I’m in the market for a replacement spray gun for my mid 90’s vintage Campbell Hausfeld HV2 Series “Easy Spray” HVLP system. I know that mine isn’t the top-of-the-line system, but it’s served me well for over 10 years and I’m not in the financial position to upgrade right now. I have other things I need worse – lol.
I’ve found several guns that seem to be conversion guns and I’ve realized that I may be missing a fundemental piece of the big picture. As I understand it, a conversion spray gun is designed to work with a standard air compressor system (i.e. 5-10 cfm at ~90 psig). Since my turbine puts out 54 cfm at ~4 psig, I’m assuming that a conversion gun wouldn’t work for me. Do I have this right? (It’s been falsely rumored on occasion that I’m not always the sharpest chisel in the drawer – lol)
I’ll be calling C-H tomorrow morning to see what they have, but I thought I would try here too. This bunch always seems to have some pretty good ideas – lol.
Thanks
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Dave,
I'm in the research stage too, but I think that you are right that a conversion gun will not run on your turbine. The ones that I've been looking at want about 8-10 cfm flow at 40-90 psi, which is a pretty big conventional compressor.
Mike D
Yeah, that's probably in the 20+ gallon tank range and I just don't need anything like that.
If you're in the market for the whole HVLP system, take a look at the Campbell Hausfeld "Easy Spray" system. A new, two stage turbine system costs ~$225. If the new one is as good as my old one, it should work well for you for a long time unless you're in a serious production situation.
Edited 10/29/2006 7:11 pm by Dave45
I'm really looking forward to your report on the new unit.
So far, HLVP systems seem to run many more $$.
Mike D
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