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Subject:Re: Pop top color for Dove Blue '87 Westy, want to know?
From:Jim Felder
Date:Thu, 11 Jun 2015 02:00:28 +0000

You don't need to tell me about quality paint. I buy the best paint I can,
and around here, that's all the paint shops will sell me anyway. Yes it's
expensive, but it looks great and doesn't come off with a pressure washer
like the Maaco stuff.

Jim

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 8:55 PM Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Something very much like this:
> http://www.harborfreight.com/2-pc-professional-automotive-hvlp-air-spray-gun-kit-61472.html
> but it was three years ago. Works fine for me.  I also bought this:
> http://www.harborfreight.com/gravity-feed-spray-gun-stand-34958.html I
> don't see how you can get along without it.
>
> A quart of PPG automotive catalyzed enamel runs around $200, and that's
> the smallest amount you can buy. You need a quart for the top and rack, but
> you will never need to paint it again!
>
> Stuart
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of Jim Felder
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 6:25 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Pop top color for Dove Blue '87 Westy, want to know?
>
> Which HF gun to you use? The HVLP gun I got from them was for waterbed
> paints only. I painted my vanagon with the HF $18.00 industrial sump gun,
> the traditional kind, and am thinking about spending the extra $2.00 for
> the professional version they have available now. So, they have an HVLP
> model now for auto paint?
>
> Jim
>
> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 8:20 PM Raceing Cajun <
> raceingcajun@communicomm.com>
> wrote:
>
> > "WOW"! ..........I mean ......................"WOW"!
> >
> >
> > SKIPPER
> >
> > >You need a quart, and with reducer, hardener, plastic bonding agent,
> > >and other
> > stuff figure around $350.
> >
>
>