Hi All,
I've had some 14" Weller 8 spoke wheels shot blasted and zinc sprayed and now I'd like to get some paint on them. I'm not looking for any fancy finish (there is a bit of rust damage and it's only for my kitcar) but because they are all hole, gullies and angles I though subtle spraying might be better than hand painting.
For such small infrequent jobs I've often used ordinarily aerosols to very good effect, but the Hammerite Special Metal primer (for spraying over zinc) only comes in a tin so I thought this might be a good time to set myself up with some small capacity spraying gear.
I have a couple of small compressors (the biggest being ~7cfm I think) but I'm not in any rush, happy to put the paint on gently in shorter bursts.
I think I understand gravity fed guns are more paint / air efficient and the use of ss means the guns would be ok for water based paints but are there some better cheaper brands out there where I might be able to get different nozzles and/or spares if needed please?
Don't mind spending say a one off £50 for a good make over a 15 quid cheapo but I don't have pro money to spend on this and not sure I want second hand as I wouldn't know if it was ok or not? :-(
Daughter is also talking about having a go at airbrushing so we might also need something that would be able to lacquer something the size of a motorcycle tank after the airbrushing.
All the best and thanks for any advice.
T i m
p.s. And no I don't want to get them power coated as that's what was on them previously and had fallen off in big slabs.