Anyone used one of these before?

[gvee]

Saw this in a catalogue and it got me wondering if it would be any good for a home spray job?

Cotech Spray Gun

Product link here: http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/Cotech-Spray-Gun/Pr183164000" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

If it's any good then it's more than half the price of compressors I was looking at, not to mention less than half the size...

Any thoughts?

 

[KateLovesPurple]

I've not used that one, but I have got an Earlex HVLP gun and I thought it was great! Did my whole van with it.

 

[gvee]

What did that set you back?

 

[aspro]

George I don't think the cotech gun above is ideal for automotive painting. You could pick up a brand new decent spray gun with proper spray settings and metal nozel for about 20 quid. Surely you know someone who could lend you a compressor. Job done.

 

[monkeyvanwestybike]

George I don't think the cotech gun above is ideal for automotive painting. You could pick up a brand new decent spray gun with proper spray settings and metal nozel for about 20 quid. Surely you know someone who could lend you a compressor. Job done.

Yeah best use the right tools for the the job , Wheety will know ask him

 

[KateLovesPurple]

What did that set you back?

Can't remember now, it was a few years back, but I seem to think it was around the £50 odd mark. Same technology but has a metal nozzle on the gun.

Perfectly usable for spraying cars and is fully adjustable too. Just looked at the one you linked to and it looks fine, again fully adjustable and usable for vehicle paint. My only concern is the plastic nozzle and it's durability. Having said that, if you are only doing one van, then I say go for it.

HVLP is very easy to use and will produce very good results, is far more efficient in terms of paint use than a conventional HPLV system, and the setup costs for a one off job are far less.

Whichever system you go for, the end result is so much more dependant on the amount of surface prep you put in to the job, than on the equipment used to lay the colour on. I have seen some excellant rattle can paint jobs in the past and some very poor paint jobs using "proper" equipment.

 

[gvee]

I don't have all that much to paint at the moment; certainly not a whole van, but I can't get rattle cans of the colour(s) I want locally any more so was looking at other solutions.

As for a compressor? I know somewhere I can hire one, but not sure about one I can borrow. I'd love to buy my own eventually but money and space are tight at the moment. I feel something like this could be an long-term-but-interim solution... Humm