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-Hey, this is Donnie Smith, and today we're
going to talk about selecting the correct paint
for the product that you're spraying.
For example, a lot of times a spray gun
will be used for primer surfacer, base
coat, clear coat, and so forth.
It does take a different gun for different products
that you use.
If you try to use one gun for everything,
it's gonna lead to a lot of problems.
So first, let's start out talking
about the primer surfacer.
That's one of the thicker coatings
that we're gonna spray, and it's gonna require a bigger gun.
What we've been using for a primer surfacer
is these 3M guns.
These work real well.
We also use these 3M PPS cups.
Let me tell you a little bit about this gun.
Now for primer surfacer, it's recommended
anywhere between a 1.6 to 1.8.
These are 1.8's.
And you can clean it out like a normal gun
when you're done using it.
But if this becomes worn, dirty, or clogged or whatever,
you press the trigger back, squeeze,
take that off, get a new one, throw it away,
put the new one on.
And those aren't very expensive either.
I think they're like $5 a piece.
So especially in a school environment,
where someone may forget to clean the gun in time,
or something becomes damaged on it,
you can throw it away and get another one.
So these work real well, but it does not
have to be one of these type.
As long as it's anywhere between a 1.6 and 1.8,
to spray the thicker primer coatings.
Tell you a little bit about these paint cups by 3M.
What it consists of is a ring.
Those you reuse.
And then you've got the cup, which is reusable.
And then the liner.
The liner and the lids, you can pour your paint in here.
You put this lid on, put the ring on,
and then you can put it on your gun.
And then whenever you're done, you just take that out.
Make sure its empty, throw it away.
It eliminates a lot of the clean up time.
You don't have a cup that you have to clean.
All you have to do is clean your gun.
It saves a lot of time, a lot of clean up there.
Here we have a small little touch-up gun.
This can be used for doing spots or real small things that
would require more than an airbrush.
That's kind of a small touch-up gun, comes
in handy for touching things up.
Back to the regular spray guns.
This is a 1.3.
And most of your base coats are gonna recommend 1.3,
and we've found a 1.3 to work best for most base coats.
Now I haven't sprayed every brand of base coat out there,
but for the ones we spray, a 1.3 works real well.
Now this is a Finex, a Sharpe Finex.
FX3000.
This is a cheaper paint gun.
But we've gotten it to spray really good.
It's under $150 I think.
The students use this a lot, it works good, we use this a lot
for our base coat, when we're doing solvents.
And we've had pretty good luck with it, especially
for the price.
This is probably one of the best cheap paint guns
that I've found.
And then we also use-- this is Iwata Supernova hybrid gun.
We use this one for a waterborne base coat.
And Iwatas really atomize really good.
These spray guns work good, but they are a little more costly,
anywhere from $500 , $600, $700.
So it's another option.
This is a 1.3. that we use with our waterborne paint.
It works really good.
The only other thing when talking about clear coat,
is a sealer.
For primer sealer, we usually use our 1.3,
but 1.4 is what's generally recommended.
So range between 1.3 and 1.4, what
you feel most comfortable with.
And then we have our clear coat.
Now clear coat usually recommends 1.3 to 1.4.
A lot of painters prefer the 1.4 because it
puts a little more fluid out.
However, we've found for control of the product
and to eliminate runs and things like that,
we've had really good luck with this 1.3.
So that's what we generally use is the 1.3.
This is another Iwata 1.3 that we use for clear coating.
It has a little different-- it has a silver cap on it.
It's supposed to be designed more for clear coat.
But anyway, this is what we use for all of our clear coat.
It puts it on really good.
All of our paint guns, we use the PPS system.
Which reduces the amount of cleanup that we have to do,
and it works real well for that.
Now you do not have to have a paint gun, one
for all the different products.
Ideally you want to.
You don't want a little bit of your metallic
or paint getting mixed in with the clear
and causing problems or anything like that.
But if you'll clean your paint gun real good every time,
I know a lot of people that use the same paint
gun for base and clear.
And if you're gonna do that, I would recommend a 1.3
to use in combination.
Now primer surfacer, you're gonna
have to either have another fluid tip and nozzle,
or another gun for that.
Because that really is going to require 1.6 to 1.8.
There are some guns out there, that when you buy them
they come with different needles and fluid nozzles,
so that you can interchange those out.
So if you're just wanting to spray with one gun,
that may something to look for.
But as a combination gun, I'd recommend 1.3
for base coat and clear coat.
So basically, if you're wanting to get started,
you don't have a gun, you're looking for a gun to spray,
I would recommend a 1.8 for primer surfaces and a 1.3
for base coat and clear coat.
So anyway, that's a basic overview of the different types
of paint guns and what's used for primer surfacer are
base coat and clear coat.
And we're gonna do some more videos in this video series
over spray guns, so be sure to stay
tuned for the next video coming up.
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