- Hey, Donnie Smith here,
and I wanted to show you something new, or it's new to me.
I don't know how long it's been out.
I mean, the Accuspray Spray Gun's been out for a long time,
but 3M just sent me some of these new fluid tips to try out.
This is, they got a 1.3 and a 1.2 now.
The one we were using was a 1.8,
which we would use for primer surfacer,
but this 1.3 would be good for base coat,
clear coat, and things like that.
But the cool thing about these guns
is you just take these fluid tips off
and you can change the different sizes.
You don't have to change the needle or anything.
So I'm taking the 1.8 off and putting the 1.3,
and they're color-coded so you don't get confused
which size is which or which nozzle's which so.
And another good thing, the gun ever becomes dirty,
you're having problems with it,
you just take that off, put a new one on, new fluid tip,
and it's like having a brand new gun.
So they're pretty cool.
We really liked it for our primer surfacer.
Now, I've got some base coat that I have already mixed up,
and I'm trying to show that it goes
with this PPS system that
3M has.
It goes with that cup system.
But I've got a test panel here,
and this is just an old test panel
we've done lots and lots of different coatings on,
and I'll scuff it up and put some more on.
Nothing special, just wanting to see how
it sprays more than anything.
You know, how it atomizes, how it comes out of the gun,
and see, y'know, how well I like it.
And I'm sure this would be great
for doing jams or, y'know, small jobs.
You know, I don't know if I'd wanna do a complete with it
and that's why I'm wanting to test it out
just to see how well it does spray.
Like I said, for primer, y'know, it's been great.
So anyway, I've got the spray gun
and I'm adjusting it, adjusting the air,
getting it all set up.
And I'm not gonna test on paper, y'know,
the pattern or anything.
I'll just use this test panel for that
'cause that's what it's for.
Y'know, I wanna see how it sprays on the panel,
I wanna see how it atomizes, I wanna see the pattern, width,
that's kinda the things I'm testing on here.
Not really that concerned if it comes out perfect or not,
I'm wanting to see how it sprays more than anything.
So you can see there I'm doing some tweaking
to the adjustments with the fan pattern
and the air adjustment.
Get that right, and now, I can start spraying and
whenever I spray it, y'know,
I thought it done real good.
It atomized well, it covered well, has a nice, wide pattern,
so overall, I'm pretty impressed with the 1.3.
I have not tried it on, like,
a door that I may be repairing or anything.
Y'know, I haven't tried it on an actual car yet.
Like I said, this is my first time to give it a try.
But anyway, I found it to work pretty good,
and if I do paint a car, or y'know, a couple panels with it,
y'know, I'll let you know how I like it.
But overall, y'know, I think it's a good gun.
It's a little different than other guns, I mean,
it's made outta composites and not steel,
so that's a little bit different.
But like I said, for primer, it's worked well,
and it appears like it does well with a base coat, too.
And they've got a 1.2, 1.3, 1.4,
the 1.8, which is what we used,
and they've even got a 2.0, y'know,
for like doing undercoatings.
So, like I said, the great thing is
if the gun's not spraying well, it gets dirty,
you can just take that fluid tip off,
put a new one on, and it's like having a new gun.
And they're not very much.
The tips for this gun, y'know, I can't remember the price.
I'll try to put a link in the description,
but, y'know, I think about
five to seven dollars a piece maybe,
so, y'know, if your gun becomes clogged up,
y'know, or dirty, change that out
and you got you a new gun again.
But leave me a comment below!
If you use this as a primer gun,
I know a lot of shops have used this gun and like it.
But also if you've used the 1.2 or 1.3,
let me know how you like that.
I'd be interested to hear from you too.
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