[TitaniumTT]

Originally Posted by Max777

$150 compressor (big enough for a paint gun and an ok D/A sander)
$100 paint gun starter kit: comes with 2 guns and everything I need.
$40 el cheapo D/A sander.

Now, that's quite an investment, but I would be able to paint other cars, and finally have an air compressor to work with.

That's not an investment at all. An investment for those tools would be about $1000 for an air comp, $500 for two spray guns, $200+ for a DA sander. It really sounds like you're on a retardedly tight bugdet and should wait till classes resume. Not to sound like a dick but if you're complaining about spending $150 on a compressor, how are you going to feel spending $40 in plastic, $20 is wood, and $50 on a few decent fans to section off the garage?

Just noticing things here.

Originally Posted by JerryLH3

I have a 60 gallon compressor that flows around 10 SCFM @ 90 psi. Before you buy tools or as you buy them, look to see what air delivery they need to keep running effieciently. I don't have a DA sander, but I do have a grinder that my compressor can keep up with no problem. It should definitely be good for a paint gun no problem, as the gun I will be using requires around 13 SCFM @ 30 psi. Compressors that flow that kind of air are often 240V, so be prepared for that too.

This was also a $400 compressor and was the scariest thing I've done in awhile unloading it off of the Home Depot rental truck.

I'm attempting to do all the body work and painting in my garage. It requires a lot of research before you decide to go ahead with it. Just outfitting the garage to this point cost a lot of money - to the tune of nearly $1000 for an air compressor, a 240V outlet, good sanding blocks, paint guns, grinder, respirators, body filler, etc. I haven't even purchased the main ingredient yet - paint, which I priced out at $500 on the extreme low end.

The last two repaints that I've done I've used PPG global which whilesales for $450/GAL! Add to that the primer, the surfacer, the clear and product alone can easily get close to $2k.

Originally Posted by classicauto

high volume low pressure.

There's HVLP, compliant, and non-hvlp(old tech).

The point of it is higher transfer effciency, (ie. less overspray!) finer atomization......but they consume alot of air. They work excellent, although honestly if you've not sprayed with each type you wouldn't know the difference you'd just think thats how it is.

But a compliant (decent transfer effciency) or old style gun (shitty transfer effciency), although it will consume less air, will be spraying at a higher pressure and blasting tonnes of paint into the air - and also getting some on the panel

Full HVLP setup meaning you don't simply buy an HVLP gun and go nuts. You need larger diameter lines and fittings to feed the higher volume into the gun. Also, your compressor *ideally* should be over 20CFM on an HVLP setup.

Brands....meh not so much. They all spray a little different I find its better to fit the gun to your style then the other way around. I've been a devilbiss fan for a while. The anesta Iwata gun's i've been using lately are nice....I do like SATA alot, but hate having to get parts for them, and my style doesn't fit they're pattern as you generally have to be much closer to the panel then I'm comfortable with to get proper transfer.

Going with a non china gun - you go with what fits your style. Going with a cheap thing, well who knows. Chances are two of the same cheapies would spray differently then each other.

Hey Joe, I've been using a Sharpe Titanium (yeah yeah yeah) for probably 7 years now. Not much experience with anything else out there, what are your feelings on that gun? I've got some repainting to do on the FC this winter, and I'm hoping to land a restoration job on an FB this winter as well.