Harbor Freight HVLP gun w/ Plastic Cup

Will Womack · #1 08-10-2005, 08:33 AM

Has anyone used this gun with Veri Prime or other Primers?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46719

I'm not sure about this plastic feed cup.

Thanks

R.P.Ping · #2 08-10-2005, 09:13 AM

I painted my interior with PPg paint and my old style gun and had terrible results, fogged me out, lots of over spray, runs. I bought a LPHV spray gun at Harbor Freight and tried it again. Big difference. 95% of the overspray was eliminated which allowed me to see how I was applying the paint. At $54.00 I would highly recommend it!

P.S. I bought the full size gun on sale.

BobMoe · #3 08-10-2005, 09:14 AM

I spoke with Larry Koutz at SnF 2004. He had a Quickie 2 on display in Teal and Peach color. A very beautiful paint job. He said he used the "Poly" system recommended by Ron Alexander. He, also, stated he used the HVLP spray gun from Harbor with no problems. I believe it was the larger model they have on sale all the time. I know he used the same tip for the primer and the paint.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=43430

Sorry I'm not sure about the spellings and I couldn't find any pics on the Qlist.

FWIW
Bob MO

Will Womack · #4 08-10-2005, 09:33 AM

Thanks for the replies. I had heard some horror stories about epoxy not playing well with PLASTIC. Since this gun has a plastic feed cup.....

scollins · #5 08-10-2005, 09:40 AM

As another data point ... I've used the bigger version of this same gun from HF (I think it was ~ $40 on sale when I bought it) with AKZO epoxy primer for several years and it's always worked great.

Will Womack · #6 08-10-2005, 09:45 AM

I was hesitant about buying the bigger gun for intirior part priming - it has a bigger hopper (too big?)

Les Dial · #7 08-10-2005, 10:18 AM

I used this one (http://www.spraygunworld.com/product...019000.htmwith) very good results with PPG DX1793. Plus it's only $40. - Les

Will Womack · #8 08-10-2005, 10:25 AM

Les,

I couldn't get to the Spraygunworld link. What model # is it?

Will Womack · #9 08-10-2005, 10:41 AM

OK, I got to the link - It looks like the exact same gun!

Thanks for the help everyone. I think I will just buy at HF since I get a discount there.

alpinelakespilot2000 · #10 08-10-2005, 11:51 AM

Get the one with the bigger cup (at least 20 oz). I used the siphon feed from HF with the small 8 oz cup. It is way to small. I would have to stop too often to refill. From the other posts, it looks like the larger volume it is cheaper anyway.

If I did it again I'd definitely go gravity feed--I think I'd get a more uniform spray.

I'm using Variprime 615/616 and my siphon cup is lined with plastic. No problems whatsover with the primer attacking the plastic.

Good luck.