* an hamb angel sent me an early xmas present*

I decided to write this thread to show my gratitude for this amazing forum and the amazing people on here. I recently received a PM from someone who wants to remain anonymous, to tell me that i should give painting a shot!! First, i dont know nothing about painting and i dont have the most important thing... a quality paint gun!! Well that's a thing of the past, today i received a brand new SATAJET 2000 paint gun via FEDEX. I am speechless and extremely honored!! After the holidays im gonna enroll in a paint class and finally give painting a shot!!! It's very intimidating, but you gotta start somewhere!!! I would love in the future to be able to do it all!!! I think it's the coolest thing when somebody can build a high end custom and do it all from frame to paint.

This forum never ceased to amaze me!!!

I just wanted to say thank you to this amazing man, im gonna make you proud and i promise you.... i wont shoot primer with it!!!!


Thank you!!!!!

 

You're on your way my man! Let me know when you need a floor sweeper for the shop, I am ready to move west!

 

It's nice too know there are still good people in the world.

 

Great friend!

 

Try painting solid colors first Mettallics are tougher ,Black is the easiest color to spray.Good luck ,The more you spray the better you get .

 

thats a great gun, will serve ya well.

good on who sent it to ya also


skull

 

That is totally awesome!
Merry Chirstmas to you!

It never seizes to amaze me what shows up on my door step from HAMB pals, especially this time of year. Blows me AWAY!

 

once you figure out the settings on the gun and how the air and paint adjusting needles work, it will come with practice. do you have a body shop in town? see if you can get some bent up panels for practice, sometimes the automotive paint stores will have paint that was mismatched etc, you can usually get it cheap. first things first, memorize the manual and learn how to assemble and disassemble the gun, it's very important to completely dismantle and clean after every use, if you make it a habit to make it spotless every time, the gun will remain like new for years.

 

I am so grateful!!! Im gonna put it to good use and take extreme good care of it!!! Good idea on the body panels and mismatched paints !! I also have a Schwinn that needs painting!!

The HAMB is a wonderful place!!

Happy holidays to all!!

 

I love this place! Merry Christmas Bedford Falls!

 

What a great thing to do!! Make him proud!!

 

Nice gift. Great spray gun! Go here to read and see how to use it to it's best:

http://www.sata.com/index.php?id=service&L=11

 

Cool thanx!!!

 

That's no junk, and that book looks like a lot of reading. Read up on it all you can, I learned the hard way. Sand a couple panels down to re-do, you'll learn quick. Good luck to ya.

 

Very cool...and that's a very nice gun, and user friendly. Easy to get parts for too...

 

wow !! very cool- viva la hamb

 

Far out man! Very cool gift, great gun. I have one just like it. As far as learning to paint, after you figure out the basics, it's all about practice.

 

You deserve it man, we have seen your dedication in your work, and it all comes out great, you started leading, man now you get to learn to paint... like i said very well deserved man... now go read everything that came with that gun!

 

That's awesome! Merry Christmas dude!

 

Yeah, there are some good ones left. I met quite a few of them from this joint this year. Awesome place.

 

What a great place !!! Im gonna read that whole booklet!!!

The nice man who sent me the gun wanted absolutely no props for this too!!! He didnt do this for the "HEY LOOK AT ME ......" Unreal!!!

 

Congrats Ian! The most important thing I was ever taught about painting is "It's not a fast dance - it's a waltz"! You'll see what I mean if you ever watch someone who is good.

 

Thats a hell of a starter gun too! Now your gonna become a Sata snob like me. Its what I learned on too! Good luck and my ears are open if need be.

 

Wow - congrats - karmic stuff indeed! Let me know if you need a car to practice on!

 

Tis alway cool to hear of things like this. To whomever decided to help you out, you are an incredible human being. Giving someone support will help build confidence. I cannot wait to see some of your spraying results. Please post up as you can. It was already stated, but definiatly check with you local parts stores that mix paint, the ones in my town always have paints that they mixed and either did not match or did not get picked up. They usually dry them up and dispose of them, so if you ask, they just might give them to you or at least sell them to you extremely cheap. GOOD LUCK.

 

No Grinches in this bunch!

 

always keep it clean and all orifices unobstructed.

 

Thanx for all the tips and suggestions!!! Very shortly i'll be bugging the hell out of you guys with help and advice!!!!

Again, Thank you Sir !!!!

Happy holidays to you all!!!

 

the HAMB is the BEST!!!!

 

I know exactly how you feel Ian. When I lost my camera,some HAMBers bought me a new Canon! I was blown away!!! Lots of good people on here,for sure!
Go to the swapmeet and pick up an old door and a fender or two and start practicing. All I always hear is,it's all about the prep and the mixture. Looking forward to seeing your fisrt,well maybe your second,paint job! Hey,why not paint Munsters roof,hahaha!