On Aug 26, 10:06*am, "Dan Kuechle" wrote:
I thought that a high volume low pressure spray gun required air at about 60
cubic feet per minute and around 4 psi. *This, I was told, could not be
obtained with a standard air compressor (no easy way to convert 4 cfm @ 60
psi to 60 cfm @ 4 psi). *Now days I see lots of "hvlp" spray guns that say
they operate from a standard air compressor at 40 psi. *Is this all
marketing hype and these 40 psi spray guns arn't true hvlp guns?

The reason for asking is that I just saw a unit from Chicago Freight that
comes with an air source (60 cfm @ 4 psi) at a price that would justify
"just trying it out". *I know...Chicago Freight...but I've had remarkably
good luck with their products and theis prices can't be beat.

Dan

I saw a cheap self contained Wagner Hvlp at HD, it should be decent
quality. HV is high volume LP low pressure, the big hvlp units basicly
use a vacume cleaner motor, I dont think a small compressor set up
could be an actual hvlp.