[Johnson] HF Paint guns

[Laird Tom N]

Be careful when buying the new style paint guns from Harbor Freight.
Some are HVLP and some are NOT!
They look alike, but the $12 to $19 ones are not HVLP.

Tom W9QI
Moline, IL.
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I tried the paint gun for the first time today and the results were
excellent.  I was painting quite a number of small items and the amount
of paint coming out of the gun was very easy to control.  For larger
items (like cabinets) I normally use either a DeVilbis or a Wagner paint
gun.  But, both of those put out more paint at a time and it is very
easy to get too much paint on the very small items.  

I also have an HVLP gun that I bought new from Harbor Freight over a
year ago.  However, I really don't like it.  My compressor was made by
DeVilbis and it works great with all of my other guns but it is very
marginal in handling the amount of air needed by the HVLP.  If I come up
with a larger compressor then maybe the HVLP might work better.
However, I can't justify the expense of a larger compressor just to use
with one particular paint gun!

I don't purchase that many items from Harbor Freight, but their paint
guns are definitely of very good quality.  The ones that I have bought
there are at least as good, and probably better than, either my DeVilbis
or my Wagner guns and they are MUCH cheaper!