Compressor-less Painting?, Anyone know anything about Earlex 5000 or similar? Options

[pjf]

I'm still fooling around with rust on my 914 but eventually I'll be spraying stuff and was wondering if anyone has had any experience or knows anything about HVLP painting using one of the compressor-less guns like the Earlex 5000. Below is a link for it at the Eastwood site:

http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemID=...temType=PRODUCT

I have a compressor but its not big enough to handle spraying and I thought a turbine specifically built for HVLP and a matching HLVP gun might be a good way to go. Eastwood is advertising it for car painting but its been hard to find any review on the Internet to guage how good this is going to be. I'd like to spray mostly primer but if I things are going well I may attempt to do the color and clear coats as as well.

Eastwood's price is $399.99 but it can be had for $100 less to give you an idea of the price.

Any feedback would be appreciated.

[Katmanken]

I've got a compressor and got darned tired of the water spitting issues that can result.

Bought a Wagoner Pro series HVLP gun and a turbine box for a screaming deal and I love it....

The turbine blows warm dry air which seems to help with the paint vaporization..

Unlike a HVLP gun, some of the air tools require a really big assed 220 compressor to run.

The turbines run on 110 volt, and you can take it anywhere....

Get a gun that lets you swap out needles and orifices so that you can spray different materials. I bought the automotive paint needles and orifices and another type that lets me spray latex paint if I thin it out.....

Imagine spraying a wall or baseboard with no taping... Just place a thin cardboard sheet at the juncture of the baseboard and wall, aim at the cardboard and wall, and pull the trigger. Perfect! Move the cardboad, and spray again..... Imagine how fast you can go along that baseboard.......

Ken