Makoto
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Next year I intend to do another car build with my boy. He will be 6 and its been too long without something cool in the garage to wrench on. Part of that will be lots of body work. I've worked in a body shop which is where I learned body work and some paint work techniques but I've never done it on my own. I have no gun(s that shoot paint 
) and I think my air system could probably use some tweaking to make it more suitable for an hvlp gun.
In preparation for this I've taken it upon myself to revamp a 1998 telecaster that I've had since my youth. It started out as black and I wanted some comfort cuts so I used a rasp to do that then removed the poly, did some body work, and here is the current state of the axe (mocked up with parts).
I need to wetsand out all the orange peel and I might do another coat of clear once it cures if I'm not happy with the finish after wetsanding and buffing.
Anyhow, for this i borrowed my neighbor's siphon feed gun which worked really well but I think given the artistic nature of this craft and my desire to do this more often in the future I should invest in my own rig.
I'm not a millionaire or a pro that needs to push things through really fast. I just need a good affordable gun that will be consistent. I'm not worried about those 800 dollar perfect atomization guns since my dirty shop will likely require wet sanding anything I shoot pretty much always.
So if you were me what would you get?
) and I think my air system could probably use some tweaking to make it more suitable for an hvlp gun.In preparation for this I've taken it upon myself to revamp a 1998 telecaster that I've had since my youth. It started out as black and I wanted some comfort cuts so I used a rasp to do that then removed the poly, did some body work, and here is the current state of the axe (mocked up with parts).
I need to wetsand out all the orange peel and I might do another coat of clear once it cures if I'm not happy with the finish after wetsanding and buffing.
Anyhow, for this i borrowed my neighbor's siphon feed gun which worked really well but I think given the artistic nature of this craft and my desire to do this more often in the future I should invest in my own rig.
I'm not a millionaire or a pro that needs to push things through really fast. I just need a good affordable gun that will be consistent. I'm not worried about those 800 dollar perfect atomization guns since my dirty shop will likely require wet sanding anything I shoot pretty much always.
So if you were me what would you get?
