# Please recomend a paint sprayer **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-recomend-a-paint-sprayer/176811 "2021-05-14T21:14:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cl3\_174154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@cl3\_174154](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cl3_174154)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-recomend-a-paint-sprayer/176811/1 "2021-05-14T21:14:35Z")
Greetings and salutations. I would like your input on buying a paint sprayer. I have a small battery powered air brush and a large compressor powered Kobalt 220964 spray gun from lowes/or home depot from 10 years ago… I am looking for something in between. Looking for a “large size touch up” type of work; like applying UV coat to headlight or similar size application (up to like 1 car door size). Would like to buy a decent quality unit, but don’t know what to get. Battery powered would be super awesome, but compressor powered will do as well. Trying to avoid buying a piece of crap, since being an in-between unit it will probably end-up being my go-to unit. Would like a 3oz-4oz or there about paint cup/bottle size; have a large cup on Kobalt and tiny cup on airbrush already… I am thinking gravity feed, because i can put as small of an amount in that as i need, rather than filling up a bottle to some required height for siphon to work. Thanks ahead ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-recomend-a-paint-sprayer/176811/2 "2021-05-14T21:39:08Z")
Sorry I can not be of any help, I appreciate your post for the succinctness and details. ---
**Author:** ![pleasedodgevan2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ad7895/32.png) [@pleasedodgevan2](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pleasedodgevan2)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-recomend-a-paint-sprayer/176811/3 "2021-05-14T22:19:47Z")
The quality of the paint can make a big difference. Don’t get the cheapest. I know nothing about spray gun quality but I saw what good painters can do with a Binks gun about 1979. Man! 42 years and it seems like yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-recomend-a-paint-sprayer/176811/4 "2021-05-14T22:34:23Z")
What you describe is called a touch-up spray gun. Forget electrics, younown a compressor, go for air. DeVilbiss is a top brand but I have a cheap gun I bought years ago that works just great. Look for Campbell-Hausfeld for a reasonable cost quality alternative. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 12:33am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-recomend-a-paint-sprayer/176811/5 "2021-05-15T00:33:11Z")
For headlights I’d use an Iwata spray gun. Awesome gun, runs on a very small compressor. My wife uses it for airbrushing stuff and she raves about it. That said, I wouldn’t bother UV spraying headlights. Just give 'em a coat of good car wax every few months and they’ll do just fine. ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 3:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-recomend-a-paint-sprayer/176811/6 "2021-05-15T03:22:40Z")
I’ve got 2 Binks guns that are 40 years old and still work like new. One large gun and a touch up gun. The HVLP guns work great and in today’s world that’s what I would go for now. Since this is a seldom used type of thing I might take a chance on a cheaper gun instead of big bucks on Binks. They show a touch up HVLP gun at over 500 bucks which makes it cringeworthy for a low use DIY tool. Horrible Freight shows some on the cheap. Test shoot a sample subject and it goes on clean then have at it. If it shoots lousy return it and step up to a higher level gun. I do know someone who shot a few things with a HF gun and it came out well. Agreed; skip the electrics and spraying the headlamps. ---
**Author:** ![cl3\_174154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/22d042/32.png) [@cl3\_174154](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cl3_174154)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2021, 9:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-recomend-a-paint-sprayer/176811/7 "2021-05-15T21:31:08Z")
I m thinking DeVilBiss STARTINGLINE HVLP Spray Gun for Painting Control 1.3mm Gravity Feed Paint Gun with 600milliliter Plastic Cup from Amazon for $89.99 what do you think? Side note, i also do large format photo printing, which i sometimes cover with spray on varnish, so the gun may end-up getting used for that too… need a good quality mist, no large drops…