Evening all,
Been doing a fair bit of reading re. auto paint spraying. Never used a spray gun before but have a compressor which I use for various air tools. Decided to tidy up my Triumph Speed Triple and took the plunge in buying some kit to have a go myself. Figured I have the next few months to practise and get it right and the money spent on equipment won't be any more than paying someone else to do it.
As my compressor is nothing special been 3hp with a 50L tank I decided to go for some Fast Mover FMT3006 LVLP guns which seem decent for their cost. I got a cheap mini gun for possibly doing the frame but got 3 of the full size guns in 1.8, 1.4 and 1.3.
The 1.8 will be for primer, of the 1.4 & 1.3 which is best for clear coat and which for base coat which will I think be a polyester metallic variety?
I was planning on a plastic primer, then Vauxhall Midnight black which has silver metallics and then the clearcoat which I am undecided on. It appears 2k clear is the was to go but I've also heard decent things on the Upol 1k Smart Clear. What type and make would you recommend?
I will probably be going to an auto paint shop to buy the products so given my location will be either Autopaint Solutions in Doncaster or APS in Hull. Anybody have any experience (good or bad) with these sellers and their products?
Apologies for the amount of questions but starting from zero experience everything is new. Thanks
Been doing a fair bit of reading re. auto paint spraying. Never used a spray gun before but have a compressor which I use for various air tools. Decided to tidy up my Triumph Speed Triple and took the plunge in buying some kit to have a go myself. Figured I have the next few months to practise and get it right and the money spent on equipment won't be any more than paying someone else to do it.
As my compressor is nothing special been 3hp with a 50L tank I decided to go for some Fast Mover FMT3006 LVLP guns which seem decent for their cost. I got a cheap mini gun for possibly doing the frame but got 3 of the full size guns in 1.8, 1.4 and 1.3.
The 1.8 will be for primer, of the 1.4 & 1.3 which is best for clear coat and which for base coat which will I think be a polyester metallic variety?
I was planning on a plastic primer, then Vauxhall Midnight black which has silver metallics and then the clearcoat which I am undecided on. It appears 2k clear is the was to go but I've also heard decent things on the Upol 1k Smart Clear. What type and make would you recommend?
I will probably be going to an auto paint shop to buy the products so given my location will be either Autopaint Solutions in Doncaster or APS in Hull. Anybody have any experience (good or bad) with these sellers and their products?
Apologies for the amount of questions but starting from zero experience everything is new. Thanks
