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Old 04-30-2014, 11:28 PM   #11
mcbassin
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Re: Project "What was I Thinking" 68 SWB

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What would you guys suggest for spray guns? Please keep in mind I'm looking for something budget minded as I don't have $400-500 to spend on spray guns. I was thinking about trying the Devilbliss Starting line kit. Summit racing has a 2 gun kit for $150.00 and it comes with 1.3, 1.5 & 1.8 tips.
Here's my take on this, as you know I just went through this whole process. I highly recommend you buying a couple of those throw away purple paint guns from harbor freight and those Devilbiss guns are great. I used a Finishline for all my base and clear LINK. I think it was cheapest on amazon. LINK LINK They have the kit you are looking at too.
Kyle also loaned me one of his Iwata touch up guns to do the lower areas.(that thing was super nice!) For the record, he offered me use of all his guns but I really didn't want to screw them up. I'm kinda hard on equipment...Plus I know he spent a ton of cash on those guns.
The harbor freight guns work great for epoxy and that hod rod black. They can shoot bc/cc in a pinch too. For $12 when they run them on sale it's hard to beat. I use the heck of one that I have. When they crap out throw away and grab another.

The high end guns are worth the money for guys that use them every day because they atomize the material so much better there is minimal waste. Since I don't plan on doing production painting the Devilbiss gun worked out great. Just factor in plenty of waste. Another thing I learned, I waste a lot of material just from inexperience in the booth. This is something that can't learn in one long day.
Nice score on the epoxy BTW. I have read a lot of positive about the spi stuff.

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