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Re: Tools - HVLP Guns ?

To: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>
Subject: Re: Tools - HVLP Guns ?
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 15:29:31 -0400
Cc: Jack McCarrick <jmccarr@ibm.net>, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
Organization: BRIT Inc.
References: <Pine.OSF.3.95.980828121458.16279A-100000@ccins.camosun.bc.ca>
Malcolm Walker wrote:
> Hmm.  I thought the V in HVLP means "Velocity"- the paint comes out of the
> gun faster...?

  Volume, actually.

  It's actually the high velocity of the conventional gun that
makes it use so much paint. It causes the paint to bounce off the
surface, and also causes such turbulence at the surface that
a lot of paint is blasted back and into the air.
 
> For not much money I can get a LVLP ;-) gun... I think it's $40-$50.
> Might be enough to put a skin o' paint over the TR4 (enough to stop the
> rust from returning)

  Like a wagner powerpainter?

  If you want a quick and dirty job, use spray cans. If you want
an even quicker job, use foam brushes. If you want better than
those options, go all the way.

-- 
Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
tboicey@brit.ca, ICQ #17432933
http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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