Wills.WindowsAndWheels
02-12-2012, 08:43 PM
I recently bought a can of Meguiars Plastic and Vinyl Coating in the Aerosol can: Meguiars Plastic & Vinyl Coating (http://www.autogeek.net/meguiars-plastic-vinyl-coating.html)
After buying it, and using it...i really like it. Its so perfect for things like AC vents, plastic grilles, plastic door handles, gas chambers, windshield wiper area etc. Any tight place that was previously IMPOSSIBLE or insanely time consuming to dress is now done with the quickness of a quick spray.
Now here's the problem. these little suckers are pretty expensive and at only 10 oz a can can get used up pretty fast.
So between using this, and seeing the Tornador, it got me to wondering if anyone just used a small HVLP gun to apply dressing. I mean really i think its a great idea if you can get the right set up. I would think you would use LESS product, would be able to apply it quicker and easier and if you have a few containers you can just swap them out to whatever you need. Have one for tire dressing, one for vinyl dressing, one for leather dressing etc. Just spray a nice light coating on, maybe wipe with a MF to even out and bam, done. As opposed to now where you have to spray a pad, wipe, spray again, wipe, wipe some more to make sure its even blah blah blah.
Anyone ever try this? If so, what kinda HVLP did you go with? An air brush might even be sweet for very small areas. Harbor freight sells some pretty cheap HVLP guns and air brushes that dont require a ton of CFM...just thinkin out loud here people...give me some feedback!
After buying it, and using it...i really like it. Its so perfect for things like AC vents, plastic grilles, plastic door handles, gas chambers, windshield wiper area etc. Any tight place that was previously IMPOSSIBLE or insanely time consuming to dress is now done with the quickness of a quick spray.
Now here's the problem. these little suckers are pretty expensive and at only 10 oz a can can get used up pretty fast.
So between using this, and seeing the Tornador, it got me to wondering if anyone just used a small HVLP gun to apply dressing. I mean really i think its a great idea if you can get the right set up. I would think you would use LESS product, would be able to apply it quicker and easier and if you have a few containers you can just swap them out to whatever you need. Have one for tire dressing, one for vinyl dressing, one for leather dressing etc. Just spray a nice light coating on, maybe wipe with a MF to even out and bam, done. As opposed to now where you have to spray a pad, wipe, spray again, wipe, wipe some more to make sure its even blah blah blah.
Anyone ever try this? If so, what kinda HVLP did you go with? An air brush might even be sweet for very small areas. Harbor freight sells some pretty cheap HVLP guns and air brushes that dont require a ton of CFM...just thinkin out loud here people...give me some feedback!