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I'm no big Sata fan for all the reasons you mentioned, NC.... Couple years back Spray Tech (CHR member) talked me into getting an Iwata---I use it strictly for CC and man, do I love it!!!!! It is without a doubt hands down THE BEST gun I have ever shot with.....

And I will also grudginly admit that I still use my old DeVilbiss HVLP for BC.... Like me, it's old and worn out but we seem to work well together!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I'm no big Sata fan for all the reasons you mentioned, NC.... Couple years back Spray Tech (CHR member) talked me into getting an Iwata---I use it strictly for CC and man, do I love it!!!!! It is without a doubt hands down THE BEST gun I have ever shot with.....

And I will also grudginly admit that I still use my old DeVilbiss HVLP for BC.... Like me, it's old and worn out but we seem to work well together!!!!!

i had one of the first devilbiss hvlp guns i have had binks 69.62.7 etc and sharpes775.998.cobalt over the years so i try the hvlp guns devilbiss came out with at the time i was using a JGA and like it .i have had the mbc but the hvlp devibiss that thing would shoot paint out the cup if painting tops roof hood trunk . i use it for a hammer went back to my JGA or my sharpe guns and have a german gravity feed gun OPTIMA for primer great gun . i still have my Sharpes and my JGA if i need to shoot some thing i use one of them not hvlps but i used them every day when i left painting and used a sharpe gravity feed gun when i painted the rims . i think there was a gun called a geo hvlp gun i was look at .they were pricy but i was not buying paint the boss was and he was not buying me guns

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I'm no big Sata fan for all the reasons you mentioned, NC.... Couple years back Spray Tech (CHR member) talked me into getting an Iwata---I use it strictly for CC and man, do I love it!!!!! It is without a doubt hands down THE BEST gun I have ever shot with.....

And I will also grudginly admit that I still use my old DeVilbiss HVLP for BC.... Like me, it's old and worn out but we seem to work well together!!!!!

I LOVE my Sata guns, but the primer gun is gettin a lil old, and a rebuild kit is more than what I paid for the gun to begin with! I HAve a Jet90 ( Stil my all time fave) for base and I HAD a RP for clear, which was excellent but I wasnt doing any painting and one of our prep guys wanted it real bad....
Last pint job I did was an MG 4 yrs ago, all 3 satas performed excellent and the car still looks awesome
I only used one Iwata, but ti was 16 yrs ago when I first started and it was the "shop gun" and got no love, but everyone was stil spraying with Devilbiss( actually the Mac Tool branded ones!) Siphon fed guns! Ive been exposed to Satas everywhere Ive worked since until the job Im at now, Our painter uses a Sharpe Razor clear gun and swears by it and one of the other body techs does custom work on the side and wil only use an Iwata, dont know which model though! So if i start painting again9 either at work or on my own projects0 I'll definitly be more open-minded about new guns!

Well Dave , thanks for the Kuddos , I think the Iwata'a are the cats meow , have 5 of them and use them all day long for 4-5 years now with no problems .
They are more for production painters , but will make a beginner better then using a cheaper gun .
But if your only going to do a project once and never use it again , I would not invest in a $400 gun .
I have used about every gun on the market and still have most of them gathering dust in my garage .

But an HVLP would be the choice of a gun , is because of the transfer ( more goes on the car instead of in the air ) . But make sure your compressor can handle a paint gun as they suck alot of cfm .

SprayTech

Originally Posted by SprayTech

Well Dave , thanks for the Kuddos , I think the Iwata'a are the cats meow , have 5 of them and use them all day long for 4-5 years now with no problems .

SprayTech

You're certainly welcome, Spray Tech!!!! I don't paint much at all anymore, but I still like to do all my own stuff, and some of the stuff that comes through the shop for select customers.... But when it's time to lay on the clear, I know my Iwata is there and ready, by far the best cc gun I have ever used!!!!

So, thank you, sir, for convincing me to get the Iwata!!!!


BTW, I've also used it for an occasional bit of coercion... Got a young kid at the shop does most of the painting now.... He's discovered that being a large cheeseburger pizza from Pizza Ranch on the day he's got a car to shoot he can borrown my gun!!!!!!

I'm like Jim Robinson, I buy the Harbor Freight guns 3 or 4 at a time when they go on sale and if I am too tired at night to clean one out I toss it. Their purple gravity guns are amazingly good........certainly a pro painter wouldn't use them for high end work, but for us hobbyists they do the trick. I buy both the touch up size and full size and end up using the touch up ones for most of my stuff.


Don

I bought a nice 2 stage Wagner last night?

Oh, wait.........wrong forum........

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

You're certainly welcome, Spray Tech!!!! I don't paint much at all anymore, but I still like to do all my own stuff, and some of the stuff that comes through the shop for select customers.... But when it's time to lay on the clear, I know my Iwata is there and ready, by far the best cc gun I have ever used!!!!

So, thank you, sir, for convincing me to get the Iwata!!!!


BTW, I've also used it for an occasional bit of coercion... Got a young kid at the shop does most of the painting now.... He's discovered that being a large cheeseburger pizza from Pizza Ranch on the day he's got a car to shoot he can borrown my gun!!!!!!

Well Dave , You need to get ahold of the Iwata SuperNova guns ( LS400 HVLP : Gold air cap for base / solvent and waterborne , and the silver air cap for CC & the WS400 is their Clear gun , I have demoed both and man they are really nice guns and have a more definite fluid pattern & delivery , and lay base and clear better( IMO ) then the LPH400 HVLP guns !
I want a couple of these new guns but I have a hard time buying 3 more new guns for $1500.00 when the 5 I have now work beautifully

Originally Posted by SprayTech

Well Dave , You need to get ahold of the Iwata SuperNova guns ( LS400 HVLP : Gold air cap for base / solvent and waterborne , and the silver air cap for CC & the WS400 is their Clear gun , I have demoed both and man they are really nice guns and have a more definite fluid pattern & delivery , and lay base and clear better( IMO ) then the LPH400 HVLP guns !
I want a couple of these new guns but I have a hard time buying 3 more new guns for $1500.00 when the 5 I have now work beautifully

Haven't even heard about them yet!!! They must be brand new!! hmmm. guess I could use my 400 for base, the WS for clear, and retire the DeVilbiss....