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undercoat gun, get a cheap or expensive one? #343848 06/11/09 06:36 AM 06/11/09 06:36 AM
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mopar mike OP enthusiast M Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 346 indiana	i am trying to recreate the undercoating on my 70 cuda inner quarters. any opinions on getting the cheap shutz gun from eastwood or get the more expensive gun? i haven't used one and wondering which would be the one to get? thanks for any help. thanks moparts

Re: undercoat gun, get a cheap or expensive one? [Re: mopar mike] #343849 06/11/09 09:51 AM 06/11/09 09:51 AM
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69hemibeep pro stock Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,385 Az	I got a cheap one, the trick is in the air pressure. I was at 40psi with the undercoat I used and it came out just as ugly as the factory stuff 1969 Hemi Roadrunner 2nd owner

Re: undercoat gun, get a cheap or expensive one? [Re: 69hemibeep] #343850 06/11/09 10:37 AM 06/11/09 10:37 AM
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mopar mike OP enthusiast M Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 346 indiana	di you get a eastwood one, or anouther brand?

Re: undercoat gun, get a cheap or expensive one? [Re: mopar mike] #343851 06/11/09 01:48 PM 06/11/09 01:48 PM
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Wizard mopar W Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 658 Dillsburg, PA	I got mine from harbor freight tools and worked great. $10.00 I think. wizard Guns, God, and Country. U.S. Veteran

Re: undercoat gun, get a cheap or expensive one? [Re: mopar mike] #343852 06/11/09 02:13 PM 06/11/09 02:13 PM
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anlauto I Live Here Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,854 Georgetown Ontario Canada	I have both...The expensive one $200 I bought from Wurth. It looks the same as the Eastwood one. I prefer it over the cheap one only because it's fully adjustable.... I still haven't master the factory EXACT look....it just take pactice *CHECK OUT MY NEW WEB SITE !*

Re: undercoat gun, get a cheap or expensive one? [Re: anlauto] #343853 06/11/09 03:58 PM 06/11/09 03:58 PM
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340SIX Doc Flappergas's Evil Twin Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 28,602 Shopping @ HoBo Fright	Someone was saying use cardboard to get the wide facory look on the quaters. [img]https://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee87/fast340six/sig%20pics/2840886-340SIX-1.jpg[/img] VP of the MPM in New Orleans 73 Dart Sport 340/ 70 challenger vert. That may still get built, If I live long enough

Re: undercoat gun, get a cheap or expensive one? [Re: mopar mike] #343854 06/11/09 04:26 PM 06/11/09 04:26 PM
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69hemibeep pro stock Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,385 Az	Quote: di you get a eastwood one, or anouther brand? I got it at a paint store for 14 bucks, but it looks like something from harbor freight 1969 Hemi Roadrunner 2nd owner

Re: undercoat gun, get a cheap or expensive one? [Re: 69hemibeep] #343855 06/12/09 07:21 AM 06/12/09 07:21 AM
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mopar mike OP enthusiast M Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 346 indiana	thanks for the advise. looks like the expensive, fully adjustable is the way to go, or take alot of practice and waste alot of material with trial and error on the cheap one? still up for debate? anybody have finished pics and starting pics to compare? thanks

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