If any of you guys work in body shops or just know your way around a paint gun I have what is probably a pretty simple question.
I’m looking at two different cheapy spray guns and I just want to know the differenace (read: pro/cons) between a gravity feed gun and a … not gravity feed gun.
hey can you help me out with a paint code its bc185 and bc400 i need to find out what this would be in house of colours or dupont codes im not sure what company these codes are from pm me if you no
defenatly the hvlp gravity fed is tha way to go… it looks like the one i picked up from princess auto for primer… it works decent… even sprayed single stage with it.
ps. my cousin bought that same suction fed gun… i belive he had about 60 lbs to it and the botton of the cup blew out.fyi.junk
along with this… gravity fed HVLP guns also have a much better tranfser rate… meaning more product is getting on your panel or substrate than in the atmosphere. less waste… and like previous stated. more efficient
The Non-Gravity guns have been banned in some places because of their horribleness. Even if the HVLP gun is more expensive, its worth every penny. Also, with an HVLP gun, all the paint you put into the gun is used, so in theory it saves you money on paint usage, and cleanup is much much easier as well.
Choose the gravity feed gun. We only use non gravity fed guns for primer at the shop. If you use a non gravity feed gun with clear coat, under coat, or any base lather your going to get a wave in the paint. No matter how good of a painter, you’ll always have a wave effect. Its very noticable once you really look into depth of your paint.
Also the “suck action” gun will also blotch the paint and in most cases cause build ups in the gun, and produce a shitty overlay.
If your looking to go cheap i would definatly suggest getting the hvlp.
Im trying to think of the exact make thats its called but i’ve seemed to have forgotten…its very similar to lighter fluid. We use it in all our guns…its a cleaner of some sort. I’ll see if i can find out exactly what my cousin uses. You can pick it up at canadian tire.
how bout good old gun wash or thinners… thats we use at our shop… works great. make sure your clean the Air cap and all the orfices’ the fluid tip and needle and cup. it also doesnt hurt to clean the body of the gun everytime you use it. just keeps it looking nice