Paint sprayer opinion

[snail81]

Looking to buy a automotive paint sprayer for home use. Will probably use a couple times a year but when I do I will be painting cars and such. I know a good painter can make a mediocre spray gun work good but a good gun can help a mediocre painter. so opinions plz? Don't want to spend 500.00 but don't mind spending some. With your opinions can you tell me why you chose that one? Just curious thanks

 

[HMCFab9]

It depends on what you are looking to spray out of it (type of paint)
Basecoat and clearcoat are not the same to spray (especially a basecoat with a lot of metallic in it)
Basecoat needs good atomization for the flake to lay decent without getting tiger stripes & mottling.

I usually have a gun to do base, 1 to do clear & 1 or 2 for different types of primer.
(everything has a different viscosity & that's why all guns are not the same)

If you are doing single-stage color, the primer gun would probably work for that also.

I like Sata guns. DeVilbiss has always been good. Some like Binks (I don't) Some guys claim they can lay out a good paintjob with a harbor freight cheapie. A lot of it will depend on if you are painting stock cars, or trying to do a show-worthy job.

Go to an automotive paint place ( somewhere that specializes Only in auto-paint) & tell them what you want to do with it. I used an Accuspray years ago that claimed to be able to spray anything. It had different air-caps & different tips that all worked in the same gun body & it worked ok. It wasn't cheap, but it would be cheaper than buying several different guns for different applications.

 

[countryroad82]

For a good all around gun, I like my Devilbiss FinishLine gun. I use mine as a primer gun as it has a 1.8 tip. Even though such a large tip I can lay a decent coat of paint but I spray a lot.