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enkeivette · 05-28-2010, 02:24 PM

Just sprayed the boat.

On the vette we used $1100 worth of PPG epoxy and House of Kolors tri-stage paint and a $500 Sata gun.

I just used $300 worth of Kustom Shop epoxy and Northstar single-stage paint with a $15 gun.

Orangepeeleriffic. I don't know if single-stage will colorsand, but I hope so. I blame the gun primarily. I think the paint would never has been as nice as HOK, but it would have laid on a lot smoother and faster with a Sata.

I spent 3 1/3 hours doing just the charcoal color! That Harbor Freight gun has either no fan width or no volume. I like firehose guns, this gun sucks balls. Plus! You can't see yellow when it's coming out! Could have been the bad lighting, but after the first coat I may as well have been blind.

Lesson to be learned for the snake, someone needs to pony up for a Sata of if we use that Husky, we will be colorsanding. For sure.

05-28-2010, 02:24 PM	#1
enkeivette Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 6,850 Tweet	Finish has more to do with the supplies than the sprayer. Just sprayed the boat. On the vette we used $1100 worth of PPG epoxy and House of Kolors tri-stage paint and a $500 Sata gun. I just used $300 worth of Kustom Shop epoxy and Northstar single-stage paint with a $15 gun. Orangepeeleriffic. I don't know if single-stage will colorsand, but I hope so. I blame the gun primarily. I think the paint would never has been as nice as HOK, but it would have laid on a lot smoother and faster with a Sata. I spent 3 1/3 hours doing just the charcoal color! That Harbor Freight gun has either no fan width or no volume. I like firehose guns, this gun sucks balls. Plus! You can't see yellow when it's coming out! Could have been the bad lighting, but after the first coat I may as well have been blind. Lesson to be learned for the snake, someone needs to pony up for a Sata of if we use that Husky, we will be colorsanding. For sure.