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    Senior Member JoeRuscito's Avatar
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    Default Dirt cheap paint sprayer

    I may be wishful thinking here. I need to do some painting (with Ranthane) on a set of composite floats and I'm trying to avoid getting all geared up again, as I sold all my gear from painting the plane. I used a turbine HVLP system back then and really enjoyed it over spraying with a compressor gun. I'm wondering if anyone has used the VERY cheap turbine systems sold for home use, like painting cabinets. I'm not sure I see why this would not work. Thoughts?

    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003PGQI48...spray-gun&th=1

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    I used this unit, has worked fantastic for me

    https://www.amazon.com/NEU-MASTER-N3...ps%2C70&sr=8-5

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    Default Re: Dirt cheap paint sprayer

    Yup saw that one too. What paint were you shooting with?

    I still don’t understand why these systems are so cheap. And commonly used for very nice finishes in the woodwork/home owner world. However a citation/axis system, which theoretically does the same thing, is almost 10x the price.

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    Default Re: Dirt cheap paint sprayer

    I used it to spray the Poly system on my kitfox, and to paint a friends 701 with Rustolum thinned down with Acetone, (Plus many other things) It works great, kinda picky about being cleaned properly, So I spray half a jar of MEK threw the gun after each use and it works like a champ next time.

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    "I still don’t understand why these systems are so cheap. And commonly used for very nice finishes in the woodwork/home owner world. However a citation/axis system, which theoretically does the same thing, is almost 10x the price."

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