[TheForge] paint sprayers

[Craig Schaefer]

The HF HVLP gun is really a pretty good gun for the price.  Comparable 
to guns 2 to 3 times its price.  Realize that even at $150-200, you 
still have a cheap HVLP gun.  The HF is less than $50 last I saw.

CraigS
Gresham, OR

xlch58 at swbell.net wrote:

> Gravity feed guns leave less paint in the pot, and when you are 
> blowing auto finishes today, that matters a lot.  They also feed a 
> little better, though a good siphon gun should have a pressure bleed 
> for the pot that balances it out.  Siphon feed guns generally can hold 
> more paint, so if you are shooting something large it might make a 
> difference.  Also the pot doesn't block your view of the paint you are 
> laying down like a gravity feed gun.   I spent about twelve hundred 
> renewing all of my equipment about ten years ago when the gravity feed 
> had only made major inroads for touchup guns, so I bought siphon.   My 
> stuff still looks like new,  so no excuse to upgrade.   If your 
> painting tractor trailers, or primering entire cars in a go,  I would 
> go with a pot maybe, otherwise the gravity feed is probably better 
> these days.  If someone is offering you an older siphon gun for free 
> (or nearly so) take it, a quality siphon gun beats a chinese gravity 
> feed gun if you care about the finish.
>
> Charles
>
> Dave Brown wrote:
>
>> I'm wondering if anyone on the list has an opinion ....  Yeah I 
>> know.  Dumb question.
>>
>> What are the pros and cons comparing gravity feed vs syphon type hvlp 
>> paint sprayers?
>>
>> Dave Brown
>> Heritage Smithing
>> Green Bay, WI
>>
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