I was kinda thinking "for regular type varnish (thinned) how much worse could a cheap gun be than a brush or roller". Judging by the discussions of people's troubles...

Applying resin and fiberglass is the most frightening part of building to me. Varnish (or paint) is the part I dread because it always seems to go wrong just before the last coat is done.

Remember, things are always darkest just before it goes pitch black.

> Hi Mark,

> With all due respect, you are barking up the wrong tree looking
> for a cheap gun to spray LP. Having had personal experiance with LOTS
> of different guns over 20+ years of spraying LP, I wouldn't use anything
> but the most expensive gun DeVilbiss offers. It's money well spent.
>

> LP requires a large volume of paint applied quickly, and it must
> be well atomized. LP is not thinned to achieve spraying consistency,
> so it is relatively viscous when sprayed. Cheap guns usually don't
> have large enough orifices to put down sufficient material. If they
> can't put down sufficient material, orange peel will develop. If they
> do have a large paint orifice, the air passages in cheap guns are
> so poorly designed or manufactured that the LP won't atomize properly.
> Can you spell "blobs and runs"? And, you haven't lived until
> you have almost finished your final coat on your beautiful boat, only
> to have the el-cheapo gun leak and drip all over your boat. Been there,
> done that. You could have had an el-cheapo gun for free, if you were
> at my place when THAT happened! As it was, the trash man got it.

> Regards,

> Pete