$200 for a spray gun that sucked

Bought a cheap HVLP gun off Amazon. Thought I was saving money. First job with it and the finish was terrible. Orange peel everywhere. Had to sand it all down and respray. Wasted a whole weekend on a single fender. Cost me more in time and materials than if I'd just rented a decent gun. Anyone tried those pricey SATA guns? Worth the hype?

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benwilliams5mo ago

Ever tried painting with a jam jar and a straw? That's basically what I did with my first eBay special. You're not alone.

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sarah_hart3mo ago

Stopped reading at "jam jar and a straw." Wait, you actually did that? Like you dipped a straw into jam, blew through it, and got raspberry seeds stuck all over your project? That's not painting, that's a crime scene. I have so many questions about cleanup and how you even got the jam to stick. That's a level of DIY that belongs in a museum of bad ideas.

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the_derek5mo ago

Nah man cheap stuff works fine if you know what you're doing.

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