[Shop-talk] painting with hvlp ??

[Jim Juhas]

I, too, have a Sharpe Platinum HVLP gun.  I also have a far less 
expensive Devilbiss siphon feed HVLP that I bought so that I could 
utilize my extensive collection of siphon cups, including an 8 oz. size 
and an agitator cup for metallics.

The gravity feed Sharpe, at about $400 as I recall, produces a superior 
finish to anything else I have used.  My high pressure guns are 
Devilbiss JGA guns.  And, there is no question that there is less 
overspray and less waste, and with the gravity fed gun, cleanup uses far 
less solvent.

So, I use the Devilbiss siphon HVLP gun for surfacers and primers, and 
save the Sharpe for topcoats and clears.

Two reasons for picking the Sharpe: as mentioned elsewhere, it has the 
lowest CFM consumption of any I considered at the time, and my local 
paint supplier stocks and can get any parts or different tips I care to buy.

Doug Braun wrote:
> Recently I took my HF Thirty-Nine Dollar Classic and
> an old siphon-feed non-HVLP gun, and tried to figure
> out what the difference really was.  The size and
> pattern of the air holes looked pretty similar.  Also,
> both guns need about the same air pressure: 30 to 40
> pounds.
>
> Do you know how different a high-end HVLP gun would be
> from the the two I described?
>
> Doug
>
> --- Roland Wilhelmy <rwil at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>   
>> I have a turbine type HVLP setup and a Sharpe
>> Platinum HVLP gun that
>> runs off of an ordinary compressed air supply. 
>>     
> _