Warbird Information Exchange

I know that HVLP is the way to go, just wondering if anyone is using a pressure pot? I have a NOS pot (Got it at auction a couple of years ago for nothing) and a gun and wonder if it's worth using.

Thanx in advance.

Patrick
T-6G restoration.

Yes it is. The pot is very useful for the underside of the wings and fuselage. Even a 1 qt cup gets heavy at an arms reach after a couple of hours.

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Perhaps I show have mentioned that each part will be painted seperately.

Patrick

OK...Gonna' show my ignorance here. (Nothing new, right?)
What's an HVLP and what's a pressure pot?

Mudge the educable

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High volume, low pressure spray painting equipment.

Steve

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That takes all the effort out of smoking a hookah.

Actually it is a remote paint bucket. Air pressure is used to force the paint up a hose and into the gun. The pressure pot is larger in volume so you don't have to "reload" as often and you only have to support the weight of the gun and hoses, not the paint supply.

A "hookah"? Is that a what they call a "Lady of the Evening" in Massachusetts?

Mudge the suthrener

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Depending on the capabilities of your siphon gun Patrick you could combine
the two. I bought a garage sale p-pot just for that reason, but never ran into
a situation where I'd use that much paint. The plan was to have the pot on
a roller cart following me around.

With reduced amount of overspray($$) you save by using the HVLP you
might invest it in a 2 quart pot to hang on your belt or follow you on a light
cart...about 60 or 70 bux if you shop a bit...maybe less with an import or craigslist.
Hope this helps...one of my old guy frailties is tennis elbow..part of which is due to
using the old heavy air and airless sprayers, among other things over the years.
Work smarter, not harder!

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Pots are very handy to have around for certain tasks.
An example would be painting the inside of the tail cone. Being able to paint in any orientation in order to get all surafaces covered evenly is easy with a pot gun. It possible with a cup gun but harder and the possibility of drips from the cup breather make it not as desireable a method. The downside is cleaning the pot gun. You have to get all the paint from the lines.

Isn't HVLP one of those nasties girls can now get vaccinated against?

I use my $$$ HVLP gun when I need to keep overspray to a minimum, or I'm using big buck paints like Imron 5000.

For most other jobs, I use gravity-feed or siphon guns. I use a pressure pot when doing lower surfaces of aircraft because of the lighter weight. I never pour paint directly into the pot because I don't want the added mess to clean. I set a gallon can of paint inside the pot instead.

For areas with restricted access, I use gravity-feed detail guns with 1/2 pint paint cups that can be rotated 360 degrees about the gun.

Use the pressure pot as aluminum recycling. The HVLP is the way to go.
Also look into 3M PPS for the HVLP guns. It will reduce your clean-up and also help when you have to do underside or get the gun out of "position". Since I manage an Autobody shop I have found the PPS system has reduced my waste cost and laquer thinner cost by half. It is an excellent alternative to a standard cup and it won't leak. I have used both guns because I was an auto painter before.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/e ... tices/PPS/

If you have questions on it, PM me and I can fill you in.

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nO ONE HAS MENTIONED THAT YOU CAN HOOK UP THE PRESSURE POT TO the HLVP system if you have a big job or if your painting up side down. Best of both worlds, and the bad of both worlds at one time. If you have never used HVLP try it you will never go back! Just be sure if you hook the pot to the HVLP gun you only put a couple of pounds of air on it not the 35# you would use on a regular gun.

Thanks for the info. Learn sumpthin' new every day here. Not that I'm going to run right out and buy either type, but it's good to know.

I can't believe this thread has gotten as far as it has and none of the "purists" have mentioned the fact that there's not one word about WARBIRDS in it. How will we ever survive the shame?

Mudge the impure

(That doesn't sound right! )

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I think it started as a T-6G restoration

Steve

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