 30, and it did make quite a bit of difference.

Not all of us can afford, or need, the $ $ 500-$ 1000 Sata's and similar guns, so something in the under $ 200 range will usually do well for us. I personally like the gravity feed guns better than the siphon versions.........much easier to use and clean up when done. The one we bought came with a 1.3, 1.5, and 1.8 tip. We fouind the 1.5 was good for what we were spraying.

Just as important as the gun is a good filtration system to trap contaminates and moisture. It's amazing how much water is produced by your compressor when it is running while spraying. Another thing is that we home painters can shoot a little more clear to give us the ability to wet sand and buff the finish to remove a lot of the trash that will find it's way into our paint.

Don