Iwata LPH400LVX
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[quote=”Jayson M” post=28441]I thought you had a tekna ?Thats about the best basecoat gun you will get,one air cap does everything ;)[/quote]
Yeah, I do and that just mean something coming from Jayson :rock , just wanted to see what people had to say about the iwata for base, since I have to fight with my paint to lay down nice since I use ppg shopline , and I like the iwata since it has a low air consumption since I don’t have a top of the line compressor and I’m self employed. I don’t have any problems with my Tekna but just see if the iwata would make it easier . :cheer: but with the line of paint I’m not sure if it’ll matter
I haven’t been able to spray waterborne yet, as I can’t afford it yet or even set up for it so it would be a waste plus people wouldn’t be want to pay the price for it, I’ve been wanting to try PPG DBC but even that is priced high. I’ll have to try it soon and see the difference between Shopline+ and DBC
I use the orange cap for almost all my colors, most of the time I use the purple cap is when I picked two fast of a reducer and need to even things out. If you find yourself fighting modeling try some slower reducer and letting your base flash completely between coats. The purple cap does a great job but it is real slow. Sprays completely different than any of the other caps. Once you get used to the iwata you could probably spray everything with one cap, but the others just make it easier.
Chuck
[quote=”Idunnit” post=28459]I use the orange cap for almost all my colors, most of the time I use the purple cap is when I picked two fast of a reducer and need to even things out. If you find yourself fighting modeling try some slower reducer and letting your base flash completely between coats. The purple cap does a great job but it is real slow. Sprays completely different than any of the other caps. Once you get used to the iwata you could probably spray everything with one cap, but the others just make it easier.
Chuck[/quote]
I mostly always shoot with a slow or medium reducer, unless I have a very small repair, but also depends on the weather, I had another post where they gave me a lot of tips and it helped out, bunt still trying to get it down, maybe gonna try a better quality reducer next time and see where that goes, I wouldn’t mind spending the extra money if it’ll make things easier but wouldn’t mind saving it if I can, I will see what happens in the next couple of jobs and see how things turn out and go from there.
If your using pps cups you will more than likely save money due to the fact that you won’t have to use as much thinner to clean your gun back up. I still use the cup but we have a gun washer and a minimizer that recycles the dirty thinner. Also you might want to spring for a better base when spraying high metallics, metallic control is a little rough sometimes with the cheaper bases. If your tight on money you can sometimes cheat and use base coat from a previous job that is close in color then spray the correct color over it. But if you do this do a spray out card first to make sure that it’s not going to affect the color.
Chuck
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