How To Set Up a Harbor Freight Paint Gun
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- How to set a paint gun. How to paint. Review of the harbor freight paint gun.
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Professional painters are awesome. I am really glad you guys are supporting all of us who just want to paint some parts without dropping a lot of cash on a professional grade gun. Thanks for the vid!
Thanks for watching.
I’ll second this!
Lemme third it
I forth that💯✊🏾. I feel the same way. I’m pretty savvy when it comes to some things and I want to paint my rims on my car.. I just don’t see myself dropping $400 $500 or , especially on Stock rims. I think they should get the job done along with painting some furniture around the house. Thanks for the video.💯✊🏾
9 minute video covers more and better (puns intended) than other 45 minute paint videos. THAT'S a time saver!
That’s because more than half the time you’re really watching an infomercial. “As seen on 📺🚫CZcams”.
I bought 1 a couple years ago just because it was so cheap. Ive never ran a spray gun in my 55 years. Bought myself a 68 Ford truck as a project. Time to put that gun to use. Perfect video for me. Thanks for the info.
Wow you explained more in 8 minutes then paint guy at store showed me ...thanks
The best combination of advice: simple, complete, and to the point. I have a new HF purple gun. My first project was to refinish some outdoor furniture. I figured a mistake or so here wouldn’t matter. My wife was out for a few hours and when she returned she was amazed at the new chairs and table ready for summer BBQs. Good gun and great explanation.
I got this gun too for a one time deal and was very impressed too. Shot base, pearl and clear like a champ 👍
Great vid
My wife wanted some registers painted. Saw this video and bought the cheap purple gun. Didn't have to read the instructions as this video was worth a thousand words. Sprayed the registers. My wife liked it so much she wants me to do all of them. Whoops, it worked too well.
Great job on the video. Thanks for sharing. Made my day.
Thanks for watching.
I'm a professional painter for 15 years. I remember when i use this gun 15 years ago and tomorrow I'm going to buy two...
They work pretty good...
Thanks for the video, brings old memories
Thanks for watching
Can I use this gun to paint my exterior house. I have a lot to paint and I’m doing it alone.
@@CostaAzulFishingDanielGarza you don’t want that cup gun buddy… for less then $200 you can get a 5 gallon pal pump spray rig at harbor freight and then you can get a 3’ extension gun… a big metal trowel and cardboard for the edges and go to town! It’s all in the prep work so make sure that you have got the prep done then it’s just a couple hours to spray the whole thing!
That fan setup tip about watching til it just changes in size is amazing, thanks man! I was one of the dummies with it wide open!
Thanks for watching!
I keep coming back to this video each time I need to paint. My kitchen cabinets look like they came with a factory finish. Thanks!
Thanks mate, greati nformaton. Sick of the proffesional players giving out bad information for cheap guns. I know my gun is crap, just help me get the best out of it I can!
This video is for the guy just starting out. This gun can give good results with a little practice and some tips and tricks. Thanks for watching.
I' impressed not only by your knowledge , but also by how well organized your garage is. My wife can't stand to see an open space in mine without taking it over with her stuff
Thanks and thanks for watching.
Simple, straight to the point! Thank you very much!! I have a boat and trailer to redo, and a couple spots on a car.
You just gave me the courage to buy the gun and tackle it!
Good luck thanks for watching.
Great job explaining this stuff to a newbie like me, thanx GSX-R
This video is exactly what I needed to get started on my first project. Thank you!
Just bought that exact gun on sale for $10 to paint a dresser for my wife. Thanks for the video man, was great, subbed.
This was a great tutorial, short and informative. I don’t use a sprayer often, and have produced some excellent finishes. But since I don’t do it often it takes time to learn how to do it all over again. Your video makes that beginning learning curve non existence. Thanks Brother, good job!
Thanks for watching. I’m the same way I don’t spray much at home, so about the time I’m dialed in I’m done! 😀
Haven't used a paint gun in over 10 years! Video refreshed my memory a little! Gonna be primering and final coating a Camaro Engine Bay! I can't go into this part of the project looking dumb in front of my kid! Lol
So how did it turn out?
My paint guy disappeared. Restoring a '66 Bug and going with original paint. I stripped fenders, lid, hood, etc. and now he stopped responding. Looks like I'm going to attempt this. LOL Loved the explanation- clear and concise. Thanks!
Thanks for watching
As a total amateur I reference this video every time I am going to break out the sprayer... and every time, Quick Simple and to the point! Thank you!
Thanks for watching.
at last...simple, straight to the point. Learned more about principles in a couple of minutes than the last hour I've spent looking. Thank you!
Thanks for watching.
This is an awesome video. Your advice on how to fix the uneven spray patterns is invaluable.
You not just saved me money, but you will help me to make money and provide customers with a great paint job. I have been using Gracos for years. I still will use Graco, but for a 2nd paint sprayer, I will be purchasing this type.
Your video is appreciated
Just bought my first sprayer yesterday. This is a huge help! Thank you!
Great job! Greatly appreciate the video!!! Keep up the good work, and thank you for helping us DIY guys!
Was quoted $1,100 to repaint camper shell 🙄. $267 all said and done, very happy with the outcome!!
Thanks for watching. Glad you found it helpful!
Same gun and wanting to use minimal paint to cover a lot of parts??
One of the best and most informative video on this gun yet. Thanks bro
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for making this.
I've been looking at that very gun. I have extensive experience with air brushes but this was quite helpful. I'm considering doing some paintwork on my rough looking car. I know with my biggest airbrush I could do the work, but it'd take a long time and since I don't have that amount of free time I'm looking at something bigger.
Good luck thanks for watching.
Thank you for a straightforward explanation and demonstration. It really helps to see the impact of the adjustments on the spray pattern.
Great video! Thank you, this is my first time using one. Got her for $9.99, looking forward to finishing some furniture flips 😁
Thanks for straight forward explanation and I saved it to my "How To" videos~!
Thank you so much for getting me started. I'm sure I may have questions but you gave me enough to get started. Great video
One of the few videos that are straight to the point!! Awesome content sir. 👍
Thank you for posting this.
Thanks for watching.
Thank you! This was great!
Thank you for being so detailed and starting from scratch for the true rookies watching!
Very helpful vid. This will let me get more out of this gun that was right for my needs. I appreciate the links for inexpensive accessories that will maximize the performance and results from this tool.
Been painting professionally for 15 years now(I restore construction equipment), and...those guns..are the ONLY ones that I use now. I have found, the better the paint...the better the finish. I've done 11 Bobcats(White, black and orange) with one gun. I've even stretched some to 18 projects. My customers love the results. Just make sure to keep the gun clean, especially the front nozzle. make sure to soak it in acetone, then, with a very fine wire...clean the time holes in the center.
wow, thank you I learned more in this 8min video then all the others combined
Connor Shaffer thanks for watching
Agreed. Very helpful. Thanks @gixerman01
gixerman01 hi I’m looking at buying this gun what type of air compressor can i use for it i have a 33 gallon craftsman’s 1.7hp can you please help me thank you. Do you have a FB or IG where i can follow
Jose Collazos I don’t have a Facebook for my CZcams channel. You can use that compressor. It may have issue keeping up if you spray large parts. Just pause and let it catch up and continue if that happens. Thanks for watching.
Agree with the OP, thanks for sharing
Great video. I have been using that gun for years and recently bought the better Harbor Freight gun. This was a good explanation of how to set your gun to avoid the common pitfalls.
Thanks for watching.
This is one of the best explanation videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you for taking the time to make it.
Thanks for watching.
Man this guy is amazing
I've looked all over CZcams for a video on setting up this paint gun and got nowhere until I found yours! Now I feel confident in using it.
Thank great video.
Ps. Does Harbor Freight have a manual on line as here in the UK all I can get is a mangled Chinglish version.
Saved this video for when I start my project. Thanks for all the great info
I bought this gun to paint some cabinets. Haven’t used a HVLP since high school in auto body class. I was so intimidated even scared, to use the gun. So I pulled out the airless sprayer it used way to much paint. Now I feel confident that I can use it. Thanks for the info.
Hey man! I really appreciate your time and I like to a ask, some about cleaning the gun, if you have any tips or the right way to clean a paint gun?
Saul Basua best thing to do is run some lacquer thinner thru it pull the air cap. fluid tip and needle and wipe them down with some thinner. Then put it back together and flush again with clean thinner. I usually leave some thinner in my gun and store my air cap in it. This makes sure no residue will set up if you didn’t get it clean. I store mine hanging up and I use them quite often. If yours will not be used very often then you may just want to flush with solvent till it’s empty and store it dry. Thanks for watching.
Spray lacquer thinner thru it or buy an expensive gun cleaning machine
These guns are great for primer and cheap paint.$9.99 can’t go wrong
Thank you I will do everything you said . And thanks for the great information videos please keep them coming
Awesome. Got an hvlp for Christmas. Haven't used it yet cuz I didn't feel comfortable to start. Watched a couple of videos that were easy to technical and kinda scared me away from it. But you definitely dumbed it down enough for my dumb a__. Using with it with water first is a great idea and it helped break into it and not feel anxious.
First thing to do is Clean the gun with Acetone to remove manufacturing grease.
Lacquer thinner works great too for cleaning.....
yes it needs to be taken appart and cleaned...he missed a lot of important tips... thats why when i learned i watched several videos on painting ... even today i watched a great video which should help me get better results ona job i need to do this week.
the ones that complain about this HVLP gun are the exact same ones who don't know how to fine tune their fan pattern.
Thanks! Best demo of how and why you tweek the spray gun!
Thanks man, straight and to the point without any crazy crap! Thanks!!
If you get the automotive two gun kit for 49.99 the one large gun is a devilbiss starting line gun. Same fluid and air cap and parts interchange. If someone wanted to save half the price
They have 3 different part numbers, probably from different manufacture plants - which one? part numbers listed on HF are: 60239 94572 61472
Thanks for the tip!!
What will also help with seeing a fan with water put some food coloring in the water
Genius
Great idea🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽❗️
Straight to the point, no filler bs.. thanks!
Youre the best paper towel water painter ever.
Abe T. Why thank you I sure try! LOL thanks for watching
Most importantly clean all of the oil out of the gun with acetone before using these come loaded with oil everywhere disassemble and clean good if not you’re looking for problems
Fres Cali how do you do this?
won't acetone eat all the seals and paint off the gun???
@@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys Use an old toothbrush, dip it in acetone, and only clean the internal metal parts. Do a search, there are a lot of videos that show disassembly and what parts to clean. Once its clean this spray gun is amazing. Good luck and happy spraying!
@@RickaramaTrama-lc1ys
I used to have one of these guns and I used acetone for cleaning after spraying polyester primer through it. Acetone won't be a problem in the fluid section of this gun. The cup is a plastic that isn't affected by acetone. Everthing else is metal except the needle seal which is teflon. Just put acetone in the cup and run it through the gun.
The gun body is anodized aluminum and that's not affected by acetone so you can wipe the gun down with it if you wish.
Very simple and easy instructions to follow. Thanks 👍
Thank you for this tip video. I am one of the new guys to true paint guns. I bought two purple and one green gun from HF and wasn't sure how to get the right pattern set. Awesome instructional video, can't wait to watch more of your vids!.
you gave me a great idea to clean my garage w/ my harbor freight paint gun.....just might have to add a bit of soap
JustUs TX well not sure how well that will work but you can give it a shot! LOL Thanks for watching.
Your looking for something called a pressure washer. lol
Flidddd deliverwy 🤣😂
Great Vid , I worked industrial prep for paint , at the end of my company going south I started to paint forklift trucks , that was 1999 Now I just retire from 15 years from the school district and am starting my small shop , This was a great refresher course , Im stayin with you Man for future reference , Thank you!
walter schilling thanks for watching!
Great great video. Learned a lot. You explained it very very well and easy to understand. Thanks!
"flid delivery" = fluid delivery, right? Great video.
Yes fluid delivery. Thanks for watching
I think "flud" means fluid. Good vid, but I must say you professional guys always set up your guns very wet, so you can work fast. I think for amateurs it's better to set up a bit leaner on the flud ;) and maybe a bit narrower on the fan and then work a bit slower with more passes. What do you think?
Very good explanation, very impressed. Looking forward to trying out my new Harbor freight gun. I have 1 with a 1.4 nozzle, and I bought the 2 gun kit that has the 2.0 nozzle for spraying house paints.
Good luck thanks for watching.
Yeah, I’m a new guy. Thanks for the vid. I purchased that very spray gun today for painting my bike. Thanks.
The only thing to mention is the gun needs to be cleaned prior to painting. It has a lot of oil and debris from manufacturing. Other than that, excellent video!!!!!!!!
40mick I always run some solvent thru my guns before shooting any thing. Thanks for watching..
anonymous lacquer thinner is good to use.
anonymous if you paint a car you going to need larger air compressor. This gun requires a minimum of 6 cfm at 40 psi. You would be better off to get something bigger than that.
anonymous 6 cfm at 40psi is what the gun called for, but Before I went out and bought an air compressor I would do a little research on what you needs may be later with other tools you may need. Air tools for body work are usually air hogs and require quite a bit of air. Look into the requirements of other tools you may need later first.
anonymous for painting at least 6 cfm at 40 psi and a 30 gallon tank. Hope that helps.
It’s $8.99 with coupon this weekend!
I have bought a few with the coupon. Thanks for watching
Tried it today just as you instructed. Perfect! Pushing interior latex without thinning. For 15 bucks, Wow!
What are you painting?
Great video. Just starting. You helped me get off the fence. Thanks
40-50 psi is way too much if your spraying automotive paint. 30 psi is probably the most you would want to spray at, maybe even less
is there something wrong with my pressure reg.at the gun working properly/?It goes to 0- 40psi ,no inbetween unless I lower it T THE COMPRESSOR?
@@sonnybee8271 iv used the hf gun with no regulator at the psi coming out of the compressor, and it came out perfect. It also used way more paint then it would at the proper psi. But if you got extra paint to waste then so be it. But if your trying to be as efficient as you can, which a DIYer should want to do, then you should spray at the proper psi. If a panel only requires 2 oz why use 5 oz to get the job done? Or if the guy selling you the paint says 2 oz will be more then enough and you go home with 2 oz but your gun isnt set up right so it blows thru that 2 oz before the job is done.. but like I said if you got paint/money to burn sand that's the only way you know then that's fine. But you doing a disservice to everyone trying to learn by watching this
Jake Clauson I’m buying this gun tomorrow to do my entire truck. What psi do I need to run my gun at and what size compressor do I need? I’ve heard anything from 20 gallon to 60.
Do you have a video on how to properly clean the gun after painting?
In my last video on panting motorcycle wheels I talk about it briefly. Thanks for watching.
Great video with nice explanations. Bought one yesterday, and it was a real piece, only would flow 4 oz of water max and was leaking from the flow needle before I could even use it. Now 50 miles to the nearest harbour freight, just about my luck.
This was awesome! Thank you fir walking through it in such simple terms.
Thanks for watching.
I started my body shop with 500 dllrs on tools from HF 14 yrs ago now im working for somebody else's!!. 😂😂
I know several shop owners that use hf tools withouth a prob
So, in other words you gave some shity paint job on your customer's cars. 🤣🤣🤣
@@harryl8234what!! all stores and brands have good and crap tools, and Ill admit that most snapon tools I own is topnotch but there is other brands that perform at the same level while being less expensive...I own all kinds of tool brands snapon, dewalt, milwakee, potercable, harbor freigth, made in China, home made, yard sale and alot of new companies with diff names....and as long as u pick the rigth tool and have the correct setup they all perform with great results...my large compressor potercable frm tractor supply, that same compressor home depot and lowes sells just different brand n paintjob(lowes has is as kobalt and homedepot as dewalt) and in this case its the exact same compressor all 3 of them say made in Mexico on the motor and Made in U.S.A on the tank....my older dewalt battery impact says made in Mexico my newr dewalt impact says made in China....my made in China diagnostic tablet scanner tat cost me 3k outperforms the namebrand scanners
A great Vid! Where did you get the separator and gauge?
Harbor freight, thanks for watching!
Holy baby Jesus Christ this is the best demonstration/guide on how to set up a spray gun. Literally copy and paste in terms of adjusting and test/fine tuning before actually doing paint itself.
Thanks for watching.
Real quality video, editing is great, thank you so much
You have to clean those guns rite out of the box cause of dabre and the oil they put on those from the factory I always take the whole gun apart
Just don’t buy the small gun for small touch up it comes with a aluminum bowl that won’t stay upwards and the trigger shaft nut leaks bad if you try and tighten it will snap buy a Home Depot Husky better quality
I have never had an issue with this paint gun....and have used it many times! I would recommend it to anyone
Great Tips , using the inexpensive, Budget Harbor Freight spray Gun. My favorite store.
I bought this gun.Thank you for this set up video. I intend to paint furniture
Every body will get offended when I say "your"
mat garcia I you can say your but I think you have to spell it you’re. LOL thanks for watching
This was just what I need. Thank you. I bought this same gun, same color. It works so well I just want to paint and paint. totally agree.
Thanks for watching
Just wanted to say thanks for the great tutorial. I’m an absolute beginner getting ready to paint the frame on my Flatbed trailer.
Thanks for the comment and watching
Very good video. light preview without being long winded, great info on set up and what to look for, and used a low budget product to show you don't need to buy high dollar for results. Preciate it
Thanks for watching.
Thank you! Your explanation was informative and detailed! This definitely helped me make the decision to purchase this paint sprayer!
Good luck on your projects and thanks for watching.
Thanks for taking the time to help out beginners like me.
Thanks for watching.
This is the first video that really explains in a plain and simple way how to set up the GUN, great job, thanks for your video really informative and to the point. Great, BTW i purchase the same gun for 19 US$ using the coupons.
Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much for this great vid!!!!
please continue to do more..im interested in doing some painting..your vids are very informative.
Thanks for watching
Your video on this sprayer was extremely helpful! Thanks very much.
Thanks for watching
Holy bananas this was so helpful. THANK YOU! I'm totally new to using a paint gun and I feel like I understand the whole process so much better!!
Glad it helped
That was well taought and the information was well received. I appreciate you putting that out there you have a good one buddy
Dude we need to do a TV spray painting show. Nice. Direct and to the point.
Thanks as a 1st time user you helped me out alot , now I can spray my canvases black in no time with perfect application for airbrushing 😆👍🏾
Dude thank you so much for this! I just bought the gun today and was trying to figure this out!
Thanks for watching and good luck
just got one, thanks for the advice, as i'm a beginner, this is my third vehicle, its a toyota tacoma w/ flame Job that i have to do, and feel confident about it, thanks again.... Cisco in Ensenada Baja California Mexico, home of the Baja 1000 and the Baja 500 offroad race
I just bought that exact same kind of airbrushing paint spray gun along with an AVANTI airbrush compressor combo kit, an extra back-up airbrushing spray paint hose, & a two year return plan on all of the stuff at harbor freight in Lafayette Indiana not too far back. These are also my very first ones that I own because I've never done spray painting before even though I've always loved art & have been interested & fasinated in this type of stuff. I have an uncle who used to do automotive body painting on cars & other vehicles & what he told me about this kind of equipment goes in harmony with what you are showing. I appreciate how straight forward & honest this is. Keep it up 🙂👍👍🔫🎨. I just subscribed to your channel & I look forward to seeing more videos & thank you 😊. Go get em 👍👍🔫🎨.
Thanks for watching and good luck with your projects
@@gixerman01 thank you 😊♥️👍👍🔫🎨
thank you have a harbor freight gun going to use it for the first time learned how to use good video