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Bowling balls and BBs.

HTE is high transfer. Comparable to RP IN SATA. Reduced pressure. Outstanding for clear.I use one for base also but I spray waterborne not solvent

HVLP is high volume low pressure. This would be good for basecoat but that 1.7 tip is more suited for primer. 1.4 is usually a good all around base gun.

Back to the BBs. A good spray gun atomises paint. It breaks your clear into tiny droplets. Basically squeezing it and dispersing it equally.

When you are spraying clear you want it broken down into the smallest drops possible. Like BBs compared to bowling balls.

What is smoother? A layer of BBs or a layer of bowling balls?
Trust me. This harbor freight gun lays BBs