What paint equipment is decent but inexpensive?

it's not in the paint its all in the prep work and the painter doing it, i personally love my sata guns but also own a couple of devilbliss guns, you mainly have to look for tip sizes-use a bigger tip for primers, medium for base coats or single-stages, and fine tips for clear coats, i will look at my guns and let you know the sizes im running as i havent painted anything in over a year.

You should be able to do a decent job with one of those DeVilbiss guns. I use SataJet at the shop I paint at, but thats like top of the line crap. Juiced is right, it's all in the prep work. So make sure you get get some tack clothes and some good solvent to make sure the surface is nice and clean before you paint it. And for safety make sure you pick up a nice 3M respirator. Also, how big of an airtank are we talking here? I usually paint with 70psi. or so behind the gun (everyone is different though). The point being is you want an air compressor that can hold a decent amount and can compress pretty fast. You don't want to have sudden drops in pressure from the compressor trying to compress more air. If you ever need any help on how you should prep something or what products you should use on a certain surface, shoot me a message. I've shot with a few different lines of paint. I'm mainly certified for PPG though but can still lend some tips. My email is 'zennx@yahoo.com' if you ever need help.

- Ted

very true on the size of the compressor but as long as your not trying to do a compleat in 1 hour you can use the small compressor and shoot a couple pieces at a time which is what i do (do bumpers, then fenders, then small pieces, then hood doors, and last quarters and roof.)

eastwood.com has a lot of really good stuff, they seem pretty good on pricing.