Hey guys, my girlfriend just bought me a 300.00 gravity feed paint gun set. I'm looking to re-do some of my interior pieces but also i might end up doing some work on my exterior as well.
what I'm wanting to know is what is the best type of paint to buy and where to buy it for one of these guns?

its not about the gun...its about what you want to paint...the only issue is making hte paint thin enough

oh I see....well is there anyway some one can give me a 101 or something like that... I would GREATLY enjoy it..

you see up to this point I have only been able to use rattle cans, and truly everything has came out fine, but know that I have this I figure
why not use it?

there are a million different types of paint. I've been painting for 7 years and prolly haven't used half of them. If you go to and DECENT paint store, they should be able to help you out with EVERYTHING you will need.

BASICS....

interior and exterior paint are not the same.

interior paints flex and have some elastisity (sp) to them, and most will require a seperate clear coat.

exterior paints are pretty tough, and nowadays, have and intercoat clear built in.

you can thin paint with anything from IPA (isopropyl alcohol) to MEK, to toulene and xylene. make sure you pick up the right thinner.

prep your parts very well, as the prep job will determine the quality of the paint job.

always us a 50% overlap. overlap last paint stroke by atleast half of the next.

just a few pointers.....hope it helped

It did very much thank you ...

now if I was wanting to paint my interior the Same color as my exterior would I just go to the paint shop and tell them this is what I want

no offense but you obviously never painted before but you have to start some where. i wouldnt suggest starting on your interior. go to a junkyard and get some interior parts and work on sanding, preping, painting and sanding the parts. painting is a skill thats like body work. it cant be taught online. the best thing to do is hands on and keep practicing.

Moar Candy! LAWL wrote:no offense but you obviously never painted before but you have to start some where. i wouldnt suggest starting on your interior. go to a junkyard and get some interior parts and work on sanding, preping, painting and sanding the parts. painting is a skill thats like body work. it cant be taught online. the best thing to do is hands on and keep practicing.

dats the truf...

the rejects that turn out bad, just sell on e-bay....that seems to be common practice.

it does matter what kind of paint you use if you use less quality paint you will know it when you are spray it reducing and when you are trying to wetsand and buff it
the biggest thing to worry about is how you prep it make sure everything is degreased and you use a tack cloth for everything to get all of the particles of crap out of it
another thing worry about is make sure you use the correct pressure into the gun that the paint requires for spraying
and before painting anything makes sure that all of things your painting have been sanded to an acceptable grit 320 is usually the best grit for painting and if it is a factory painted object you can use 3M scuff pads over the whole thing and that does a pretty good job
as for buying paint you will know quality when you go to buy it by pricing difference there is a pretty draqstic difference between buying say dupont and buying duponts lower brand omni and i say from personal experience if you can afford to buy good quality paint dupont,house of kolor,sikkens,ppg then do it because it makes all the difference in finish and how easy it is to do