I love my 5500 same exact set up you used. I did notice i had to close my fan up a bit to get a more even fan pattern, but the way it sprays metallics is awesome, love blending with it
So glad I stumbled upon your page. I figure in the next 12-24 months we will be jumping from Deltron to Envirobase. You do nice work, bud. I'm enjoying the vids
Great birthday present for me! You posted on my birthday! Great review as always Gabe. It looks like a great gun! I like the spray pattern and like you mentioned it is nice when the gun is easy to clean. Have a good one and keep up the good work! Much love.
Good information video thanks gab Now u use it 1-tekna ase coat 2-sata 5000 rp 1.2 tip 3-walcom 4- sata 5500 hvlp So my question which gun u find it and perfect for silver and grey lay smooth metallic paint ??????? Again thanks for your video bless god gab
I did a ford that was transparent blue like the car you are spraying and i did the same g shade as you and had to mix more paint to make sure it was fully cover some colors especially ones that are transparent can be a pain in the butt. But like you ive learned to put a black g shade under them to allow for easier coverage. Love the videos man very very helpful for a "younger painter"
Man. Those stripes on the test area looked really gnarly and worrisome. I use a Tekna Prolite and Sata 5000 BRP and I seem to grab the Tekna more often than the Sata. I appreciate the light weight of the Pro lite and the smoothness of the trigger. It also gives me great results on smaller projects. But when spraying large panels ( I spray signs using matthews paints by ppg) I try to grab the Saya 5000. It seems to put out much more material with the same fluid needle size. But the ovel pattern likes to leave really heavy spots and some colors looks like they have tiger stripes on them. It's a pain in the ass. We spray a lot of top coats and very seldom spray clear over base. Only for mettalics.
I really like my Prolite aswell! Easy trigger, so less fatigue, and i agree 100% that the 5500 in this vid did not look even on the fan pattern...very choppy looking! With your Sata "O" pattern try tightening up on your overy lap and turn in your fluid just a touch if your worried about runs/sags. With that "O" pattern it requires more like a 75-80% overlap so you dont get the striping. "I" pattern you probably get away with with 50-60% overlap.
Hola Gabriel mi nombre es José y soy un fan tullo me encantan tus vídeos me ayudan mucho y me gusta tu Energía positiva y te agradezco por que me as inspirado para volver a pintar después de tantos años Gracias Gracias Gracias que Dios te siga bendiciendo 👍🙏
i just barrowed a 5500 rp to spray some finicky metallic, fought the gun the whole time, used too much paint + old school drop coat to get no mottle. was cleaning gun, looked closely at the air cap, had the HVLP cap on it!!!! informed the guy i borrowed it from, he said "maybe thats why i dont like it"
Hey Gabriel I just got the sata 5500 x 1.3 rp I monday . Ive been using my iwata ws 400 hd 1.4 for clear but after a week of using the sata it has took the top spot!!! I still love my iwatas but the sata seems to spray alot like the ws 400 butit seems faster and it really wets the panels nicely. See if you can demo one man. I also tested with base ppg deltron solvent.I sprayed a couple silver jobs and a gold job and it performed great. I had stopped using satas after the 4000. And im not bias to one brand but I am very impressed with this gun! I know its exspensive but it comes with a 3 year warranty . Also if you put some gun oil on the trigger seal it will soften it up keep up the good work buddy ! Did you get any more medium sized paint suits in yet?
That is the exact thing i told my paint rep. I was hesitant to using anything other than a supernova for clear but after trying the x5500 1.3 I, i told the rep it is just like the supernova, with a turbocharger stuck on it (since the only thing about the supernova i hate is the slower aplication)
Rule at our shop is, when you think it’s covered put on another coat lol I’ve had a respray before too cause it wasn’t covered enough. Also I tend to use G7 base/sealer on blue pearls. With G6 it takes way too many coats for coverage. We use PPG DBC
Really? My Prolite lays the sealer down nice! Wasnt happy at first either, but then cranked up the pressure one day and havent looked back since...What psi were you spraying sealer at?
To help with color hiding and paint cost. Mix the color with out the Pearl's to get color coverage. Then mix final coats with Pearl's. This also works with old leftover paints that are almost the same color. Use that for the back sides of panel before using the correct formula color. But if you use the right value shade sealer or primers you won't have coverage problems or use extra paint.
I have 5500x 1.3I hvlp and 1.3I rp and they are not my favourite guns... GTI Pro Lite are still my fav guns, and I think only about usage, price doesnt matter for me.
My ProLite and Tekna Clearcoat are my go to guns also. Only one I haven't tried yet is Iwata ls400 so I'm getting one for my next job to see what all the fuss is about. Anyone have experience with both the ls400 (or ws400) and Teknas and have any comments?
Nathan Wilson Both Iwata's are great easily on a par with a Pro-Lite. One caution with the Iwata's. You do not use these at full fan. Adjust the fan as follows: totally shut the fan and then open the fan to between 2 1/2 and three turns out. Anything wider than that and the fan splits and becomes too wide as well. Other than this one little idiosyncrasy they are killer. And, let's not forget, they look super cool.
@@NathanWilsonDrivingDreams the LS400 is more of a base coat gun...The WS400 is the clear gun. I have tried the LS400, and put it down after about 3 jobs with it, and went back to my Prolite! Wasnt impressed with the LS400... Havenot got to try the WS400, but i have been grabbing a W400 lately for clear, and find it a pretty decent gun. Very lite and comfortable.
G BASE color e.g.G7 and you would have had coverage in 2 coats. Instead you mixed alot more of that expensive blue. But anyway. I just got a x5500 rp 1.2 i and i am very impressed
I have watched a bunch of reviews on the Sata 5500x now from across the world. One common thing that each an every reveiwer had in common is if the fella or lady who was doing the review was NOT a normal sata user or normally used a any number of other guns they all hammer on the 5500x like they really are extra critical on them. This reviewer is no different. But if a person usually used a sata 5000 would actually take the time and set up the guns and actually try various nossels and air horns and actually raved 100% of the 5500x . So it has come to my conclusion to get an honest reveiw of the gun is to buy it talk to the reps and along with the gun buy the extra air horns and just play with it until I'm comfortable with it. And that is exactly what I intend on doing
PPG has 3 to chose for their grounds...one or a combination of st least 2 is recommended by the computer to correspond to the paint code ...for some colors, assuming your viscosity is correct, it assures their determined color match.
Dont forget to say in every video "The car has Spray mask" 🤣 like i said on IG , if you had an cent for every time , someone sent you an hate coment/message ,about that, you would had enough to buy the shop 🤣
Are you still using that Matco gun I don’t think I like that new sata shouldn’t have had left those lines in that paint don’t seem to even to me idn tho
There is hundreds of clear but I can only speak for what I know which is ppg any ppg clear works if you are doing a complete then use a slower clear from ppg. But an over all clear is ec530
You get what you pay for with clear. There are very few "cheap" clears that will withstand the elements. They usually don't have the clarity of a quality product either. Depending on the size of job I like 3000 4000 2002 2021 In PPG solvent. 2055 is good but you'll have better luck buffing a concrete wall than buffing it. Lol.
Hey gabe! I just bought the iwata ws400 turnpike hakone special edition for clearcoat. I also spray ppg envirobase. Having a hard time setting up the gun, I have full fluid and only one and three quarters turn open on the fan. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!
@@andrelawrence9644 for some reason I cant get the psi above 28-29 psi. I'm spraying ppg ecs520 and ecs530 clear. For every other spray gun I can get the pressure higher but not the iwata. Therefore spraying at lower pressure I find its putting on a ton of material, any ideas?
Derek Warrack that’s weird I am wondering y wouldn’t your gun go higher ,,my psi range from 20 to 35 depends on what I am looking for ,,what other guns are u using
I like Envirobase for an RR or certain OEM pearls but 9K is pretty much Debeers, a true latex. The coverage is like 1 and a drop on a lot of colors. Easier to turn jobs, not so sensitive to a push or quick bake like PPG.
You wasted half the paint on the paper lol and you and I know blue is ultra transparent . I use more paint with the walcom lol i l should of orderd 1.2
I love my 5500 same exact set up you used. I did notice i had to close my fan up a bit to get a more even fan pattern, but the way it sprays metallics is awesome, love blending with it
Its nice to finally see somebody else does that. Spraying solvent base I put the little line on the knob straight up vertically
So glad I stumbled upon your page. I figure in the next 12-24 months we will be jumping from Deltron to Envirobase. You do nice work, bud. I'm enjoying the vids
Great birthday present for me! You posted on my birthday! Great review as always Gabe. It looks like a great gun! I like the spray pattern and like you mentioned it is nice when the gun is easy to clean. Have a good one and keep up the good work! Much love.
Happy birthday!! Hahaha much love !
Thanks!
Good information video thanks gab
Now u use it
1-tekna ase coat
2-sata 5000 rp 1.2 tip
3-walcom
4- sata 5500 hvlp
So my question which gun u find it and perfect for silver and grey lay smooth metallic paint ???????
Again thanks for your video bless god gab
Alane Atika harbor freight paint gun try that one body if you not happy with that give me a call...
My pure honest opinion Walcom HTE BASE 1.3 ALL TIME FAVORITE GUN
I did a ford that was transparent blue like the car you are spraying and i did the same g shade as you and had to mix more paint to make sure it was fully cover some colors especially ones that are transparent can be a pain in the butt. But like you ive learned to put a black g shade under them to allow for easier coverage. Love the videos man very very helpful for a "younger painter"
Sata that is no bullshet ,top gun in right hand
Man. Those stripes on the test area looked really gnarly and worrisome. I use a Tekna Prolite and Sata 5000 BRP and I seem to grab the Tekna more often than the Sata. I appreciate the light weight of the Pro lite and the smoothness of the trigger. It also gives me great results on smaller projects. But when spraying large panels ( I spray signs using matthews paints by ppg) I try to grab the Saya 5000. It seems to put out much more material with the same fluid needle size. But the ovel pattern likes to leave really heavy spots and some colors looks like they have tiger stripes on them. It's a pain in the ass. We spray a lot of top coats and very seldom spray clear over base. Only for mettalics.
I really like my Prolite aswell! Easy trigger, so less fatigue, and i agree 100% that the 5500 in this vid did not look even on the fan pattern...very choppy looking!
With your Sata "O" pattern try tightening up on your overy lap and turn in your fluid just a touch if your worried about runs/sags. With that "O" pattern it requires more like a 75-80% overlap so you dont get the striping. "I" pattern you probably get away with with 50-60% overlap.
Hola Gabriel mi nombre es José y soy un fan tullo me encantan tus vídeos me ayudan mucho y me gusta tu Energía positiva y te agradezco por que me as inspirado para volver a pintar después de tantos años Gracias Gracias Gracias que Dios te siga bendiciendo 👍🙏
Gracias brother !!!!!!😍!
i just barrowed a 5500 rp to spray some finicky metallic, fought the gun the whole time, used too much paint + old school drop coat to get no mottle. was cleaning gun, looked closely at the air cap, had the HVLP cap on it!!!! informed the guy i borrowed it from, he said "maybe thats why i dont like it"
I have both hvlp and rp in digital and i love the guns. Have the rp in 1.2 I and O nozzles. Great guns.
What clear and paint are using?
Hey Gabriel I just got the sata 5500 x 1.3 rp I monday . Ive been using my iwata ws 400 hd 1.4 for clear but after a week of using the sata it has took the top spot!!! I still love my iwatas but the sata seems to spray alot like the ws 400 butit seems faster and it really wets the panels nicely. See if you can demo one man. I also tested with base ppg deltron solvent.I sprayed a couple silver jobs and a gold job and it performed great. I had stopped using satas after the 4000. And im not bias to one brand but I am very impressed with this gun! I know its exspensive but it comes with a 3 year warranty . Also if you put some gun oil on the trigger seal it will soften it up keep up the good work buddy ! Did you get any more medium sized paint suits in yet?
That's awesome to hear! I need to try it !!
That is the exact thing i told my paint rep. I was hesitant to using anything other than a supernova for clear but after trying the x5500 1.3 I, i told the rep it is just like the supernova, with a turbocharger stuck on it (since the only thing about the supernova i hate is the slower aplication)
Rule at our shop is, when you think it’s covered put on another coat lol I’ve had a respray before too cause it wasn’t covered enough. Also I tend to use G7 base/sealer on blue pearls. With G6 it takes way too many coats for coverage. We use PPG DBC
Haha yes!!
Glad to see a new video from you Gabe. What's your current go-to gun for sealer? I haven't been too thrilled spraying sealer with my prolite lately
Really? My Prolite lays the sealer down nice! Wasnt happy at first either, but then cranked up the pressure one day and havent looked back since...What psi were you spraying sealer at?
Is it have difference, between X5500 and 5000 and if is have, what is it?
I use 5000 rp 1.3 and I'm very glad.
New version with different caps
To help with color hiding and paint cost. Mix the color with out the Pearl's to get color coverage. Then mix final coats with Pearl's. This also works with old leftover paints that are almost the same color. Use that for the back sides of panel before using the correct formula color. But if you use the right value shade sealer or primers you won't have coverage problems or use extra paint.
This dude is working in the highest end shop in Toronto and in a $200,000 paint booth. I don't think he's trying to save a nickel here and there.
I have 5500x 1.3I hvlp and 1.3I rp and they are not my favourite guns... GTI Pro Lite are still my fav guns, and I think only about usage, price doesnt matter for me.
My ProLite and Tekna Clearcoat are my go to guns also. Only one I haven't tried yet is Iwata ls400 so I'm getting one for my next job to see what all the fuss is about. Anyone have experience with both the ls400 (or ws400) and Teknas and have any comments?
Nathan Wilson Both Iwata's are great easily on a par with a Pro-Lite. One caution with the Iwata's. You do not use these at full fan. Adjust the fan as follows: totally shut the fan and then open the fan to between 2 1/2 and three turns out. Anything wider than that and the fan splits and becomes too wide as well. Other than this one little idiosyncrasy they are killer. And, let's not forget, they look super cool.
@@satamanschmidt3428 what base paint u use with the entech iwatas and which presurre u shoot the base with?
@@kennethandersen6920 PPG DBC or Sherwin-Williams Ultra 7000. 2 bar for the cover coats and 20 PSIG for the control coats.
@@NathanWilsonDrivingDreams the LS400 is more of a base coat gun...The WS400 is the clear gun.
I have tried the LS400, and put it down after about 3 jobs with it, and went back to my Prolite! Wasnt impressed with the LS400...
Havenot got to try the WS400, but i have been grabbing a W400 lately for clear, and find it a pretty decent gun. Very lite and comfortable.
G BASE color e.g.G7 and you would have had coverage in 2 coats. Instead you mixed alot more of that expensive blue. But anyway. I just got a x5500 rp 1.2 i and i am very impressed
Thanks for posting!
Thank you!!!
Theres alot of defective 5500s get it from authorized dealers. Make sure you have Vaseline for that price
Seemed a little on the high side to me I love my iwata hybrid clear & lp-400 for base
I have watched a bunch of reviews on the Sata 5500x now from across the world. One common thing that each an every reveiwer had in common is if the fella or lady who was doing the review was NOT a normal sata user or normally used a any number of other guns they all hammer on the 5500x like they really are extra critical on them. This reviewer is no different. But if a person usually used a sata 5000 would actually take the time and set up the guns and actually try various nossels and air horns and actually raved 100% of the 5500x . So it has come to my conclusion to get an honest reveiw of the gun is to buy it talk to the reps and along with the gun buy the extra air horns and just play with it until I'm comfortable with it. And that is exactly what I intend on doing
Absolutely brother! The best review is the one you do yourself!
Just recently got sata 5500 hvlp 1.3 (I) I can’t tweak it but haven’t messed with it much so. Do U spray full fan open or do u close it a little ?
Pretty sure that’s the wrong ground coat of sealer, hence the issues you’re having with coverage?
PPG has 3 to chose for their grounds...one or a combination of st least 2 is recommended by the computer to correspond to the paint code ...for some colors, assuming your viscosity is correct, it assures their determined color match.
Hi
Would you upgrade from Devilbiss Tekna Pro TE10 and TE20 for Sata X5500 RP 1.3 I for base and clear ? Especially for heavy metallic colours
Dont forget to say in every video "The car has Spray mask" 🤣 like i said on IG , if you had an cent for every time , someone sent you an hate coment/message ,about that, you would had enough to buy the shop 🤣
Bahhahahahahhahahahahahahahahha
Did you get to try the o yet?? I due have to say, I'm not a big fan of the 5000.walcom all the way!!!
Are you still using that Matco gun I don’t think I like that new sata shouldn’t have had left those lines in that paint don’t seem to even to me idn tho
I don't anymore o sold it. Still a great gun though
I think if you close up the fan a little bit, the pattern would be more consistent!
What brand/model stand are you using here for the liftgate?
Innovative tools
Question why do paint jobs start to look dull after a few months? Could it be the clear coat
Yes absolutely the clear coat. Cheap clear coats without UV protection will do that
Thank you Appreciate brother. What clear coat would you recommend?
@@JustWatch0821 spray ppg 2021
There is hundreds of clear but I can only speak for what I know which is ppg any ppg clear works if you are doing a complete then use a slower clear from ppg. But an over all clear is ec530
You get what you pay for with clear. There are very few "cheap" clears that will withstand the elements. They usually don't have the clarity of a quality product either. Depending on the size of job I like
3000
4000
2002
2021
In PPG solvent.
2055 is good but you'll have better luck buffing a concrete wall than buffing it.
Lol.
Gabe what's your favorite gun and why?
He really likes his Walcom's!!
I have yet to try one, but they look like great guns!
have you tried the iWata SW400? What gun do you prefer?
Works great! Right now walcom hte clear 1.3 !!
is it good for a clear coat? 2.1
It's okay
What would be your top 3 basecoat guns?
Walcoms HTE BASE 1.2-1.3
Tekna basecoat
Sagola exttem
😂😂😂😂 ¿porque no guarda un orden al momento de pintar? ya que veo que pasa de un lado a otro
😂😂😭👍🏼
i would appreciate your opinion about spraying clear with a sata x rp i i.4. thanks
I haven't sprayed with it yet brother
Goud job
What’s with the hot spots in the fan 🤔
Not sure!!!
I noticed that too. Not even
Top
Did you say “too droply “ ? 🤔
Who knows what I said!? I sure as heck don't know hahs
it is 3M PPS cups , ?
Yesss
Good morning Gabe from New Mexico,USA make that sata gun work for u brotha...u do awesome work
Hey gabe! I just bought the iwata ws400 turnpike hakone special edition for clearcoat. I also spray ppg envirobase. Having a hard time setting up the gun, I have full fluid and only one and three quarters turn open on the fan. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks!
Derek Warrack that’s exactly how I use my ws400 and its quick with second to none atomization ,,,what problems exactly are u having
Following to see what everyone says.
@@andrelawrence9644 for some reason I cant get the psi above 28-29 psi. I'm spraying ppg ecs520 and ecs530 clear. For every other spray gun I can get the pressure higher but not the iwata. Therefore spraying at lower pressure I find its putting on a ton of material, any ideas?
Derek Warrack that’s weird I am wondering y wouldn’t your gun go higher ,,my psi range from 20 to 35 depends on what I am looking for ,,what other guns are u using
What size fluid tip btw
The blue looks richer on the primer parts than on the black panels on the car.😷
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥♥️
What color is that
Tesla ppsb
MOTIVATED PAINTERS I do spot repairs at the Tesla factory, any tips on keeping pearl whites spot repairs small?
That's hard to do man! I'm not to sure I would say give yourself a lot of room it helps to keep it small
Try 9K Gabe. Blows doors on Envirobase.
Can't wait hope I get to!
I like Envirobase for an RR or certain OEM pearls but 9K is pretty much Debeers, a true latex. The coverage is like 1 and a drop on a lot of colors. Easier to turn jobs, not so sensitive to a push or quick bake like PPG.
Nice nice nice mr nice 😎
$1000 gun leaving stripes like the american flag......... WTF......... $100 Finex gun even managed to avoid that problem
Righttt
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You wasted half the paint on the paper lol and you and I know blue is ultra transparent . I use more paint with the walcom lol i l should of orderd 1.2
SATA sucks anymore. Cant believe I wasted a grand on my PoS 5500 rp