Hi, I am looking around for an hlvp spray gun somewhere in the range of 80 to 150 dollars. I am spraying shellac and lacquer mostly on refinished furniture. It would be nice to be able to do some light painting with it but by far my primary use will be for spraying clear finishes. It's been about 30 years since I sprayed and it was using about 25 to 30 pounds in an old school siphon fed 1 quart gun(s). I just started reading about hvlp and was very interested in saving finish product and a little bit of our Raliegh/Durham air quality. I bought a 100 dollar gun at Lowes and while I was very happy and impressed with the spray characteristics, as in much less over spray and a better defined spray pattern, I could not use it because of drips from the gravity fed cup when doing horizontal desktop spraying. And I plan to do alot of horizontal spraying. The top just did not have a seal on it that I could keep from dripping. The folks at Lowes took it back without any problem but I am kind of overwhelmed with all the choices out there. I am thinking about getting either a siphon feed, instead of gravity feed, hvlp or maybe even a 'paint pot' with a gun as that would solve the horizontal drip problems at least. The only down side to that that I can think of is the extra cleaning involved in keeping a xx foot fluid hose flowing.
Any tips, experiences or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much,
Jim Lee
Cary
Any tips, experiences or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks very much,
Jim Lee
Cary