paint and spray gun on a budget

Hi, i am after some advice. I am looking to buy a spray gun to paint my bay, i will be doing primer and top coat, preferably not one that will break the bank.

Does anybody know the best place/site to order paint from and how much paint will it take to paint a 74 bay?

 

Hi & welcome, with regards to your question I'm sure someone who knows what they are talking about will be along soon.

 

http://thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/painting-tips.4333/

 

thank you paradox, some good reading in there, and thanks for the welcome MorkC68

 

Cheap car paint is like trade emulsion. It's cheap but you use lots more because it's short on pigment, so not only do you use more but more orange peel as paint will be thicker. False economy IMO.
Find a second hand devilbiss GTi pro and it'll be free because you'll get all your money back on ebay when you're done and easy to use, better finish.

 

Thanks zed, i had seen lots of budget guns but wasn't sure if they would be up to the job, i have seen a vw colour i like on a site just a case of finding some one in Kent area to mix it.

 

I paid less than £100 for a £250 gun in great condition on ebay. I think nobody wanted it because it had a fancy paint job on it that might have embaressed a pro.

 

zed is this what i would be looking for http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Devilbiss..._Body_Shop_Supplies_Paint&hash=item41867c7609

 

GTi pro is the one. Damned confusing as they all have such similar names and once researched and bought I forgot. Edited my above post to say correct gun now.

 

cheers zed i will have a look

 

I use a devilbiss gti for top coat.

But a larger nozzled cheapy gun for primer as it's a lot thicker

 

Likewise, cheapy for the primer.

 

cheers beaver and zed, what size nozzle am I looking at for primer?

 

I'd say 1.8 - 2

My top coat gun is a 1.4 but the other guy at work uses a 1.6 I think

 

cheers beaver, it looks like I will be spending some more time on ebay, picked colour just need to order it

 

Resurrecting this thread. What gun would be good for primer and other bits like epoxy mastic on the belly?

 

Ive never sprayed epoxy mastic but for primer you just need any old cheap gun. mine came with the compressor. a rubbish old non branded thing but seemed to do a pretty good job at spraying highbuild. spraying primer is the easy bit... use this time to practice your technique as it's very forgiving and doesnt really run that much.

 

Cheers. Yeah my compressor came with a cheapy gun. I'll give it a go on the next bits I paint.

 

@Paul Weeding I seem to remember you using epoxy mastic in an engine bay. Did you spray that in? How'd it go?