Wow, I guess it's best to read the whole reply. I wouldn't tell the casual or 1-time guy to buy what I use, but will always tell all there indeed IS a difference. Some of the difference is quality, some is maintaining a level of profitability, as in much less effort at the end of the job to take it to finish. Re-read my edit at the end. Also, impossible to get a good gun cheap? Nope. I bought a top of the line SATA, no cup, at a swap meet for $15. I bought a DeVilbiss siphon feed MBC at a garage sale for $5 and they threw in a kool little touch up gun, a vintage piece with a glass cup/jar that I'll never use. Just a bitchin vintage gun to hang on the wall. Maybe that creative thinking was missed in my reply, but I'll always stand by "You Get What You Pay For" because it's true. Carry on, don't mind me...
except a beginner could end up buying several good brand used guns that don't work because they don't know what to look for. Harbor Freight $10 gun will handle most tasks with decent results. I always keep one around for people to use, I let them look at my nicer guns but no touching....
I have four guns (paint, anyway). The total replacement cost of those is about $1300.00. Since I closed my shop, they are all lightly oiled and packed away in storage. A friend of mine loaned me one of them purple ones from Horrible Fright. I was skeptical, but since I was putting primer down on an interior floor, that will likely never be seen again by me, I figured 'why the hell not'. I was shocked.
I bought their cheapy pressure pot unit to paint a frame. It did a very nice job. Way more gooder than any truck frame ever needs.
And if in 5-10 years the paint job fails. Maybe youll be better at body work, to get it straighter and have more money for a better paint and better gun. Progression.
I just liked the imagery...I just meant "much as I dig cars, there's a lot of other things I gotta take care of first..."
No, Clunker.I had that one a few years back.Thats why I got another one I liked it so much.This ones going to be metallic grey.ThanksBruce.
There isn't any miracle technology out there. Most patents have expired. Every manufacturer buys every other manufacturer's equipment to see what the difference is. Unless it involves some high cost materials used in the equipment, the equipment will all be pretty much the same. Some might feel a little different in your hand but the actual working portion of the equipment will be very similar. I've seen good paint jobs with cheap equipment and bad jobs with good equipment. I've seen people do excellent jobs with spray cans. Different paints require different tip size and or gun settings. Having a very expensive gun might make some more confident in their ability.
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