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03-02-2008 05:23 AM #11
You read me wrong Don. It's not that I don't think the HF sprayers wont do a pretty good job, it's that they use a high volume of air and more pressure then a better gun - which of course translates into a lot of overspray. I had one, a "purple" 43430 HVLP - and a lot of my garage is now epoxy gray primer. I then moved to a Devillbiss Finishline 3 for primers then to an Iwata for BC/CC. The FL3 is about $100+/- and the Iwata LPH400 - a fair bit more, but that one runs with 16psig MAX. I've actually run it down as low as 10psig. Savings for either the FL3 or the Iwata are in much less paint usage. There is virtually no overspray with the Iwata - and with $650 per gallon of DuPont Chromabase paint, plus the trip(s) to the paint supplier, a significant savings can be seen. I also have a Sharpe Finex which will do very nicely - butDave W
I am now gone from this forum for now - finally have pulled the plug
Damn, that's something I didn't want to hear. I'm glad I got to meet him and Rosie and Rick. I'm proud to have had him as a friend, RIP Johnboy
John Norton aka johnboy