WHAT DO YOU PREFER FOR CLEAR COAT HVLP OR RP
- Thread starter JC Daniel
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May have already made your choice but here’s my opinion. Call me old school but I like the SATA RP guns over the HVLP for all primers, paints & clears. They seem to be more like the old spray guns before the HVLP guns came out. The RP gun seems to atomize a finer spray than the HVLP gun thus giving you a better finish. A bottom feed HVLP gun reminds me of the pressure pot guns that just pressurize the pot to force the paint through the tip.
serjik911
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idk, yesterday i cleaned my pro lite, supernova and sata 5000 hvlp, and closed them in my tool box. for 2 months trying i couldnt get better finish with them then with my old guns, which are still best for me: lph400 lv for sealer, lph lvb for base and w400 bellaria for clear. gonna wait when Barry will be in minnesota so ican ask for his help in adusting guns for euro and production.
In the past, HVLP's were better for a base, or spot repair type clears, but, in general, a lousy large job clear gun using higher solids clears.
RPs were the guns to use for clear as well as the LPHs guns.
Although the RPs and LPHs were also good base guns.
Things change, and the newer guns may be different as I dont know. I sprayed one sata hvlp on a fender with a painter only once, and I handed him his gun back as just not for my style of paint.
RPs were the guns to use for clear as well as the LPHs guns.
Although the RPs and LPHs were also good base guns.
Things change, and the newer guns may be different as I dont know. I sprayed one sata hvlp on a fender with a painter only once, and I handed him his gun back as just not for my style of paint.
serjik911
Promoted Users
JC Daniel, you should really try bellaria. its brand new from japan under 200$. and for my opinion, its like lph400 but special only for clear. its very fast, couple weeks ago i painted the big spriner with my coworker, he used 5000rp, and i had bellaria, and by speed we were the same. maybe 5000 and 5500 are better guns, but for 200$ it really worth
John Long
Member
I think it is easy for an experienced painter to say whether or not a gun is good quality or not, but I don't think it is easy for anyone to tell another person what will be best for them. Everybody who paints has their own style, and speed. It is important when describing a gun to understand it's characteristics.
If you handed me a new Sata that was in perfect condition, I probably would hate it and have a perfectly good rendition of the Niagara Falls on the side of my first paint job.
My only point here is if you are a hobbyist and not a production painter be careful how much concern you have for the gun you buy. A good gun is a wonderful thing but the gun will not make a painter. The wrong great gun in the new painters hands will do more harm than good.
I love my LPH400 1.4 and for me it is great but I remember before I bought it Barry said he liked his too but would not reach for it to do an all over. What makes me love it would probably be what Chris or some of the other professionals would complain about.
John
If you handed me a new Sata that was in perfect condition, I probably would hate it and have a perfectly good rendition of the Niagara Falls on the side of my first paint job.
My only point here is if you are a hobbyist and not a production painter be careful how much concern you have for the gun you buy. A good gun is a wonderful thing but the gun will not make a painter. The wrong great gun in the new painters hands will do more harm than good.
I love my LPH400 1.4 and for me it is great but I remember before I bought it Barry said he liked his too but would not reach for it to do an all over. What makes me love it would probably be what Chris or some of the other professionals would complain about.
John
'68 Coronet R/T
Oldtimer
I think John and JC have pretty much nailed it.
The Iwata LPH400 1.4 Silver Cap has been and remains to be a "go to" clear coat gun for many painters. That being said, I have laid clear down using a SATA, a DeVilbiss Tekna, EVO4014 and a small touch up siphon feed gun that I do not even know the tip size on.
Once by mistake I grabbed an EVO4018 (1.8 tip) and after a couple of tweaks with the fluid and air knobs sprayed a cup full of clear before I realized I was using my primer gun.
The SATA will put out more material and has a larger fan but it requires a quicker spraying speed and a bit more distance from the panel IMHO. The LPH400 is a softer spray and requires being fairly close to the panel and moving a bit slower at a steady pace. The Tekna Copper seems to fall somewhere in between.
You can't really go wrong with any of these top brand guns, it will just take practice and some knowledge in how to set up a spray gun.
The Iwata LPH400 1.4 Silver Cap has been and remains to be a "go to" clear coat gun for many painters. That being said, I have laid clear down using a SATA, a DeVilbiss Tekna, EVO4014 and a small touch up siphon feed gun that I do not even know the tip size on.
Once by mistake I grabbed an EVO4018 (1.8 tip) and after a couple of tweaks with the fluid and air knobs sprayed a cup full of clear before I realized I was using my primer gun.
The SATA will put out more material and has a larger fan but it requires a quicker spraying speed and a bit more distance from the panel IMHO. The LPH400 is a softer spray and requires being fairly close to the panel and moving a bit slower at a steady pace. The Tekna Copper seems to fall somewhere in between.
You can't really go wrong with any of these top brand guns, it will just take practice and some knowledge in how to set up a spray gun.