Coating Applications

What Air Pressure Should You Use for Automotive Base Coat?

For a typical HVLP spray gun, automotive base coat is sprayed at 26–29 psi measured at the gun with the trigger pulled — which corresponds to roughly 10 psi of atomizing pressure at the air cap, the compliance ceiling for HVLP — while conventional (non-HVLP) guns run higher, typically in the 30–50 psi range, and […]