What kind of spray gun?

I used HVLP on Ol' Red and I was the first time I had ever used one. It was OK but I think I could have gotten better results with a siphon gun which I had always used on projects in the past. The HVLP gun takes a little time to get used to and I did get better with it as I went along. I started on the bottom of the tub first and used that for practice.

If you had a good DeVilbiss gun that gave good results and you want your body to look nice when you finish, fix the DeVilbiss gun. If you don't maintain it, then someday you will wish you had...especially after you used another gun and didn't get good results. Nobody likes a redo...there is so much re-sanding and prep.

I used the harbor freight HVLP guns and had real good luck with a little bit of practice. Never painted a vehicle before but very pleased with the results. I don't think I'll ever paint with the siphon gun again. The HFT HVLP guns are pretty inexpensive and since I don't paint much, they are perfectly acceptable.

I bought two of the purple HVLP guns at Horror Freight.  I drilled out the jet/nozzle of the one to 1.9mm to spray primer.  Clean them well first and don't expect them to last a lifetime.  They got good reviews from many and I painted my CJ2a and just last week finished my dads Nissan Frontier.  I am more than happy with the results.  

I used HF hvlp to spray the gillespie coating gloss OD on my 3B they are a cheap disposable gun for 10 bucks, I am happy with the results and will use another one next time. But then I'm not squirting high dollar paint through them either.

I used one of my old siphon guns today, they work great but I forgot how much more over spray they put out. Got some dust but looks good otherwise, plenty good for the underside of fenders.

The plastic was clean when I put it down just to help a little with dust, now it will be thrown out . All I painted was the inside, I think I will re prime the outside with black and use it on everything else. I'm trying to get all the small parts out of the way then do the tub.

It just seems to me like it took more to cover the primer than I thought it should. I thought it might cover easier over dark primer, it's probably just from not using that type of spray gun for a long time. I guess no one uses black primer much anymore, that place where I get the paint would have to special order it. I borrowed a good HVLP gun and I'll see how it works, some colors seem to cover better than others. The paint holds a beautiful shine though, shouldn't have to touch it with a buffer unless I get too much dust.