Info required on Devilbiss MPS-515

[lchris21]

Evening all............

I'm planning on painting the petrol tank of my bike project myself. I've got an old, hardly used nice Devilbiss spray gun, but cannot find out any information as to whether the nozzle size will be suitable for the job??

I'm a complete novice sprayer, having only used rattle cans over the years for various jobs.

Its a MPS-515 gun, gravity fed, Its got a No3 nozzle and air cap.

I'll be having a good read online and practicing before the job commences, but wanted to make sure I get off to a good start???

I'll be using it to spray the base coat, then clear-coat. I'll let my paint supplier advise me on which flavour......I'll probably primer the tank using rattle cans???

Any info / input welcomed.

cheers

 

[RonA]

I have a similar devilbis gun, also gravity fed, but from a smaller metal rather than plastic reservoir. Mine however is marked as an MP rather than MPS model & the nozzle cap has no spray shaping horns, consequently it produces only a circular spray pattern. I bought the gun for touch up & it works at around 25 psig
RonA

 

[lchris21]

cheers, i'll do a bit more digging to see if it'll be up to the job???

 

[brightspark]

cheers, i'll do a bit more digging to see if it'll be up to the job???

just get some paint in it and give it a go on some scrap metal or an oil can . u will soon see what coverage it gives and if its going to be suitable