I started painting cars a few years ago, more out of
necessity than anything else. At the time I borrowed a friend's
HVLP system with the separate turbine and specific HVLP
gun. It was great, no blow-back, very easy to lay on the paint
and virtually no masking necessary or having to spent
hours cleaning the overspray dust from the garage.
A couple of years ago I bought an HVLP gun which runs of
a regular compressor but only runs on 15psi or lower. The
results were the same, little overspread, little masking, easy to lay down
the paint without too much air hitting the wet paint. I bought a
DeVilBiss gun ($200) and the regulator. The savings in paint will
pay back for the cost of the gun very quickly.
I repaint my car every winter (it's a pro-rally car - so it needs it!!),
and I use the Napa 2 pack enamels (paint & reducer). As a data point,
I used just over a quart of paint to paint the whole car except the roof.
The cost of the paint/reducer is approx $60. I would estimate that the
you would need 2 quarts of paint to re-paint an MGB (assuming you paint the
under-side of the hood/trunk.
My advice is invest in a good HVLP gun, get to learn how to use it and it
will pay itself back after your fist paint job just in the savings on
materials.
gerry
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 12:56:31 -0600
From: "Ken Waringa" <kwaringa@dynsys.com>
Subject: MGB Painting
Is Art Pfenninger on the list by any chance? I just finished reading his
article on painting on the MGB Experience web site and it's great. If your
there Art, I was wondering what paint gun you used. You said it was a HVLP
gun, but not which brand. I'm thinking of buying a gun to paint my son's 79
B, but I'm not sure which one to buy. I have a compressor and want a gun to
use with it. I want to stay under $100.00 if possible.
TIA
Ken Waringa
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