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Date:         Wed, 20 Nov 1996 23:00:44 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         John Anderson <vwbus@netbiz.net>
Subject:      HVLP paint guns

Well anyone who has read Gerry's FAQ written about paint by myself realizes that I used to use a couple of generic guns. But recently as I was going to paint my uncles truck I started looking at better stuff, and in the course decided, what the hey, how bout that new HVLP crap. Now a few things to start, Harbor sells a couple now and they look excellent, are either gravity feed or pressure pot, for a regular use on air hose HVLP this is the only way to work, to improve atomization as U are not using extreme air flow to do it, you got to feed the paint under pressure, gravity seems sensible as well. Some have standard 1 qt pots on the gun but they are pressurized. In general if it says HVLP and its a converted but still siphon gun I would not believe it. Now top o the mid level HVLP for airline seems to be Accuspray. Very nice also make "real HVLP" turbine guns, looked at em locally gun is $450, from Eastwood a little less, either way too much for me. So look locally for alternatives and Sharpe comes up, and as this local price missprices the gun $50 to my favor since normal paint guy is out for 3 weeks I could not resist. I decided on the SGF gravity feed model as I like the balance and will live with the smaller cup. They had the "siphon" model in stock but just didn't jive to me. The pressure and gravity versions are converted regular guns, pressure reduction and big holes in air caps, but seem sensible and just like the Accuspray but cheaper. I paid $175, everyone else here wanted $215-$225. Then got the new Harbor freight catalog and almost cancelled the order as their new gravity model looks nice for $60 or so but hell I figure its time to finally own one I can get different nozzels and rebuild kits for. I'm touching up a ding in the Corrado this weekend and I'll tell how it goes. I note that most of these guns demand a 3/8" air line with 3/8" fittings and extreme air delivery, like 12 cfm at 50 psi, not for a less than 2hp compressor. The gun looks very nice, forged aluminum body, anodized, nice quality on all machined parts. I can't wait to try, and if it actually improves transfer and reduces overspray I'm happy, the environment was not my concern. Oh as I'd had some input on HVLP laying down dry layers, I ordered mine with the slightly larger 1.6 mm fluid tip set.

John vwbus@netbiz.net


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