How To Get AMAZING Results With A $15 Harbor Freight Paint Gun!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ต.ค. 2024
- In this video I will show you the secrets of how to setup and use a CHEAP $15 Spray Gun to get a superior finish! Learn the tips I use professionally from adjusting your fluid, air and fan control as well as the specific Technique needed in order to deliver an awesome finish!
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as a detailer used to driving machine polishers : 'big respect, If only I had a slice of your tallent'
After watching your first review I purchased two of the $15 guns to use at my brother's house. I sprayed all of the cabinets and wood work with oil based paint and it went on really well. The tricks that I learned was that the paint had to be thin like milk and to use a high capacity air compressor. He had a 20 gallon one and I had to wait a long time for it to catch up with me. We got mine (designed to heep up with several framing nail guns) and never had a problem with atomization.
What type of paint gun is that and I was thinking of covering window's then doing it.
milk isnt thin ..Unless you're using skim
did you use paint thinner, approximately how much per gallon of paint?
What size compressor was yours ?
SO happy to see this video, is always great to see an expert bring the best of basic spray guns. It shows it can be done!!!!
Awesome video mate i love how you actually showed the dust nibs and how you removed those most others on you tube hide the imperfections in their work your channel is REAL
Bad chad uses the cheapo guns and his stuff comes out looking smooth and clean. Some people just have that skill. You’re good man!
Dude I think I could watch you paint clear all day! Awesome job! 👏👏👏
Thanks for your service to the community Brian. You've helped so many of us for free it's ridiculous. God Bless You Brother!!
For Free? Nobody does anything for free my man. He gets monetized by the ads. Now it is pennies but a good (and yes he is good) content provider creates larger audiences that help him. That and his patreon and "merch" as well. Is he rolling in the millions? Not likely, but he is creating an audience. Not kicking the man just saying everyone does it.
Brian, many, many thanks for these tips. I caught the purple paint gun on sale at HF for $9.99. I couldn’t pass it up. So, I followed your instructions and I got it about as good as it could be. I painted base coats and clear and it came out great. I did the job half way outside with some wind and lots of pollen. But all things considered, I’m happy. Again, many thanks for the tips!
Mr. Brian.
I painted my PT Cruiser after my wife wrecked it. I used salvaged parts. It is cool vanilla. Cover passes were 70% over lap. Wow it looks great for a 58 year old man. Shiny and smooth sir. Just like you said it would be. Wish I could send pictures! So proud of the PT Cruiser paint job. Just Remember you are the MAN SIR.
P.S. I used a $75.00 Harbor freight paint gun. Oh man I so happy.
Thanks again for another great video! Brian has got to be the best teacher for this !
Even a crappy tool in the hands of a professional preforms sweet! Awesome job Brian!
Only he has the skill and courage to use 15 dollar gun on corvette
Salute 😀😀
Very true what you said in the end a professional will make it happen with a cheap spray gun but a novice will struggle as I experience not saying I am a professional but a mid range affordable gun a novice will make progress thank you Brian you kept it simple great video take care
Would love to see a complete vehicle color change guide, perhaps a series!
Yes!!! Including jambs
Great content as always. Two things I'd like to see, what do you do with the paint gun while the paints flashing and what do you look for to determine the gun is deteriorating. I noticed it was hanging when you picked it back up, does it just hangout while the paint flashes. Would love to learn more. Keep the videos coming.
just sit the gun down.
Yeah you just leave it on a hook until the next coat, you don't want to leave it too long in a hot booth or the warmed chemicals can begin to harden the lacquer.. always clean it thoroughly after the paint job though!
Wow amazing it's about the person as well as the gun!
Best Paint shop channel on TH-cam.
Brian after taking a few years off from paint and body I bought two of those guns one for clear and other for base and single stage. Now iam back in the game upgraded to devilbiss also working in a body shop full time love what I do..
Awesome. Keep on rocking Frankie
Hey, I got an idea for you. Since you have provided a lot of content of how to paint, then how about creating a material on budget paint colors? The paint costs a bit so it would be cool if you could do a comparison of the same color painted using 1) cheapest on the market 2) medium 3) expensive 4) most efficient bang for the buck. I think you can do the same for the primer, clear coats, hardener and reducer.
Good idea
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Dude is cool, I started painting small sections cause of him. Now I'm doing a whole xcab cateye Chevy. Had it in primer for a few, kinda nervous but next sunny day bc cc baby!
if i could just learn to spray like you!! that is really good man!!
Thank you Brian, perfect video thank you so much. People like yourself are just a gift from God.. What more can one say.
The amount of guns you have is unbelievable! Very cool hobby but being a professional body man is very tough work I found
I bought a harbor freight airless sprayer. Very happy with it..
Great info. Gun looks to be a good option for me this summer when I restore lawn chairs and control cost.
I’m painting my motorcycle with 2 harbor freight guns and HOK paint. It’s not looking too bad for a first timer. Thanks to all the videos and learning from Paint Society!
Same with me, I had problems with clear coat because my garage is on woodworking too and some dust got into the clear coat and I hadn't got any filters so couple of spots appeared, but now I'll try to fix it with 1200 sand paper and some polishing
@@pepelazy3249 If possible, get some thin plastic sheets from Home Depot and make a simple (portable) paint booth. You can make a simple frame out of PVC pipe and the 90° corners, etc. Not sure how big an item you are trying to paint (full-size cars or parts) but a little bit of plastic (anywhere in the room) is going to help.
Greatings from Germany. i think your channel is the best . But the problem of Private Painting is the smal compressor. There is no enove Air for the clear coat. Base coat is ok, but clear coat mostley orange peal .
Good job . 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
That grey/silver colour is gorgeous!😊
I've also had great luck with the cheap-o harbor freight spray guns. Best part is, they're so cheap you just throw them in the trash when you're done painting. Easy cleanup. lol.
These guns work amazing when spraying automotive 2k paint as long as you reduce them properly. Most of the complainers have the paint too thick or are trying to spray rustoleum straight out of the can. I've got an old GE fridge from the 1930's in my garage and i sprayed it using a harbor freight gun and rustoleum epoxy paint and 10 years later it looks brand new. The key was using a denim pad to flatten out the orange peel.
Loved the notes while you were spraying. Gloss looked AMAZING just on first!
Learning becomes earning
Thanks so much for creating this video. I have to paint a few panels on my car and I am out of money. Cheers James
I bought this gun years ago for a back up. I ended up using them for years when they were made in Taiwan. Once they moved to China the quality really suffered. I couldn't get the fan pattern to open up and the fan control knob melted with thinner.I can pretty much make any gun "work" but this also depends on paint lines, especially base coats. Dupont is more user friendly with this gun but when I started spraying Glasurit or PPG( DBC) the game changed. These are thicker base coats and getting this gun to lay metallics and blend was a battle. I hung this gun up and never looked back. It just doesn't atomize like it should.
Back when I first started as a Painter for a fleet painting company, Didn't have money for a high end spray gun, So I purchased something equivalent to this spray gun that cost $40 dollars at a flea market.. The other Guy that would paint trucks with me had an Iwata LPH400 and I was able to produce the same paint results spraying 2.1 VOC Single stage Paint which is very thick. Back when I was in Mexico, I painted with the 30 dollar version spray gun of the Binks Model 7 spray gun.. What I'm trying to say is that if you get Good with a cheap spray gun, anything else comes in easy.
This video is the best my paint and clear was perfect, you are the man, THE BEST!!!!! Thank you
here.. Hands up! for the retired guns.. Thanks!
I use those paint guns for small and spot panel paint Jobs. And thay do a great Job for me.
Can you do a video with you using the cheap compressor, well that would give good results.
Thanks a lot for the lesson, man. Gonna lay some paint down and learn.
I have a Ingersoll Rand TS4N5 80 Gallon Air Compressor! Also fixing to buy a ingersoll rand 311g DA sander , gonna restore a 99 Ford Ranger but I have sprayed cars with a 30 gallon using LVLP guns but love your channel !
Gun is story. Look at the job perfectly made it. Keep going brain. That's very good video again.
Thanks for sharing this video!!! Awesome!!!!
Can I use these guns to paint upwards. From underneath a project??
Equipment tour was exactly what I was looking for cause you answered all my questions! Thanks so much!
Beautiful job as always. I've used this gun a couple of times and really like it
Question, using a hardener designed for warmer temps will slow down the drying time, correct? Temp 75f using hardener for 85f will give longer flash time?
Wow I have used Harbor freight guns for a good while now this video helped me so much actually Adjusting the gun the proper way. I'm over here killing myself thinking it's me 🤫🤣🤣🤣
Tq sir..i learn a lot from your videos sir...u r the best👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 from malaysia🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾✌🏻
that came out amazing and you made it look so easy! That was my first paint gun and I found after the first use it developed a drip out of the front, which ruined everything I tried to paint. I ended up making a video of fixing it with a new and better o-ring, then I spent a little bit more money on a "better" paint gun and haven't picked up my HF one since... but maybe I need to give it another chance
Ive been painting many years and you can get great results with cheap guns.l just look for a gun that holds up.the one you dont have to rebuild or replace every year or two.the one you let soak in thinner and it wont ruin it.etc.the best versatile gun lve found is devilbiss.
I really liked the video using the harbor freight purple gun. I have 2 that I caught on sale for $10 each and am going to use when I repaint the hood of my 89 F150.
I have this exact setup with PPS 2.0, 3m regulator and the purple gun. I have the settings exactly as described here and was able to paint two cars and a truck with surprisingly good finish. I was repainting same color, so I only used base and clear on two and base/ pearl mid/ clear on the last while spraying with 3M gun cleaner in between. Thanks Paint Society, you saved me a few hundred on guns, though if I need to paint again I'll buy another purple gun.
What air compressor do you use??
Which adapter did you use for the PPS 2.0?
A harbor freight just opened up in my town about to try this out
not sure if you read or remember my little theoretical tip/mod for that purple guns main needle. if you look closely at it , the tip is ground pretty rough. i took the needle chucked up in a drill, took some 30 micron emery cloth and polished that needle tip. theres an improvement on how the paint comes out . probably eliminated any turbulence if i had to guess. mod took 5 minutes.
Good, I'm glad to see you have finally learned how to handle a Sata as in this old Sata knock off. Fast and Shiny finish....Now maybe you will graduate to the Real Satas? 2000, 3000, & 4000 b rp 1.3. Handles the same. Think Pro man. Save time while getting the shine!!! ..... lol.
Do a video on Best Black Widow Settings
MOST IMPORTANTLY YOU NEED A GOOD AIR COMPRESSOR
at least 60 gallon with 11 cfm
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not only that, the nozzle is 1.7
@@monishaclark3049 2.0
@@chiwy909 I don’t have that type of money
Best paintchannel on youtube!
It’s really all in the painter and air Compressor sadly I’m still a newbie and only have a 29G air Compressor I tried using that gun nope I get a good finish with the HarborFreight $139 spray HTE gun did amazing with base coat and clear coat then got the no name brand spray gun which did amazing for clear by far got the best finish with that using clear now I just got a pro lite with the TE20 air cap used a 1.3mm for clear come out like glass thanks to your videos love that you explain and give pointers and how to go about doing something like what sand paper grit to use and then finish with thanks brotha
Try finding an add on tank for your compressor, just a simple 10 to 20 gallon size will do. (IE Harbor Freight portable aluminum tire filing tank will do).
Two ways to set up: 1. Place a pipe “T” where your normal quick connect is set up on tank. Build a short hose (min 3/8” ID) with standard couplers & fittings and just plug in when you paint. 2. If you have a permanent set up you can run a regular PVC pipe down the wall etc., to where you are painting. Some distance is helpful, the further away the tank gets the better the water control. Juat connect to that tank and then to your spray gun instead of going back to the original tank on the compressor. Adding more volume will help your pressure to be more stable although you will have to wait longer to fill initially. It would be a problem if you were using the compressor constantly to blow off parts, etc, but for painting you wait between coats so there is plenty of time for the compressor to build back up.
PS. You can also purchase an inexpensive compressor from Harbor Freight, etc, when they’re on sale. Just hook the two together when you are painting and need the extra volume. Probably $100 will get you a decent one, for occasional use.
I am not a auto body & paint guy but I was captivated by this demo video. But moreso with the results. Absolutely awesome video.....thanks!
PS..... Why not sell all of your out-of- use equipment, vintage spray guns included, to generate some bonus cash???
see, Brian. this is what i mean by by post on the fb page about this and the black widow. you did this with the cheapest guns available . given , you have way more experience in painting than i do ,but if it can be done... if I can do it half as good as you do, i'll be fairly satisfied. these are the videos that tell us weekend diy'ers its possible.
Still pretty tough using this gun but it’s possible 😍
@@PaintSociety ive done a few things in my life after a little deep studying that i was told wasnt possible by a beginner.
What's the smallest compressor I can get away with. Not coming off the trigger must feel awkward...I mighty have to practice on something other than my project before I try it. Bout to do this, thanks B!
@gringo loco2 thanks, trying not to buy a compressor for this one project. 🍻
Dude could paint a whole car with spray can and look better than most self proclaimed professional painters could with expensive guns.
No.1: start with a professional paint booth
i just reduce my paints and cleara when i paint with it and increase the feed and comes out amazing
I got one to detail the engine compartment, I still have to try it. 😂
Let’s see you get those results on a vertical surface. It’s a nice finish, but you also had perfect painting conditions
i want this❤❤❤i will practice soon of i have a spray gun like this
I painted 2 cars with one of these guns. Considering I am a complete novice, it turned out great.
As bad as hate to admit it I have painted some $10,000 paint jobs with the harbor freight black widow gun
Beautiful shine!!!! Looks like it’s a
$5000 gun!!
ah, yes. The garden hose technique. Gun doesn't atomize well? Hose it on. 😎
Amazing work and class U just gave, thanks man for the good information and to the point
about to put to use on painting the 944 (glacier blue metallic)
Excellent job, unfortunately I your definitely a expert and make it look easy. I'm wanting to use mine as a replacement for spray cans ,industrial type applications, frames undercarriage parts custom built or repaired implements etc. So 1/32 as good as you will be sufficient 😂, trying to get the minimum needs setup. I have gun compressor and regulator not sure on harder for enamel and then cleaning after tho. Total novice to pm and any tips and tricks to maintaining, but I feel hardened paint and bulk would be better than cans.
You are one of the best explainers, got talent, I like you videos thanks!!
Great video as always, Brian! What gun(s) in a $150-$350 range would you advise that lays well metallics and is good for blends?
Check out my budget gun videos. Astro makes a great one
This one is going to be a heat rock
Any tips for a first-time painter? Should I spend a little more money on a more user-friendly one? I'm painting my work truck so I'm not super worried but still want a good paint job.
Man, you did it again. Looks great! You can just run down and grab one if you need too. I've used the mid level mini gun big gun kit, and got great results, but again how long will it last!
I also have an hvlp gun but there is a hole on the top of the cup ,isn't it weird
Nice. Did you clean the tip/cap in between that 2nd and third coat?
Porque no te enseña tu amigo Pedro un poquito de español e intentas hacer los tutoriales de forma bilingüe? Los dos sois profesionales de élite y me da rabia no poderte entender. A Pedro le sigo pero le llevas mucha ventaja. Soy adicto a vuestros tutoriales y he aprendido muchísimo, hoy mando un fuerte abrazo a los dos. No olvides decirle a Pedro que te enseñe solo 100 palabras en español, necesarias para tus vídeos. SUERTE Y UN FUERTE ABRAZO!!
Great job for DIY and the gun also if you have AIR.
And day, please test que eletric guns for paint!
I don't you if those have a good results, but it was fun to test!
Best regards from Portugal
Teach us how to mix paint Brian? I don’t know if you did a video on that. Mix paint to paint code is what I want to learn. What do you think of battery powered Sander or should I stick with air?
Your work looks good. i wish i could dublicate it.
i dont want the cheapest gun. An medium priced gun would be my style.
Hey Brian, on another video you showed a trick to setting the fan right where you get a tiny bump up in air pressure. Is the fan totally wide open definitely better for this gun?
I just got a sata 5500 for Christmas 🎄
I was able to get a great finish with this gun, but you werent joking when you said you gotta REALLY adjust the settings and really gotta work for a good finish. Im ready for a gun that wont take 4 oz of paint to figure out an OK spray pattern
How much clear should I mix up for a hood so I don't waste material??
Wish u could paint my car! Awesome work
Would be interested in watching a video on the $69 Harbor Freight gun. There aren't many videos on it. Would like to know if it's worth the money over the cheap guns, or if it's trash at that price.
Hey Brian, would you set the gun up the same for base coat or single stage paint? Thanks for your videos you are an amazing teacher and painter!
Love the videos you produce and the quality of work.
Thanks Steven!
whats the smallest and good air comp u need ? 25 , 35 gallons
I have actually painted an entire car with this gun, I bought 2 guns (one for base coat and one for clear). Note that the cups for these guns are junk, so when painting a flat surface you need to watch out for leaking or better yet replace it. Brian is right, I didn't use these guns again for painting cars after the first use. They have been retired for small home projects.
I have about the same it's a parkside so it's made from the same factory anyway, I bought the cups like the 3M ones(the cheap one on amazon or aliexpress) it work better with thoses, dont have to watch for the cups to spill everywhere or moving too mast and fluid overflow on the sides. I needed to paint the undercarriage so yeah not a great choice with the OE cups! I still use it, the tips doesnt changed like he show. I spray epoxy primer, base and clear. Primer is easy and allways good, clear is tought to many variables and base not great not terrible!
Dude I love Montana 2100 and can't get it around here anymore, used it over 10 years .
I’m only a paint dreamer (always had the dream to become a professional automotive / custom miscellaneous product painter) so I have no experience at all in this field and I’m jealous of those of you who do.
With all that said we reach my question… Would I be crazy to say that the finish product kinda looked “wavy” or uneven in spots? Is that a thing or am I just a couple crayons away from the loony bin?
im gonna paint my car this summer... you wanna paint my other knight rider??? it would be a good project for you too..to show off that skill of yours..
Brian what a finish liked I said before you could use a paint brush and make it look like a mirror 🪞😉😜excellent job give me another great lesson from you