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[adcyork]

i was in B&Q today and i saw these "airless" sprayers. After lookung at them I had the idea i could maybe use one to respray my car. are they suitable and has anyone ever used one at all?

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[Senile Old Git]

Personally, i would use that money and probably add a bit and hire the proper kit from the local hire shop. Knowing B&Q that unit will be cheap as chips. Paint isn`t cheap, so get the right gear to spray your liquid gold with.

I just bought 1 litre of basecoat, 1 litre of primer, 5 litres of 2K thinners, affiliated hardner and laquer and that cost £115.00. That is to paint four panels NOT the whole car.If the result is cr** by using a c**p gun you waste the material money PLUS hours of time getting all that paint off.

Remember the preparation takes the time, there is not short cuts for us amateur paint boys. The professionals have £000's tied up in paint booths etc etc. & therefore, rightly so, charge between £100 - £130 to paint ONE panel. So your only chance of getting a decent finish is using the pukka gear. Plus a horrible paint finish will wreck the value of your car

I am sure woody will add to this ( as he clearly is a professional) and hopefully will agree with me, as he has advised me through my first 2K experience.

Edited by webweavers, 23 January 2007 - 08:47 PM.

[*DJH*]

My Dad Did One Of His Fence Panels With That... Needless To Say That He Used A 5" Paintbrush To Finish The Rest Off Instead

[Woody]

These airless spray guns are not realy suitable for spraying your pride and joy , you would be better buying a second hand compressor and a moderatly priced spray gun .
I once sprayed my suzuki SC100 (its a little car) with a tiny compressor and low-pressure spray gun in an old shed , and after lots and lots of flating and buffing it looked great (this was in the good old days with cellulose)
but a good job can be done if the prep work is spot on without spending a fortune (but forget the airless sprayers!)

[binge]

Ive got a compressor at my garage. I was wondering If I could use this to spray with. Or are Spraying compressors "Special" compressors.

Would I beable to use my current compressor and a Water trap, With a Spray gun?


Also, Primer. Is that applied via the air-brush, or via Rattle can?


<|ben|>

[rozzer!]

Ive got a compressor at my garage. I was wondering If I could use this to spray with. Or are Spraying compressors "Special" compressors.

Would I beable to use my current compressor and a Water trap, With a Spray gun?


Also, Primer. Is that applied via the air-brush, or via Rattle can?


<|ben|>

as long as u use a water trap and that your compressor will allow you to spray continuously at 2 bar it should be fine using a hvlp gravity fed gun. primer is also sprayed on in this way. rattle cans are a bit pissy and brushing it on it rough and very messy