That's interesting Bill. My nephew was on a work/school program in his last two years of high school. He was hired by the body shop that was training him after garaduation and got to be pretty good in the paint department. They had him doing the majority of it in fact. He worked at it for about 10years and decided that his health was more important than his carrier as a painter and is now serving an apprenticeship as a fitter. He doesn’t want anything to do with body work now. He was telling me that the inspectors (Illinois) would come around checking up on your equipment and it better look like you were using the HVLP guns or they would site you. He also said that he kept his Binks in the cabinet and his HVLP gun out on the hook for show.
I haven’t used them so I can’t comment yet and I’ll probably get slapped down by someone if I complain about it’s performance. I’ve talked to some guys that use them a lot, some that switch and a few old timers like me that are resisting the change.
I have used my MBC a lot. Not for cars though, we sprayed a product we made with lacquer and went through about 50 gallons every couple of months. That gun serviced us for about 10years till we quit making the product. Sprayed airplanes with it, trailers and a bunch of motorcycles. I still have the gun, a little worse for wear but still working the last time I used it, although it is due for a rebuild kit. I’m not certain but I think it has to be close to 40 years old by now.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL

Denny G
Sandwich, IL