How to Fill a Car Paint Gun

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Part of the video series: How to Custom Paint a Car

Summary: Fill a car paint gun for a custom paint job to ensure an even spray; learn how from our expert custom-car mechanic in this free auto-restoration video.

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By Doug Jenkins
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Doug Jenkins runs Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods in St. Louis, where he restores classic cars and creates mild to wild custom street rods. He races a 1972 Corvette in the SCCA...read more

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"Hi I'm Doug. I work with twenty great guys in St. Louis at Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods, and we're going to do some work for you today on Expert Village. Okay at the paint distributor where you get your paint from, they'll sell you these graduated cups so that you can get the mixing ratio just right. When I learned to paint when I was in high school, the guy I learned to paint from just did it by intuition, he just poured some of this, some of that. There's none of that going on in our shop. He uses the graduated cup, and than the same paint distributor will sell you these paper filters. It does not take a whole lot to clog a paint gun. Always filter this stuff carefully. And Tony has a liner in that cup for his paint gun. So now he puts the lid on it and he'll be ready to paint."

eHow Article: How to Fill a Car Paint Gun