Spud
Diamond
- Joined
- Jan 12, 2006
- Location
- Brookfield, Wisconsin
Since I am in tech college's automotive program, part of which involves the entire painting process, I have a Sata gravity feed HVLP spray gun. The pressure at the tip is 10 psi. The inlet pressure is around 29psi. We use only gravity feed cups.
I am wondering if commercial / profession wood finishers use HVLP for spraying Polyurethane or Conversion varnish? Or are these finishes almost now mostly sprayed with Airless or Air Assisted sprayers, such as those by Graco and Kremlin? The cabinet making program at school is just setting up a new Kremlin system ; not sure on the model #. They have more or less moved away from the pressure-pot system.
Is there any downsides to spraying with a high quality HVLP like the Sata guns? Cleaning of the gun wouldn't be an issue, because I am used to fastidiously cleaning it with copious amounts of lacquer thinner in-between spraying Primer, Sealer, Basecoat and Clear Coat (for automotive painting)
This my gravity feed HVLP gun.
I am wondering if commercial / profession wood finishers use HVLP for spraying Polyurethane or Conversion varnish? Or are these finishes almost now mostly sprayed with Airless or Air Assisted sprayers, such as those by Graco and Kremlin? The cabinet making program at school is just setting up a new Kremlin system ; not sure on the model #. They have more or less moved away from the pressure-pot system.
Is there any downsides to spraying with a high quality HVLP like the Sata guns? Cleaning of the gun wouldn't be an issue, because I am used to fastidiously cleaning it with copious amounts of lacquer thinner in-between spraying Primer, Sealer, Basecoat and Clear Coat (for automotive painting)
This my gravity feed HVLP gun.