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Title: Would this be a decent paint gun?
Post by: Neilyboy on July 06, 2007, 07:14:57 am

I have two cabinets that I am working on restoring (Nintendo-DonkeyKong, Tradewest-AlphaMission). I am curious as to if this is a decent gun to spray the cabs with? I have never used a spray paint gun in my life and I know this is HarborFreight brand (Some love HF some hate it..) I look there cause im broke and soon to be married (15 days and counting). So I come asking for a point in the right direction. Here is a link to the gun.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93305

I have my fathers air compressor here and can use it all I want (unless I take some of the wedding money and throw it toward a compressor haha). Thanks for any input you can give me. I would be using this gun for primer and paint.

Neil

Title: Re: Would this be a decent paint gun?
Post by: lanman31337 on July 06, 2007, 07:42:31 am

First, congrats on the wedding - mine's  8 days and counting (july 14th), second, that's a decent gun for your primer.  If you want an all in one solution so to say, get something with a 1.3, 1.4 nozzle.  That one is probably going to have a 2.0 ish nozzle, good for traditional primers.  You can get primer that'll work with a 1.3, 1.4 gun, paint, and clearcoat as well.  When I sprayed my car everything was out of a 1.4.

Title: Re: Would this be a decent paint gun?
Post by: Neilyboy on July 06, 2007, 07:55:03 am

Dang lanman yours will be here before you know it!! congrats!!

so would something like this better?
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=93312

or anything that harbor freight carrys? Im just trying to save some money haha..

http://search.harborfreight.com/cpisearch/web/search.do?keyword=spray+gun&Submit=Go

They dont have a very good description on their site at all.. Is there other places I should be looking for a decent paint gun? Keep in mind im broke lol.

Neil

Title: Re: Would this be a decent paint gun?
Post by: lanman31337 on July 06, 2007, 09:20:19 am

As long as you can supply the volume - http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91009 is a good gun, Or to mix it up, go with http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=94572

Are you using automotive paint, or are you using a rustoleum?

Title: Re: Would this be a decent paint gun?
Post by: Neilyboy on July 06, 2007, 09:28:31 am

I honestly dont have the paint yet I was just going to get whatever they had at lowes that matched the paint sample that I take in. I will get whatever paint is needed and the tank my father has I believe does like 500psi if that sounds right. so it shouldnt be a problem.

Neil

Title: Re: Would this be a decent paint gun?
Post by: lanman31337 on July 06, 2007, 09:57:01 am

Not a problem.  Make sure you get a latex paint.  If you spray latex thru your gun, mix up every 8 ounces of paint with 1 ounce of distilled water.  You'll end up with some fantastic results.  Get yourself a good primer like Kilz and spray a few coats of that down and sand between coats.  You can have your cab look mirror once it's done!

Title: Re: Would this be a decent paint gun?
Post by: Neilyboy on July 06, 2007, 10:12:21 am

very sweet!! thank you so much for the great info lanman I may go with that two gun set for 60 bucks..!!

Neil

Title: Re: Would this be a decent paint gun?
Post by: lanman31337 on July 06, 2007, 10:27:18 am

That's a really good setup - you can use the bigger nozzle if you dilute it for everything.