Old spray guns

[Matt_50]

Visited my father in law today and we were digging through old tools and I came across a box of old spray guns. He said he sprayed who know how many cars in the 70s and 80s and then a few here and there until late 90s.

They caught my eye and I dug them out to Google them. Got a couple craftsmans, a speedy, and a binks model 7. From my searching it looked like the binks was pretty popular but it is missing the... is it called a cap or cup?

They all have freely moving parts and I'm tempted to clean the binks up. What kind of air compressor specs is needed? What's tips and or caps are needed? Do any of you still use these guns?

[Matt_50]

The last pic says 36. I'm guessing I need a 36 cap? So if I see one that says 36SD... does that work?

[72HuggerK20]

You can get a good finish from those old guns, but be prepared for upwards of 60% of your material to go into the air rather than onto the car. Spray gun technology has come a long ways in 20 years. Those old siphon guns are pretty much obsolete. The industry standard is gravity fed HVLP or Compliant these days.

[72c20customcamper]

I sprayed 100s of cars from spot to overalls in the 70s and 80s with a binks #7. Was a real good gun in its day But it's a paint hog . Didnt matter when a gallon of acrylic enamel was 50$ but now a pint of base can be upwards of 80 $ you don't want most of it flying around the room . I would just put it on a shelf for conversational purposes.i had a sata now I use a tekna pro lite

[B. W.]

I used a Binks #7 for years. Had a 2 gallon paint pot, shot semi trailers. Was a great gun but doesn't compare to the new HVLP guns. If I still had it I'd use it for wall art.

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by 72HuggerK20

You can get a good finish from those old guns, but be prepared for upwards of 60% of your material to go into the air rather than onto the car. Spray gun technology has come a long ways in 20 years. Those old siphon guns are pretty much obsolete. The industry standard is gravity fed HVLP or Compliant these days.

I wanted to be sure you didn't miss what Hugger said, THESE are the facts.

Get a new HVLP gun, you will be way ahead!

I sprayed hundreds of gallons of primer, paint and clear with those old guns, thank GOD they are history! OMG when I think of the SHOP FULL OF OVERSPRAY from those guns, wow, that a difference!

Here is what I did with my first gun my parents gave me for my high school graduation present in 1977, they knew where I was going and it wasn't college. LOLOLOLOL

I recently made this lamp out of it, damn I love seeing it every day on my mantle, it means a lot to me. I painted my truck with it on Aug 1st 1977.

But honestly, there are cheapie HVLP guns available that work damn good, go get yourself one.

Just to toss one out there, this Optima 800 is THE GUN for priming, it has an "atomization" control on it so you can spray it with darn near zero overspray. I just shot my fenders yesterday with it, they go for less than a hundred bucks on ebay.



Brian