I've read about the potential disaster in mixing brands. I plan on sticking with the same but it's sure worth mentioning! Thanks!
I definitely want to practice. If I can't do a decent practice job on something, I sure don't want to do a botched job on my truck. I'll keep at it till I get it right.
The spray gun I'll be using is a siphon feed style. I bought a new Ampro Paint Gun AR6050. Sears sells them for $97 and I found one on Ebay unused for $29 plus shipping. I think I scored, anyway.
From what I've read, the HVLP guns are the preferred way to go but those types have a higher SCFM requirement than my compressor can provide:
Craftsman 6 HP, 140 volt, 33 GAL, 8.6 scfm at 40 psi & 6.4 scfm at 90 psi, 135 psi max.
I figured the siphons have been used for years and it should do fine.
Again, I've never done this so if I'm going in a wrong direction, please by all means, let me know.
I still have to strip the paint from my disassembled parts yet. I'll want to shoot primer right after.
I'm stoked over the idea of putting everything together again but still have a lot of labor to go!
Jerry
I do not claim to be a "expert" painter. But I can relate to what you are trying to do because I almost went the same way. I just finished my 50 truck restoration from the frame up. I was going to use about the same size compressor to paint my project and found that they just are not big enough for the job. I went and purchase a 60 gallon compressor a Husky name brand one. I gave $375 for it and I have painted 2 trucks and a car and it has worked very well. I picked up a Devilbiss Finishline series paint kit that came with a primer gun and a regular paint gun for $123.00 and they also have worked very well. The guns are easy to use and do a great job. As far as paint goes, I picked a urethane single stage kit from TCP Glaobal calleed "Restoration Shop" that came with the wet look hardner and reducer a 1 gallon of paint. I picked up 2 kits to do one truck but really 1 gallon did the job per truck. You mix the paint 1 part hardner 1 part reducer and 4 parts paint so you get a gallon and a half of paint The TCP Global single stage kits run me $120 total including shipping. I also restored both trucks as daily drivers so I could not see spending big bucks on paint. The single stage urethane is durable and looks good. I used Eastwood's epoxy primer, runs about $100 bucks shipping and all. I learned on my own how to paint by running searches on the net, and going by a body shop here in town and watching. The HVLP guns are the way to go and are not hard to use. I tried going the little 110 compresoor way but take it from me you do not want to go that way using a siphon or HVLP gun. So if I add in the sand paper, and thinner and tack cloth and the gallon of "pre clean" and your masking tape and paper, and your paint gun filter. It all ran me about $850 bucks to paint the first truck. But the second truck I painted ran me about $150.00 bucks. Because I had the compressor and paint guns and the gallon of pre clean goes a long way. The car i painted also cost me about $150 bucks. So the $375 I paid for the compressor and $123 I paid for the guns came out to be a good investment. Here is a link to my photo album that has some pics of how the truck project went and after my painting
http://rides.webshots.com/album/581886710OMlQTD?vhost=rides I used a old car door to practice on and a old fender. also if you notce in the first picture of the truck before restoration, it has a 3 window cab on it. I swapped this out for a 5 window cab I had that was in a little better shape. I forgot to mention, using the single stage urethane you spray it and go. I also forgot to mention that investing in a sand blaster is a good thing, at least it has been for me. I picked one up at tractor supply for $100. A little presure type blaster. And the thing works wonders in removing rust and paint of the metal.
