About to have a crack at spraying my Land Rover 90 (considered quite a fancy thing to do in LR circles as most guys use a roller! :D). Although Stevie007 has kindly offered to lend me his gun (will hopefully be calling tomorrow mate if you're reading this! :)) I'd eventually like to buy my own. Not knowing anything about them, does anyone have any recommendations for types/makes of gun, what to look for and a rough guide to new/second hand prices? I've just bought a gallon of the cheapest satin black "truck paint" from Jawells (along with thinners, etch primer and primer to go with it), so I've got plenty to practise with on the spare bonnet I have lying about in the workshop!

 

Cheers,

 

Leigh

if its your 1st time using one mate try a cheap gravity fed spray gun i got 1 of ebay for about 12 quid and it works a treat

A roller? wow that is posh when i was in the mob we used a 4" paint brush :rofl:

About to have a crack at spraying my Land Rover 90 (considered quite a fancy thing to do in LR circles as most guys use a roller! :D). Although Stevie007 has kindly offered to lend me his gun (will hopefully be calling tomorrow mate if you're reading this! :)) I'd eventually like to buy my own. Not knowing anything about them, does anyone have any recommendations for types/makes of gun, what to look for and a rough guide to new/second hand prices? I've just bought a gallon of the cheapest satin black "truck paint" from Jawells (along with thinners, etch primer and primer to go with it), so I've got plenty to practise with on the spare bonnet I have lying about in the workshop!

 

Cheers,

 

Leigh

 

Your gun will need to match your compressor basically.

Pro guns need a minimum of 14cfi from the compressor and ideally a 100litre tank.

Smaller guns (needle size I mean not pot size) are available to work of 2hp compressors producing 7cfi.

Price == capacity.

Bigger compressor = bigger price!!

Small gravity fed guns are useful for blow in and touch up panels but dont normally throw enough paint on to do full re sprays successfully.

Apollo in Birmingham do HVLP kits which I have used for a number of years with success.

Also be aware that the "painting window " as far as weather is concerned for us amateurs without heated booths has now closed for the winter.

"Truck paint" or "commercial enamel" as it is known needs good heat to dry and is slow drying at the best of times.

Not an ideal paint to use for a first time sprayer.

HTH

Your gun will need to match your compressor basically.

Pro guns need a minimum of 14cfi from the compressor and ideally a 100litre tank.

Smaller guns (needle size I mean not pot size) are available to work of 2hp compressors producing 7cfi.

Price == capacity.

Bigger compressor = bigger price!!

Small gravity fed guns are useful for blow in and touch up panels but dont normally throw enough paint on to do full re sprays successfully.

Apollo in Birmingham do HVLP kits which I have used for a number of years with success.

Also be aware that the "painting window " as far as weather is concerned for us amateurs without heated booths has now closed for the winter.

"Truck paint" or "commercial enamel" as it is known needs good heat to dry and is slow drying at the best of times.

Not an ideal paint to use for a first time sprayer.

HTH

Cheers for the advice Pete, taken down and inwardly digested old chap :)

JD and I are currently using a HUGE ex-dental compressor round at my gaff for the V8 builds. Have no idea of the size but I'm 99.9% sure it'll be more than up to the job.

Re: the truck paint (as it's known by the owner of Jawells who sold it to me, lol :D) and the "painting window": TBH, I'm not overly worried about either. And that's not me being flippant (well, maybe a leeeetle bit....just to wind you up of course ;)). If it goes t1ts up on the landrover it's not the end of the world. However, I'm only working on a panel at a time and working on them off the car in a thrown together heated lean-to affair so the weather issue shouldn't be a problem and, worst case scenario: I flat it back and start again with a little bit more experience behind me. Plus, I'm an artistic genius (think Francis Bacon with more pharmaceutical drugs and better hair), so no doubt I'll pick it up fairly quickly....:D ;)