TCP Global® Brand Professional 1.3mm HVLP Spray Gun-gravity Feed-auto Paint Basecoat Clearcoat with Air Regulator (G6600-13)

Thirty years ago, when I put away my brushes and started spraying furniture projects, I bought a Devilbiss siphon feed gun. It’s a great gun for nitrocellulose lacquer, but I have never had a sophisticated enough booth to spray lacquer. For oil based polyurethane, siphon feed is not so great – lots of spitting and sputtering. I thought that was my fate until gravity feed HVLP guns came along. I am a big fan of the Harbor Freight purple gravity feed gun. I have two of them (for a total investment of $18.00 plus tax). I also have two of Harbor Freight’s professional guns. They are so inexpensive, I can have a separate gun for each type of material and avoid any chance of cross contamination. There is not much difference between the two Harbor Freight guns, though the professional guns spray a little smoother. Most of the gravity feed HVLP guns on the market seem to have been made from similar molds. I build furniture and spray mostly water borne clear topcoat finishes. However, from time to time, I do spray oil based finishes, stains and latex paint. For different materials, we need different size nozzle sets. Though the Harbor Freight guns are incredibly inexpensive, there is no way to obtain different size nozzle sets for them. Believe me, I have tried. All you can do is adjust the viscosity and the results of thinning material can be undesirable. As a result, the Harbor Freight guns totally lack versatility. That is what drove me to the search for an HVLP gravity feed gun for which different nozzle sets were available. I found two, both on Amazon. One is the ETE Etmate HVLP gravity feed gun and the other is the TCP Global Brand Professional HVLP Spray Gun. I prefer the TCP because it is a bit more sturdy and because the nozzle sets can be purchased separately. So far, I have purchased 2.0 mm and a 2.5 mm nozzle sets and I have only used it to spray latex. Of course, if a gun can spray latex well, it can probably do anything. The gun arrived while I was in the middle of spraying primer and 3 coats of latex on a project of five cabinets that I had started with the Harbor Freight purple gun with a 1.7 mm nozzle set. So I switched over to the TCP with a 2.5 mm nozzle set between coats. What a difference! With the paint properly thinned, it flowed on almost as well as oil based (but without the toxic fumes and difficult clean-up). I have read some reviews complaining about the grease on the gun upon arrival. Come on! You have to clean a spray gun out of the package. You should never risk your project with a new gun that has not been cleaned and tested. The instructions call for running lots of solvent through the gun to clean it. I don’t do that. I break the gun down, immerse it in solvent, and clean it with brushes. The key to cleaning the gun is removing the nozzle so you can really flush it out. All these guns come with a wrench that fits the nozzle, but you could break the gun or even your hand before that nozzle will come out. I read somewhere that a heat gun will dissolve the locktite put on the threads at the factory and the nozzle will come right out. It works! I have now removed the nozzles from all of my spray guns, thoroughly cleaned the locktite off the threads, and I have been able to clean them more thoroughly and with less effort than ever before. The one drawback I have observed on the TCP gun is the huge metal cup. TCP is probably marketing this gun to automotive painters who need more material and don’t often have to wrangle the gun into tight spaces. Once I experienced the arm fatigue of that big cup, I went to Home Depot and bought a smaller plastic cup for my TCP gun. You could also use the disposable cups Harbor Freight sells. All that said, I recommend this TCP gun with little reservation. I sure appreciate some of the detailed reviews some other Amazon customers have offered on other products. So, I hope this review has been helpful to some others. By the way, if anyone wants a really expensive vintage Devilbiss siphon feed, I have two of them hanging on the wall of my spray booth collecting dust.

I bought this along with a 2.5 of the same model to spray Autobody polyester primer. Both guns work amazing! I also build and finish cabinets and other woodworking projects, spraying nitrocellulose lacquer. Just for fun I thought I would try these on some cabinets I was spraying the other day. They worked amazing! For the price you cannot go wrong. I read a review on these guns where the guy writes, stated that he just throws the guns away when he's done spraying. That is insane!!! I don't care how cheap it is, we have to think about the wonderful workers that build these guns, putting their pride of quality into assembly and final testing. Throwing this gun away is downright disrespectful, especially when it cleans up so easily. I've sprayed multiple gallons through these guns while my Iwata guns and Sata guns are hanging on the gun hangers. I continue to use these even though they are a fraction of the cost of my regular paint guns. Its fun to see how well they spray job after job, making me more and more money, all the while thinking about the dude that thought it was cool just to throw it away after one job.....insane! Buy it, care for it by taking apart to clean it, only takes about 5 minutes to do a good cleaning. You will not be sorry and you'll still be using it next year holding a bunch of extra cash in your pocket. Note: make sure to purchase the proper fluid tip and needle size for the product that you will be spraying. I bought the 2.0 and the 2.5 because I originally purchased these for polyester primer. The 2.0 works great for nitrocellulose lacquer but if I tried to paint a car with this setup, would not be a good thing. If you need a beginner gun to shoot automotive base-coat and clear coat, buy the 1.3 tip size for your starter gun. Turn the volume screw all the way in, back it out about 2-3 turns, open the fan pattern screw all the way out until the fan is at its widest pattern. Now turn it in just a little bit, while spraying cleaning solvent through it so you can watch the pattern, turning the fan knob in until you see it just start to narrow, this is where you want your fan pattern for normal spraying. Now go practice on an old fender or something like that. Keep the gun cap about 6 inches off the panel, use a 70% overlap of the fan pattern while adjusting your speed of movement to compensate for the amount of flow coming out of the tip and the amount of overlap you're using. If you feel you're not getting enough paint or clear coming out of the gun,open the fluid knob a 1/4 turn at a time until you get the volume where it works best for you. Remember, if the gun is too far off the panel, you will never succeed. The tips for success is: close in,(about 6 inches), tight overlap, (about 70%), adjust the speed of movement to achieve the finish you're looking for. Practice, Practice, Practice! Before you know it, even with this inexpensive spray gun, you can be laying down a finish to be proud of. Have fun!

Le doy 5 estrellas por su relación calidad precio, los materiales se ven de buena calidad y el acabado que deja es excelente, no veo por que gastar mas en otros productos a menos que te dediques 100% al negocio automotriz, muy conforme con la compara y resultados obtenidos.