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Re: HVLP (was air compressor...)

To: ejrussell@sprynet.com
Subject: Re: HVLP (was air compressor...)
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 07:31:46 -0400 (EDT)
        Harbor Freight has an HVLP gun that uses 2.8 to 8 cfm. I used
their gun that requires 10 or 11 cfm with the Sears 5 hp compressor and it
worked great. Yes the compressor did run a lot but had no problem doing
the job. 
...Art  


On Sun, 5 Jul 1998 ejrussell@sprynet.com wrote:

> 
> There are two types of HVLP guns.
> 
> 1)Turbine powered use a High Volume Low Pressure turbine unit to supply air 
>to 
> your gun. An air compressor is not needed unless you want to use a pressure 
>pot. 
> In that case the compressed air is used only to push the paint from the pot 
>to 
> the gun. Large volumes of compressed air are not required.
> 2)Conversion guns "convert" compressed air (Low Volume High Pressure?) to 
> simulate HVLP. Most conversion guns I've seen need the output of large air 
> compressors to operate.
> 
> 
>       <snip>
>   Would HVLP guns use less air? I am planning to use HVLP guns so
> that I can paint in my garage without having to evacuate the whole
> place including two other cars.
> 
>   I may be off base here, but I am under the impression that with
> HVLP it would suffice to just cover everything else and the overspray
> on my walls and MG posters would be tolerable.
> 
> Trevor Boicey, Ottawa, Canada.
> tboicey@brit.ca, http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/
> 
> 
> 


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