How bad is the $13 Harbor Freight Paint Spray Gun?

45 thoughts on “How bad is the $13 Harbor Freight Paint Spray Gun?”

1. The purple gun is on coupon for $10 (limit 4) till the end of May. Coupon code 33049791 from the coupons page on their website.

2. Their touchup gun is actually pretty good

3. Please if you can do a video on the compressor, what type of compressor use with these guns. Thank you.

4. Great video for the beginner, so looks like you where able to shoot the primer through the 1.4 tip??? Wasn't sure thT would work????

5. What size compressor you use

6. Rip them paint guns apart to clean the grease then put back together running lacquer thinner through it before any painting

7. What size tip you use

8. They are trash

9. So these are less than $100 and yet I saw another hand painted car today with runs and brush marks all over… 😅

10. Where can one buy premixed OE paints online? I live int he middle of nowhere and have no paint supply stores nearby.

11. Curious to find out if anyone has sprayed a car with an electric paint sprayer and how did it turn out.? Thanks.

12. This guy looks like the pawn shop clerk at the man in black movie of course no offense just saying

13. The suction gun may surprise you depending on what tip it is.. One of the best paint jobs I ever got had that type.

14. $8 right now

15. These cheap guns are great if you don’t know shit about how paint should look I have a spray gun runs around $300 I had for a couple years the best gun ever

16. But am considered a novice auto painter too.

17. I wanna get the Black Widow HTE but will need a better grade air compressor with it. Eventually one day wanna get a 80 gallon 2 stage 7.5 horse power air compressor. But I know they cost like 1,000 dollars but still would be good for using the Black Widow HTE just have to get the CFM on air compressor over 12 too I know about air compressors more now for looking at YouTube videos recently.

18. Those harbor freight guns work good. The real secret is you need to tear them down, clean them, and reseal them out of the box. They usually have air leaks and have oil from the manufacturing process still on them. Sometimes they work good out the box and sometimes you get duds.

19. I have Chip foose Sata's and the best thing is the anodize colour and i look really cool holding them , my 30 yr old cheapies are just as good

20. how you clean up after use? I used the $13 found cannot clean up so I opened it, found the seal is once time rubber is I disassemble it for cleaning I need liquid seal or sth similar. comments?

21. For the people doing this on the streets – I highly recommend using a quality sealer that's the same color they used at the factory. It will lay flat as glass and become a great foundation for your paint job. Paint is transparent and if you're not using the same color sealer as the rest of the panels it will be hard to get a good match.
    If you're using a budget clear coat and intend to cut and rub it…. don't go lower than 2500 grit. Cheaper clears are a little softer and it's easier to break through.
    When spraying clear use 28psi at the gun… or higher. If you use less pressure you'll get more clear on the product and this is what causes orange peel.
    There's my two cents – Peace to all!

22. i used the 15 dollar harbour gun on my bumpers on my mustang it didnt come out real smooth but a big improvement from before and with the car being white it looks pretty good

23. What size air compressor do you have, great job

24. Thank you for the video. I was wondering, which hose did you end up buying?

25. I’m no professional painter but I’ve worked around a few and picked up a few tips and tricks along the way, and used a Binks gun. Yes there’s lots of difference but I’ve got two Harbor Freight guns and sprayed acrylic single stage, water base stain, latex paint, oil base paint, as long as you keep it clean after painting and practice setting pressures thinning it can spray an excellent job. A lot of it depends upon your abilities, I’m currently spraying kitchen cabinets two coats oil base primer with Pentrol thinner sanding between all coats finishing with two coats oil base gloss white with the two quart pot and remote spray gun for about $49 I’m very satisfied.

26. sprayed a whole car color and clear with one, came out clean as i could want

27. Also I know this video is old but using a 1.4 tip for primer is likely why you had rough primer spots. Primer should be shot with about a 1.8 – 2.1 tip and also your air pressure can cause that, if the air pressure is too high the paint atomizes and dries almost immediately as it leaves the gun causing hard droplets to fall on whatever substrate you’re working with which gives you that rough texture.

28. Bro the filter is upside down

29. I painted my bathroom with the cheap gun and it worked great! Bought it for $9.99 there is a coupon on there Website

30. I painted my homebuilt airplane with one of these guns and it did the job very well given the complete amateur pulling the trigger. Before I purchased the cheapo gun, I discussed it with the body guy that I take my vehicles to. The body guy said the cheapos work well for single job or maybe two or three. The cheap guns do not deal as well with repeated disassembly for cleaning as the better quality guns do. For a "one-off" job these guns are offer a great value for dollar spent. I have a brand new, in the box cheapo Harbor Freight gun waiting for my next spray job coming up in the next month or so.

    One safety comment though, some of the automotive finishes use iso-cyanide as a hardener which is really nasty stuff. Pay very close attention to the safety warnings on the finishing products you use as many are not suited for backyard use with a cartridge style respirator. Iso-cyanide paints require a fresh air breathing setup and pressurized full face mask to use safely, even a small exposure can do permanent damage to your health. The newer low VOC stuff is better but still be sure to follow the safety precautions listed on the product data sheets.

31. I'm actually looking at paint rn. It mentions hardener. Its stage 1. Does that need clear coat on top? Im having a 10 year ceramic coating put on. Figured. Me painting car myself is cheaper than 4500 to have it repainted at a shop. It's just basic black. No flake

32. Corvette c7 bumper 😉

33. One lesson that Sam never learns. Buy cheap. Buy twice. Yeah, you got those filters for $2, but then you had to buy a decent one, and go back and waste time and gas for what? a couple of bucks?

34. I think that i saw in your before video that you already bought the spray gun from autoparts

35. You dont use primer on a plastic bumper, you have to use sealer instead of primer. After spraying sealer, let it dry awhile then spray your base and clear

36. the thing with cheap spray guns are the seals will deteriorate over time much faster than a good brand spray gun like devilbiss, the fan also most likely is not even and from the footage its not very wide, but for small jobs like a bumper once or twice a year you wont need more than the 13 dollar gun if you can use it correctly

37. Lol filter sucks cause you got it on backwards

38. Those filters are meant to throw away lol. Every one cries about them. That's what they are for. Meant for one use lol. U want something for a long time put out the fifty bucks and buy one meant to last lol. Don't buy a throw away

39. My neighbor painted for 40+ years and he told me, it’s not the gun, it’s who is holding it. At the same time, I have seen carpenters using Bauer doing better job than people with dewalt. I have the same purple gun for $10 and when I first purchased it, I was terrible. Now (year later) I can paint the entire car with the same gun. Practice makes it perfect … good vid

40. Any advice to give on a fiberglass C6 Corvette hood that has low spots after sanding? What needs to be done to fix these before painting?

41. Is this a Nit Grit remix? What am I listening to?

42. Smoothie

43. Drain the water out of your compressor.

44. That paint job..must have really "BUGGED YOU"?

45. aqui no Brasil isso e uma fortuna

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