Spray guns, What are you working with?

slideways

slideways

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I've been using my 2 Devilbiss finish lines for almost 7 years now and Im thinkin its time for something new, And was wonderin what everyone else out there is using and what they reccommend. Just about anything is a step up from what ive got but I have had great results and been very pleased with my cheapo finishlines, Just time for somehting new I think.


So in short what are you guys sprayin with?
 
That's what I have been using too. This shop by us had a gun that had disposable inserts to place in his aluminum cup. I gotta get me some of those!!! He cleaned his gun with about 3oz. or laquer thinner.
 
SVT32VDOHC said:
That's what I have been using too. This shop by us had a gun that had disposable inserts to place in his aluminum cup. I gotta get me some of those!!! He cleaned his gun with about 3oz. or laquer thinner.
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I use the Devilbiss Deckups system which is awesome! Its a plastic cup with disposable liners Elimanates mixing cups and having to clean your alum gun cup and reduces gun weight considerably. The pice of a set of the liners is about $60 for 32. But i easily save more than than in reduced lacquer thinner usage and saved time.
 
I've been using Sata's since day one(15yrs) the first gun I ever used I still have (NR92)for BC and an old Sata Jet 90 for CC. But currently my favs are 3000RP and NR2000
 
smooth said:
I've been using Sata's since day one(15yrs) the first gun I ever used I still have (NR92)for BC and an old Sata Jet 90 for CC. But currently my favs are 3000RP and NR2000
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I have had some people tell me there are durability problems with the Sata's and that replacment parts are very pricey. Whats your thoughts on that?
 
Devilbiss for primer and base, Sata for clear.We are using the Deckups here at the shop, they are nice, but hte painters like the old 3M setup better
 
slideways said:
I have had some people tell me there are durability problems with the Sata's and that replacment parts are very pricey. Whats your thoughts on that?
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It depends how you take care of your guns, if you tend to leave them in a gun cleaner for extended periods of time then I could see you going throught some rebuild kits which run about 125. I treat my guns like there worth my annual salary, you only get paid to to the job once ;)
 
smooth said:
It depends how you take care of your guns, if you tend to leave them in a gun cleaner for extended periods of time then I could see you going throught some rebuild kits which run about 125. I treat my guns like there worth my annual salary, you only get paid to to the job once ;)
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That is very true. I do the same, but as i dont have a gun cleaner i usually break the gun down after every use and i will let the Air cap, fluid tip, the adapter and the needle soak in thinner between uses but not the body of the gun. Nothing is worse then having to do a repaint because there is a chunk of dried red paint in your white basecoat. That is one of those things you make sure only happens one :lol:
 
I need to look into those, although I have no projects right now, nor do I plan on having any. Been looking, but haven't pulled the trigger yet.
 
I have been using an Iwata with a 1.4 tip for my clear and a sata with a 1.3 tip for my base love them both , if you get a chance try the Iwata you wont be dissipointed.
 
supernotch90 said:
I have been using an Iwata with a 1.4 tip for my clear and a sata with a 1.3 tip for my base love them both , if you get a chance try the Iwata you wont be dissipointed.
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I sprayed an Iwata demo at one of the shop I was working at probablly 2 years ago and thought it layed the clear down awesome but I never really was happy the way to sprayed metallic.
 
ive got a warwick / iwata knock off and it is a superb panel / small parts/ motorcycle parts gun with 1.3 tip. near flawless clear and decent metallic .

and an old sata rp for big stuff as this thing just flat gets busy ... you can flat out run around a car with this gun .


i am looking for new guns as well ... ive been considering some new sharpe guns i found on craigs for 50 -75 $ a gun ... and at that price you cant go wrong
 
I have a Plus that I use for sealer and sometimes clear if it's something really big but hands down I love my SATA'a.... and like smooooth said... keep them clean and treat them like they put food on your table...because for some of us they do. The parts are pricey but they aren't cheap guns to start with....NR95/MCB/KLC/NR2000/RP and a couple of mini jets in my box right now and 3M's liner system...

Old school stuff? Binks 7 & 62 hanging on the wall in the garage...lol!
 
i use a sata rp2000 for base and a devilbiss plus gun for clear. im picking up a devilbiss pri for a new primer gun and also a new sata 3000 with a 1.2 tip to add to the colection.
 
Sata 3000, 1.3 and 1.5 tips. I use the 1.5 for clear... I like to lay on clear like nobody's business... and I use the "fast clear" stuff often.

For base and sealer, I use the 1.3.... the 1.5 usually doles out the high build primer.
 
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