Originally posted by Meag
I'd like to know more about painting so this was very helpful thank you! How much would a decent spray gun cost me?
The guns i use today are 350+
I have had my accuspray for 14 years and sees a ton of paint blown through it everyday.
I will replace the Air Cap , needle , and fluid nozzle once every year, as they get wore out.The needle is composit and I replace it every 3 months. Its set up as a 1.6 and will spray base and clear equally well !
My clear gun is an Anest Iwata LVLP top loader also and will lay clear smooth, but man it will hose it on too
Accuspray
Anest Iwata
Mattsonspray
Sata
DiVilbiss
Binks
Walcom GEO
all make great guns.
Do a google search on these guns and read up on them as well.
Not every gun will work for everyone as they all apply paint different, meaning : Some flat out Hose the color on and others Skimp on appling paint.
I have an advantage as I can Demo about any gun out there as my jobber gives me this oppertunity.
I highly Reccomend a Top Loader HVLP Gravity gun as the paint today was designed to be sprayed with these type guns, due to the VOC laws.
The paint transfer is where your savings are due to minium overspray ! More paint goes on car then in the air like the guns of yesteryear.
I will mention that the GEO , Iwatta , are real thin , small bodied guns , well balanced, and easy on the arm , as a loaded Liter cup full of paint or clear can get rather heavy after 6-7 times around the car ....LOL
SprayTech