tomsteve wrote:what was the booth setup years ago when you used a conventional gun?
maybe there is a difference there?
just going from a devilbiis startingline gun to a tekna my over spray increased. I was told it was owed to the better atomization of the tekna.
I get the booth problem and that is a separate issue. Whether or not the booth moves the particles out has nothing to do with how much overspray a particular gun is kicking out. (I guess maybe if you are holding your gun too far away from the panel? Obviously, the better movement and filtration of air in a booth the less noticeable any gun's overspray will be. A looooooong time ago, that conventional gun was sprayed in a garage a little bigger than my pvc paint booth and had no filtration or air movement, only a slightly open garage door. Just don't remember there being so much dust as what I have ended up with on the Devilbiss FLG670 HVLP as opposed to the conventional gun sprayed years ago at such high pressure.
I am finding others who are telling me that the FLG670 does have quite a bit of overspray as opposed to other gun models. Hey, you get what you pay for. I would imagine a good Iwata or Sata gun has very little overspray but good atomization. Maybe someone else can comment on guns that have the best transfer efficiency?