Looking for a spray gun to paint doors

[spartan]

Hi I'm about to paint, one by one 14 internal doors....with dulux gloss enamel...I was thinking that I would get a much better job with a spray gun....anyone got any recommendations as to which ones I should look at...if I'll need a compressor etc.

Regards

[JamesD]

I'm no expert but I would have thought that spraying doors with gloss would be a no no. My thinking is that gloss paint is more viscous than regular paint and therefore wouldn't be coming out from a gun too well unless you watered it down etc.

From what I have been informed, I think, you would need at least a 40L compressor, but even then you would only get short bursts from it, once again, probably not a good thing in the first place, let alone with gloss.

I'm no expert though, ... will be interested to hear what some more senior peops think.

cheers

[speedy]

no problems to spray gloss enamel I done a lot of it. you will have to thin the paint slightly and for best results you will need a gun and compressor (mimimum 4 cubic feet, don't know metric)

[Bodgy]

I have used an airless spray gun for years. Some German make, relatively expensive, but works great. Certainly less $$ than a compressor.

Only complaint is that the 'tank' or reservoir only holds about 800 mls, which is a pain when you're doing the side of a house. You can get a kit to feed direct from the can tho.

If interested I'll hunt it out from the paint store on weekend and give the brand.

Bodge

[spartan]

Please, that sounds good, I'd like any independent advice I can get.....