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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 08:45 PM
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Default What paint gun do you use?

I'm on a budget & I'm looking for personal references to a cheaper paint gun.
I will be spraying a Urethane clear & a Polyurethane Basecoat in my garage.
Price ranged is between 0-120 maybe? The gun doesn't have to last super long although there is a possibility I might do everything piece by piece using a solid color. Would this possibly suffice? http://www.ebay.com/itm/10pc-HVLP-PA...95bb5a&vxp=mtr
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 08:47 PM
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Default Re: What paint gun do you use?

What is far more important is how powerful a compressor do you have?
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 09:12 PM
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I can't remember off the top of my head, it's a devilbiss pro 4000 12 gallon 4hp
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 09:15 PM
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220v or 110v?
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 09:17 PM
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110v
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 09:18 PM
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Hmm. Well if you are doing panel painting and not all over jobs, you'll probably be okay with a gun around 10-14cfm.
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 09:31 PM
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90psi 5.8 40psi 7.8
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Old Mar 12, 2012 | 09:38 PM
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Default Re: What paint gun do you use?

Things you can try:
Look on craigslist for a SATA or IWATA gun, used but in good condition. These guns are great and last forever.
Try el cheapo guns from HF on a few pieces. Most have a crappy pattern and are inconsistent but depending on what you have lined up, might fit the bill. The HF mini "detail" gun is actually fine once you use tape to seal the cup threads.
Get a starter kit from devilbiss. Suitable candidates:
Higher end gun: http://www.amazon.com/DeVILBISS-Fini...1616931&sr=8-1
Lower end gun: http://www.amazon.com/Devilbiss-Star...1616931&sr=8-5

Get this LVLP gun. It is a good gun, won't last forever but has very low draw so doing an all-over paintjob would be easy.
http://www.amazon.com/Grizzly-H7666-...4&sr=8-1-spell

The kit you posted is probably the same one as made by vaper. Overall they are decent quality but they don't last long and are usually machined poorly (gotta check the nozzle holes to make sure they are clear on the cap and check the spray pattern between coats.)
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 01:17 AM
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Thanks for the advice. I think I'm set on the sharpe fx3000
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 08:29 AM
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^^ thats my gun Also i would suggest not doing the paint job piece by piece, if i were to go back i would just spend the extra hours and mask the **** out of it. Espically if its your first paint job. check out my thread in my sig to see what im talking about.
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Old Mar 13, 2012 | 07:33 PM
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Default Re: What paint gun do you use?

How do you like the gun? I was planning on doing my lip, front bumper, rear bumper, trunk all off the car, It's a solid black color so I don't think color matching would be an issue?
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