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Re: What does it really take to paint a truck?
I will have to respectfully disagree on a couple things:
I would only buy a HF paint gun if you're painting a farm implement or if you want to hate yourself later. Paint guns are not that expensive and you can go through several cheap ones for more cost than one good one. My Devilbiss FLG4 (primer gun) works just fine for how much bodywork I do and it was right around $250 and my Devilbiss Tekna copper was about the same it's been a great base/clear gun.
You do need a good sized air compressor for any significant amount of spraying. HVLP stands for High Volume Low Pressure so they take a lot of air. If you're just painting motorcycle parts, fine. But painting cars takes a lot of air. A 20-gal is going to drop in pressure very quick when you start spraying and won't be able to keep up. The reason for a big tank is to have a large amount of compressed air stored up so you can maintain the pressure and CFM the gun requires. Also, a small compressor won't be able to run any useful air tools like a DA sander.
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