Domush
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For paint, try this guy: 1 Gallon Silver Metallic Acrylic Enamel AutomotivePaint items in Auto Paint store on eBay!
I bought a few gallons from him, as well as reducer, hardener, etc and his prices are great, and the paint is easy to deal with. I painted my boat hull and the roof of my tractor with this paint. Also, clear coat is your friend. It can turn easy to scratch paint (which is nearly all paint) into hard as nails paint in a single wet coat. I sprayed this guys' clear coat on my tractor after using Valspar red to paint it. I recently rotary cut a mess of small trees and not a scratch, even using my tractor as a battering ram. Granted, I really need to add a bumper at some point
I tend to repaint almost everything I buy for outdoor use, nowadays. Paint from the above guy is so cheap, it only costs a few dollars in paint and I enjoy painting anyhow, so it is win-win. My stuff looks nicer, lasts longer and everything color matches, which I'm chuckling just admitting, but I really like my equipment to look like it belongs at the same house.
Don't forget plenty of sand paper. Both cotton backed and wet/dry. They both have their uses and not having any makes for a huge time/gas waster just to run to town for a sheet of paper.
And be **** about cleaning your spray gun. One lazy move and you are buying a new one. Paint doesn't forgive when it comes to cleaning your equipment. I can't stress that enough. You will waste acetone cleaning your stuff, but it is much cheaper than the cost of a new gun or a crappy paint job as a result of being lazy.
EDIT: Oh, and also, if you bought the non-HVLP gun.. take it back. The HVLP version is only about $7-10 more and it puts out far higher quality paint jobs and uses less paint. Overspray is your enemy in painting and an HVLP gun helps combat it. It is also quieter, which you wouldn't think is an issue, but listening to the loud hiss of a high pressure gun gets irritating quickly. I'd recommend against ear plugs, as it is handy to hear what your gun is 'telling' you by the sound differences it makes. Some cheap safety glasses (the disposable kind) are recommended, as overspray tends to float around a while. I wear prescription glasses, so I just wear a pair I don't mind scraping paint off. Adding wax to the lenses prior to painting helps a bunch for cleaning them later.
I bought a few gallons from him, as well as reducer, hardener, etc and his prices are great, and the paint is easy to deal with. I painted my boat hull and the roof of my tractor with this paint. Also, clear coat is your friend. It can turn easy to scratch paint (which is nearly all paint) into hard as nails paint in a single wet coat. I sprayed this guys' clear coat on my tractor after using Valspar red to paint it. I recently rotary cut a mess of small trees and not a scratch, even using my tractor as a battering ram. Granted, I really need to add a bumper at some point
I tend to repaint almost everything I buy for outdoor use, nowadays. Paint from the above guy is so cheap, it only costs a few dollars in paint and I enjoy painting anyhow, so it is win-win. My stuff looks nicer, lasts longer and everything color matches, which I'm chuckling just admitting, but I really like my equipment to look like it belongs at the same house.
Don't forget plenty of sand paper. Both cotton backed and wet/dry. They both have their uses and not having any makes for a huge time/gas waster just to run to town for a sheet of paper.
And be **** about cleaning your spray gun. One lazy move and you are buying a new one. Paint doesn't forgive when it comes to cleaning your equipment. I can't stress that enough. You will waste acetone cleaning your stuff, but it is much cheaper than the cost of a new gun or a crappy paint job as a result of being lazy.
EDIT: Oh, and also, if you bought the non-HVLP gun.. take it back. The HVLP version is only about $7-10 more and it puts out far higher quality paint jobs and uses less paint. Overspray is your enemy in painting and an HVLP gun helps combat it. It is also quieter, which you wouldn't think is an issue, but listening to the loud hiss of a high pressure gun gets irritating quickly. I'd recommend against ear plugs, as it is handy to hear what your gun is 'telling' you by the sound differences it makes. Some cheap safety glasses (the disposable kind) are recommended, as overspray tends to float around a while. I wear prescription glasses, so I just wear a pair I don't mind scraping paint off. Adding wax to the lenses prior to painting helps a bunch for cleaning them later.