Electrostatic Painting

WESnIL

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I am considering going to electrostatic painting for mainly implements with little sheet metal parts involved. It should be an upgrade from brush and maybe less technical for my limited knowledge of HVLP painting. My next two implements will be plows if that helps. My dis-satisfaction with HVLP gun leads me to ask for help on the electrostatic painting. Can you guys give me a crash course on the electrostatic painting? It sure would be nice to visit someone in the Midwest and observe up close and personal before I decided if someone close by is doing this. Any comments are greatly appreciated.
 
I know nothing about electrostatic, but HVLP is simplest as it gets. Leave the paint flow wide open and use the air pressure in the instructions -- you never need to change anything.
 
Electrostatic requires a specialized gun with an air powered turbine generator in it to produce current. (expensive) And then you must ground EVERY part or hang them on a steel rack that is grounded. THEN...the paint must be electrostatic compatible. The gains , for your application, will never be realized. Where I retired from , we painted huge whole tree chippers/grinders and brush chippers and went through 100 gal per week. Even with our volume it was a pain in the ars compared to the gains. The paint racks/hooks all had to be sandblasted every 3 months or no ground. It's great for small items hung up and coming by on a conveyer with stationary painters. You can spray a bolt all from one side. Tractors/machinery are not a good fit for it. You can't sprar into a cavity with it because the charge goes across the rim of the cavity and prevents paint from entering...you have to have the gun with the power button under your thumb so you can turn it off when encountering those areas
 

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