Noobie painting thread

[b00sted_spyder]

I don't know, a lot of harbor freight reviews are mostly from guys who love to buy harbor freight tools. One of my buddy bought one and said it was a piece of crap. Spray pattern was horrible and he threw it away after using it.

[JET]

Originally Posted by b00sted_spyder

I don't know, a lot of harbor freight reviews are mostly from guys who love to buy harbor freight tools. One of my buddy bought one and said it was a piece of crap. Spray pattern was horrible and he threw it away after using it.

Harbor has 21 different paint guns, he probably wasn't using this set. There are 45 reviews on it and only 3 are under a 4.0 out of 5. I also read reviews on quite a few forums where the guys love them and some professional guys using them too because if something goes wrong they toss it instead of having to try and fix a more expensive gun. Anyway, not here to argue about guns, I made my decision on that. Just trying to share my adventure for anyone else that has thought of doing bodywork but never gave it a shot.

[jeremy1375]

In my experience of learning to paint, I found that a surface that hasn't been properly cleaned can result in an uneven color pattern, fish eyes, orange peel. I bought Eastwood PRE Painting Prep based on it's reviews and it does a good job of cleaning up.

Originally Posted by b00sted_spyder

I don't know, a lot of harbor freight reviews are mostly from guys who love to buy harbor freight tools. One of my buddy bought one and said it was a piece of crap. Spray pattern was horrible and he threw it away after using it.

I find the Harbor Freight reviews to be extremely useful and reliable. I bought the same paint gun as the OP and found it to do a good job. It did end up leaking at the trigger, but I had no trouble returning it for one that didn't have that problem.