Dean Jenkins
Promoted Users
So I wanted to spray Evercoat Slick Sand polyester primer. In reading the TDS, it called for a minimum 2.0 mm tip.
The largest tip on my Devilbiss primer gun was 1.8 and a new tip/needle is ~$100.
I had seen a YouTube video of a guy modifying a Harbor Freight Purple gun to 2 mm by drilling out the tip, so I thought I would give it a try. $26 gun, worst I could do is ruin it and have to sand all the paint off . . .
So I got the gun and drilled the tip with 5/64" (2 mm) bit. Checked that the needle still seated correctly, and it did.
Dang if it didn't work! Cool.
The slick sand went down pretty good.
Won't be using this gun for base, clear etc. but for this it worked just fine.
FYI, slick sand really is "spray-able" filler. You can smell it.
Bondo has one smell, paint has another. This is bondo.
The largest tip on my Devilbiss primer gun was 1.8 and a new tip/needle is ~$100.
I had seen a YouTube video of a guy modifying a Harbor Freight Purple gun to 2 mm by drilling out the tip, so I thought I would give it a try. $26 gun, worst I could do is ruin it and have to sand all the paint off . . .
So I got the gun and drilled the tip with 5/64" (2 mm) bit. Checked that the needle still seated correctly, and it did.
Dang if it didn't work! Cool.
The slick sand went down pretty good.
Won't be using this gun for base, clear etc. but for this it worked just fine.
FYI, slick sand really is "spray-able" filler. You can smell it.
Bondo has one smell, paint has another. This is bondo.