What is the difference between hvlp and airbrush

June 17, at am June 17, at pm MoonRise Default. Which one did you mean? Yes, they both spray paints, but they do it slightly ha! I tihnk the HVLP compressor should work, it would be wortha try anyway. Good luck. June 18, at am October 2, at pm You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Keep me signed in. A turbine is similar to a vacuum cleaner motor. Turbines are rated by stages, or the number of fans they have.

There are typically one to four stages. The fans operate at about 20, rpm. Turbines are normally smaller than compressors and weigh considerably less. HVLP guns have larger passageways than compressor guns and airbrush guns. This is needed to accommodate the high volume of material passing through the fan under lower pressure.

The fine spray is quick drying and has very little over spray. LVLP was designed specifically for applying tanning solutions and exfoliators. Good Educated Answer Engfant!!! I could have talked to you and saved myself alot of blood, sweat and tears! Since LVLP is a whole new breakthrough product to the Spray On industry it was difficult for me to locate people who use it but from the ones I did find here in Texas they could not say enough about it One girl said she did not realize how ancient and slow her airbrush was until she got her Sprays of Rays II.

She also said she has not had the overspray concerns that some of the people she knows that use HVLP have had. HVLP spray guns excel at spraying varnish, enamel paintings, and metallic paintings, and they are often used to repair furniture, cars, and for do-it-yourself jobs. On the other hand, they are not compatible with high-viscosity fluids because of low atomization performance for example, latex paints must be diluted before they can be sprayed.

They are slower to paint with and are therefore unsuitable for professional applications. They can be used with small compressors and are affordable, so they are suitable for beginners. However, they are only compatible with low-viscosity paints and have narrower coating patterns. Disadvantages: They create rough finishes. Not suitable for painting small items. Ultra-high pressure creates injury risk.

Airless spray guns atomize fluids by applying hydraulic pressure instead of air. When using a garden hose, if you turn the water on all the way and partially cover the end of the hose with your finger, it increases the water pressure in the hose, causing the water to spray out. The airless spray gun atomization process uses the same principle.

An ultra-high pressure of 10 to 20 MPa 1,—3, psi is applied to the fluid using a plunger pump or diaphragm pump. The fluid is then fed through a small hole at the tip of the nozzle, causing it to atomize. The most prominent features of airless spray guns are that they can create thick coatings and have high painting speed. They are ideal for quickly painting target objects with wide surfaces such as exterior walls, fences, bridges, and ships.

Overspray is relatively small and they are compatible with high-viscosity paints. These spray guns excel at outdoor painting applications for buildings.

However, with airless spray guns, drop sizes are large and finishes are rough. They also leave thick tails on both sides of the spray patterns, making them unsuitable for high-end projects. In addition, since their discharge amounts are large, they are unsuitable for painting small objects or coating small amounts of fluid.

There is also a type of airless spray gun called an air-assisted airless spray gun that features improved transfer efficiency. This is achieved by using a lower hydraulic pressure of about 3. I started out with an airbrush and only changed to HVLP a few years ago.

My treatment times reduced drastically meaning more time to do more treatments. You can use airbrush solutions in an HVLP gun you just have to twaek the settings but not the other way around. I have kept my airbrush kit though as it is ideal for spray on Tattos, body art , nails and airbrush make up. It all slots together nicely so that is something to keep in mind, if you have the funds to get an HVLP later then you can offer all those treatments and still do spray tans in the meantime while saving up for the next machine.

Hope this makes sense. Sorry just read your post again and see you already have an HVLP, so you could order a sample and try it in your gun after changing the settings, you need to reduce the volume as the solution is "more diluted" so more will spray out iykwim, but unless you will be saving a lot of money I don't see the point in using their solution, there will be too much messing about. Last edited: Jun 29, Hi, Agree with most of everything said so far. HVLP is the way to go.