oversteer_ms

Just to keep up with different brands and types of guns out there, what are you spraying your paint with?

Show me your guns/paint equipment. Im sure this will get off topic, oh well. Not much happens in the Paint & Body section of H-T anyways. Im waiting for pictures to upload and ill get them on here.

joeshmo

At home I've been using a devilbiss SLG and a gas-powered 8hp wheelbarrow compressor in conjunction with a cheapo harborfreight purple "hvlp" and a mini-purple detail gun. Always use a respirator (for me, activated charcoal mask or whatever those vapor masks are.)

The SLG is alright but it eats massive amounts of air and lays base slightly grainy and mottles metallic if you don't do it right, will spit in pressure drops and I typically have to buff my clear out. For what I paid though I'm not really complaining.

oversteer_ms

Any water separators/filters? I know if I forget to drain my air system once a month or so I come in the next morning from a spray the night before, and im sanding and polishing the rest of the day haha.

oversteer_ms

Well since my phone refuses to upload pictures at the moment.

Im working with a Warwick 881H w/1.4mm, all around gun. Have a Sata 3000k but I dont use it often. I am a lot more fluent with the warwick. Its a great all around gun.

oversteer_ms

These pictures are in no order. Just grabbed them off photobucket real quick. My Warwick 881H that I use for base/clear. And some of my work. I got a bunch more pictures of other work if anyones interested.

oversteer_ms

The integra in the pictures will be finished this week and I will post more pictures of it together. The car came to me completely destroyed. I had to section in new pieces in the quarter panel. They used some metal screen and some sort of bondo in the quarter panel and it was a complete hack job. This car has wayyyy tooo many hours into it.

I almost didnt want to do the car. But he wanted it done. Money is money.

edwardzx7

Your finishes came out pretty good!Any advice on selecting good clears that lay down nice? Ive been having trouble with the ppg clears lately.I have better luck with hok,and omni. I'm a outside painter(dont paint below 60 degrees). I don't mind wetsanding and buffing.I know some people hate bodywork!!

edwardzx7

,, , 2003 GTX cruiser i painted. , ,

edwardzx7

, , , , . Hope you like!Can you pm me what psi you spray? Just curious.

edwardzx7

Base gun: purple Harbor Freight hvlp regular automotive gun with 1.4 tip.
Clear gun: Walmart "Cambell" chrome automotive spray gun, 2.0(when spraying flakes),1.4 tip when spraying regular clear coat.
Harbor Freight 8 gallon compressor with "oil" motor. I never have a problem with the tank getting to low.I have mines refill at 80psi.

oversteer_ms

I personally use Transstar Euro Clearcoat for just about all of my jobs. Its not too tough on my pockets and it doesnt have a yellow tint that screws with color matching that you get with other cheaper clears.

The pictures of that bike you posted look great. For the setup your using. Id like to see what you could do in a booth with a real gun. Great work.

How many pounds of pressure are you spraying your clear?