Good Beginner's HVLP Spray Guns???

Hf's can be used ...like a dixie cup j/k
for me its not the name but what works

and the ppg painters will not agree with the dupont painters

so its a mater of finding out , and hope what your peers use , works for you too.

my fav is Sata... (and me old binks 7)but i have and use Devilbiss and sharp and iwata.
we like HOK paint

 

Here's one I've been eye-balling for a while. Reasonable entry level HVLP gun to supplement my old Binks#7 knock-off. Other stuff I've got from there has always been decent quality. Anyone had any experience with this one?


http://www.tptools.com/pl/Images,me...by-ANEST-IWATA-HVLP-Finish-or-Primer-Gun.html

 

Not sure why every one wants a HVLP gun. I have an old astro gravity feed gun that use for every thing. Only one tip size and it works great (for me) . I have shot primer, base coat, single stage, clear coat. I am not an expert but have tried HVLP guns and not had good luck with them. Must be that trying to teach an old dog a new trick thing

 

You can try

 

If you don't know how to set up hvlp spray gun then have a look on infographic. You have to take care of several things before applying paint.

 

I was going to look in to getting one of those guns. They say they are no longer at Loews. Bruce.

 

I use devillbiss finishline guns, really like them.

Also been using harbor freight guns for years, great for primer, enamel, primer spot ins, frames, brackets. I grab these frequently. Less precise gun, wouldnt use it for clear. I hate rattle can, so I shoot paint with hardener on everything.

Whatever gun you buy, go get a quart of cheap enamel, and just start painting, old fender whatever. Spend time to learn your gun adjustments, spray out on cardboard or paper. Learn your overlap pattern, look how it's laying down on p***es.

Best way to get learn how to paint is by painting, a lot, see where you're screwing up and don't do that anymore.

When you can spray out single stage enamel evenly, shoot some single stage metallic and see if you can lay it down even without any runs, the metallic will teach you a lot on you pattern and coverage. Won't cost much for some paint to practice. Painting is fun for me, not a pro, hope you enjoy it as much.

 

ive been using the same cheap gun for 15 years . 1.4 tip. hvlp hooked to a pressure pot. just used it last week and it worked as well as the day I got it. once you have it apart a couple times to clean and see how simple they are it will help with the learning curve. I agree with the previous posts about practice. once you get going it can be fun and less stress.

 

I agree with Kscar that the largest factor is getting paint properly thinned and controling air pressure. This tutorial on hvlp spray gun settings may be of help. For a single job a basic harbor freight gun could be fine.

 

This was painted with the HF purple gun. Customer was happy ,I was too.

 

Harbor freight guns are very good for a beginner. I painted with them for years. Some of the nicest cars I have done were shot with one. They don't last long, but for the price, who cares.

 

What wears out?

Curious, as I'm going to open mine up tomorrow and use it for the first time...yes, I know it needs to be cleaned out first...

So when they start wearing out, what are you looking at? i/e adjust ability, spray pattern...etc?

Thanks

 

Honestly, I have like 6 of them. Some seem to last forever what others begin to have troubles with re ***y after a few tear downs for cleaning. I have some that sealed well and sprayed 10+ cars with them and I have had others that began to have leaks and pattern issues after as few as 3 paint jobs.

 

By the way, my chevy 3 window has won many awards, including goodeguys pic and best of show awards. It was primed, sealed and painted with a single harbor freight gun.

 

Several years I bought a HVLP spray setup from TIP tools. It came with a turbine sprayer and a HVLP spray gun that I have used to spray everything from high build primer to urethane, bc/cc and lacquer. It works pretty nice. I had used a DeVilbiss pressure gun that was probably made in the 60s before that and the TIP tools gun did just as good a job.

 

You can start off with something like this,
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/...QZQEAQYByABEgKNjPD_BwE&ibanner=MobileSwitchNo

 

Same experience here. On these cheap guns I don't believe there is much consistency in quality control. Sure, you may get one that is a dud. But for the price, I'll take my chances. I have 3 Harbor Freight guns in addition to my Binks 7, 2 other siphon feed Binks, Binks hvlp and Devilbiss hvlp(I don't paint a ton, I just love paint guns). The first HF gun I bought was 9 years ago. I have sprayed 80% of my primer and sealer with this gun as well as painting and clearing one entire vehicle and this gun still works great. The second one was also about 9 years ago. I have used this to paint a couple motorcycles and edge some car parts. It also still works great. The 3rd was about 5 years ago. It works ok. But, not as well as the previous 2. Consequently I only use it for primer/sealer. I think I spent under $50 total for the 3 HF guns. Spending $50 and having 2 out of the 3 be good guns? I'll take it.

 

Anybody use a devilbiss GFHV 501?