Hvlp pressure pot setup. The proper way to set up and clean a pressure pot paint system watch this brief video to learn more about the process. An overview of pressure pots pressure pots use compressed air to feed a pressure pot which will force feed coating to a spray gun. This tutorial shows how to setup and use a pressure pot paint system and set it up with an hvlp spray gun to spray any paints you need. It sprays latex fine.
If you have decided on a pressure fed spray gun. Even if it is an hvlp gun the inlet pressure recommended is to maintain the 10 psi limit at the cap. Mine has two rubber hoses going to the spray handle. You have to adjust the material flow knob to get enough paint at the tip without the actual air line hooked up.
Raise or lower fluid pressure to achieve desired fluid flow. One is the pressure fed material other is air. Hvlp air pressure setting for base coat clear coat high volume low pressure when spraying base coat clear coat systems you want to spray at 26 29 psi. They are able to provide higher production and spray heavier coatings.
You may loose a little of the benefits of hvlp though. When i talk about air pressure i dont mean air cap pressure. Im referring to air pressure at the neck of your spray gun dial and when the trigger is pulled. Spray a horizontal test pattern and balance the spray pattern.
Set the air regulator to deliver 30 45psi of air pressure for conventionalhigh efficiency spray guns or to deliver max psi for hvlp spray guns. You can use a pressure pot with an hvlp conventional or lvmp spray guna each type of spray gun has its benefits and drawbacks as well which you can learn more about here. For a better idea of the differences between gravity fed suction fed and pressure fed spray guns check out this overview.