Barb, sorry to hear of your painting problems, but you are far braver than I. I haven't picked up a paint gun in 30 years and wouldn't know where to start today for fear of screwing something up totally.

Candy Apple paint is probably one of the most difficult paint jobs to do. Some painters won't even do them, they don't want to be bothered with the problems and issues. Got to applaud you for trying. As the others have told you, you don't need a expensive high price gun to do a nice paint job. Sure they might make it a little easier and better, but spending that extra $400 - $500 for a gun doesn't make good sense if your painting is going to be limited to just a couple of jobs. Now if you decide you wanted to do it as a paid hobby then by all means go get a Iwata or a Sata gun.
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Don wrote:
I have been buying the gravity feed guns from Harbor Freight and getting good results from them. They are normally about $39.95, but they went on sale for $ 9.95 so I bought 5 of them
There are pro painters all over the world having neurological strokes after reading that post (and probably some right here).