From: Buzz (muttman@charter.net)
Date: Tue Jul 05 2005 - 21:59:03 PDT
Steve,
I bought one of the De Vilbis HVLP guns and it didn't perform as well as I
thought it should. One day I was talking to a professional restorer and he
asked about my setup. I told him 1/2" copper pipe to the garage door then 1/4"
hose the rest of the way to the spray area, about 40' away. He told me that my
problem was that the HV stands for HIGH VOLUME and a 1/4" hose isn't large
enough to pass a large volume of air. When he paints he uses 15' of 3/8" hose
to a pressure pot that he wears on his waist, that feeds his HVLP gun.
So I'm gonna over kill and use 1/2" hose out to the spray area then "3/8 to the
gun from the regulator/filter..
Buzz
On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 17:49:18 -0400, you wrote:
>
>I use to HATE painting with a spray gun.
>
>THEN.... I bought a gravity feed DeVibis (sp) gun that uses a bag
>for the paint inside the top canister. It is a High Volume, Low Pres
>unit (HVLP). I bought it new for $100 and now painting is not too
>bad.... I have a regulator and water filter close (within 8 ft) of the gun
>AND use different air fittings so that I can only use the spray gun when
>connected to the regulator and filter.
>
>Not had a problem since with OD paint!
>
>
>Steve AKA Dr Deuce
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