3M Performance Paint Gun Review 

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I’m a huge fan of your videos Brian. I’m very young and have successfully opened my own small auto body and paint shop I do small thinks like bumpers and hoods and an occasional whole vehicle. When I was 17 the owner of the hot rod shop I was an intern at told me I would never be a good painter and because of you and your content that you make you have encouraged me to not give up and to keep getting better. I am 19 now and delivering great looking paint jobs because of you and all that you teach me so thank you for everything it’s because of your teaching that I’m as good as I am today

I'm just a weekend warrior guy taught only through youtube (thank you for that Brian lol) with one full car paint job under my belt, but I only used one paint gun for my project. I used the Eastwood Concours paint gun and I used it to spray sealer, high build primer, metallic/pearl base and clear coat. All with a 1.3 tip. The 1.3 tip was within the all of the ranges in the technical data sheets, and I made sure to thoroughly clean the gun between each type of media. Its probably not at all ideal in a professional scenario, but with only 2-3 projects at home that need painted, it made sense to see if one gun could do it all before spending more money on additional tools that I may never use again.

Yes sir there’s always something new to learn. With me it’s been about 45 years trial and error and I’m still learning

Hey Brian, cool video. I really, REALLY liked the explanation and fixation on how and where to begin/stop apllying the paint. That is some of the biggest questions for beginners answered perfectly. I also like to apply the clear similar, to avoid runners and uneven orangepeel. A lot of beginners do forgett to take care of edges, like wheelhouses or the underside of a trunk, which I focus on just before the second coat, so it can be smooth and won't have as much overspray. Little trick on the side, I've seen you had to seal the white in 2 coats, I like to get around that by adding just a few drops of yellow sealer. It shouldn't change the color and does wonders for covering darker primer and other spots. Also Sikkens/Akzonobel have a spraypaint primer you could use for smaller areas.

I used to search for peoples advice on paint work but now all i do is watch your videos and write notes down. My paint quality has become much better and i take your approach to not fear it and if i mess up just do it again.

Love the videos man, definitely learned a lot from you. Helps give confidence to the diy guys.

As always a very nice job! Thanks for taking the time to make videos!

You got no idea how helpful your videos are for me and for a-lot people thank you telo agradesco eres Muy professional y explicito great job gracias 🇩🇴🇩🇴👍🏽👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Great show of Gun pattern and how the products should look after applications . DIY success tips!!!🔥🔥🔥

I like the collaboration and shared teaching moments. 👍

Nice review. Also a good trip the glasurit rep told me. When you put your sealer on (wet on wet) if you're just spot sealing, put some fade out thinner (blender) over the edges, that way you done get any overspray and is just ready for base.

You an Pedro slaying another one with the 3m system! Looking good. I'm sure longevity of the gun compared to a devilbiss or sata.keep it clean might last a few years? Guess the are not too expensive.

i enjoy your videos and easy to follow now im feeling confident to paint my car now keep the good videos coming

One good thing you answered the question I was to ask about cleaning out the gun its easy to clean the rod Cool video

Pedro got a bad ass spray booth

Thanks bro I was just thinking about picking this gun up for my project ive already gone thru 2 of the harbor freight specials lol 😆 hope this one is better

Great vid, nice tips and I like the performance of that gun.

I think this was one of your best videos!

Hi Brian, great videos! love them! Can you give and example of a water base cleaner you mention often? Thanks

Great stuff. Great idea. Expensive in the long run

Great tips. I did my first paint job in 1997 on my own GTA. I got a lot of pats on the back for it. Wish I had seen these content back then. I did get some grittiness in the finish. Also, adhesion could have been better.

Nice to see someone using sikkens, I've sprayed alot of autobase and autobase plus years ago.

That 3m gun delivering some great 👍 job Brian and the tip how you keeping the wet edge thanks so much for that info Brian keep it up and keep making more big videos scorpion 🦂 and paint society all the way lol 😂👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🦂🦂🦂🦂🦂🦂🦂🦂🙏🙏🙏🙏✊✊👏👏👌👌👌💪💪💪😉😉😉😉😉💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

Ive started to watch your vids and find them very informative , could you please tell us more about the times between the coats and steps that are being taken , once again , great vids..

Brian thanks for your videos and knowledge, I recently bought a $50 gun and did sealer then base then clear all thru the one cheap gun , only problem was it was 1.4mm and because I'm an amateur I didn't get base metallic to stand up/show good before base, drop coat harder than it looks!

Great video Guys, is there a particular video where you all talk about your personal gun set up? I do some paint on the side like 2 full cars a year and some repairs as my primary job allows me, I currently use some cheap guns from lowes, and want to move up to a medium level on my set up or a pro if I can afford it, thank you 🙏 and keep up the good work

super good gun love it , thanks for the review!

I'm learning lots from your vids, i work at a body shop, but mostly i do metal fab and build hot rods for the boss, i don't do bondo or paint, he owns two body shops and a mechanic shop, i have painted a new tailgate for my pickup, now i have another 96 f350 that i might try and do a whole job on it, no rust just dents, original paint, i ask the painter tons of questions lol

Good job love your videos been learning a lot

Definitely what I need for my scenario thank you!

I love it, the car came out super nice, another great video, thank you my brotha for your help.🙏

Muy bien Bro saludos desde Honduras🇭🇳 excelente trabajo 👍👌

I’ve shot with the PPS guns. Not a fan but the pps cup system is the cats meow. Thanks for doing this anyhow.

Bro as always another great job!! How did u like how that gun shot? Psi? How was product consumption? Love the uncut videos bro!!

It looks good from the picture but it's always hard to really tell how white looks or a pearl white when is directly in the sun you almost got to wait till the sun comes down where the sun is just out a little bit or two greatest day and then you can really tell how good the paint looks

It’s crazy to watch this because I actually assemble and pack these spray guns at my job lol… cool to see how they actually work.. let me know if you ever have any assembly questions

Hey man love the content. Do u have any vids on how to remove all the trim and emblem pieces? Getting ready to try my first paint job on a 97 tracker and don't want to brake pieces that will be hard to find. Tks!

Hey Brian love your videos still trying to work up the courage to finally start my little project on my car quick question.. can a electric sander do the job if so would you recommend one for me

Great video! For spot sealing, do you typically need to feather the edges post spray or do you do that while painting? I’m block sanding my car prepping it for paint and I thought any deviation in surface would be visible in the future coats. Cheers!

I love your videos. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Brian, great videos men !! Quick question… so the sealer that you used is a 2k sealer ? And you don’t need to sand it ? Does this apply with all the 2k sealers ? Thanks 👊🏻

Top Job Bro! Best regards from East German ✊🏻

Nice teamwork

Just about to buy my first compressor and essential gear. Thanks for sharing your techniques and imparting the confidence to try my first non-rattle can spray job. ❤️ from the U.K

Super review really enjoy

I enjoy these full car paint jobs

Thank you for the viedeo, great as always. Would you recommand this gun for DIY, you know with a home compressor ? does it require as much air flow as HPLV guns ?

Another awesome job Brian.. That’s the gun i mentioned in the last video. Seems like u got your hands on one pretty quick!

I've been a Sata guy sence the mid 90s and just recently bought this 3M gun. I love it! It's not a Sata but as far as a do it all gun, this is it. Great video. I spray differently but as you stated there are a lot if different techniques. If in a downdraft I always spray from bottom to top and in a x draft I always start at the exhaust side and do this so that my paint lays into the wet paint instead of spraying over overspray. Car looked good, nice job.

I’m new to the spraying world. Doing a project at home. I have the 3m professional. What filters should I buy when I get more lids? I will be spraying epoxy and high builds only. Truck will based and cleared at my local body shop with their own setup.

Good job my friend ❤️!!

Next time you blend a car... can you go over tips.... when to blend and when not to blend ie dark colors..vs light colours. Also can you mix up your diy basecoat blender.. clearcoat with catalyst with extra fast reduce trick.

I really enjoy your videos. I’m planning to use Akzo Nobel UBase and the TDS calls for a hardener in the base coat. I’d rather not use a hardener in the base coat so I can save the unused paint for later (I’ll be painting the car in sections). Is it ok to skip the hardener in the base coat?

Love all your videos.👍👍

Your videos have taught me so much that every time I watch them I get more confident when it’s time to spray my own car. Quick question: I plan on spraying sealer before base and was wondering if I can use grey sealer or should I use white sealer. The car is in primer now and base coat will be white

Amazing job!!

Very Cool. Thanks for the nice vid.

excellent painting tips as always bro keep it up ur my inspiration on making spraypainting videos on my channel...

Can you make a video on painting a tailgate? Maybe even px8 paint code? Thanks.

I'd love to have my car painted by you one day. Paint job on the corolla came out excellent

Hey Brian. I just got myself a Dedoes mixing lid after you used it in the Eastwood Optiflow video (I'm using it for optiflow epoxy too). Does the spout seal well enough that you can just leave those on the can for an extended period of time without the paint inside going bad?

If you don’t like having that RODE wireless go attached to the collar of your tshirts. Look into the RODE LAV mic for the wireless go. I think it’s 70-80$ you could put the chunky wireless go in your pocket snd clip the lav mic to your t. Less noticeable and won’t pull and stretch the collar out! Great work yet again my good dude!!

What size air hose do you use? What is your thought on single stage paint? How long does it take to mask a vehicle off? What's your favorite spray gun to use?

I have been painting cars for over 40 years, I don’t see what the benefit is with overlapping the paint into the adjacent panels for a full respray, what is wrong with painting to the edge of the panel or from the front to rear of the car for custom paints? I have never had any issues doing it that way. BTW, great RU-vid channel, keep up the good work, cheers

I love the concept, but man that fan looks small. When you were spraying the hood it didn’t look like you were going anywhere lol. Pedro has a sweet booth!

I wanna eventually get round to doing a full respray on my car. Is it possible to do the car in stages so front first then rear at different times. Or is it best to do the whole car in 1 go.

I was looking at that gun it popped up on my IG

My gun does work like it should, I've tired everything to setup this gun but everytime I pull the trigger the pressure on the Gauge drops to 5psi I have a Kellogg phrase 3 compressor pressure at the regulator is set 80 psi my Hose is 40' from the regulator. Am stumped at this point and need help, my other guns hold pressure but that one use so much air and doesn't stay at the 20psi mark

What size suit are you wearing? Looks like they fit well. Probably will get one. Thanks!

Will those chip repair areas on the hood not shrink back and make a ring over time since it wasn’t 2k primed first?

One interesting thing about Pedro's technique, he paints the bonnet edge to edge from the front, most paint edge to middle and middle to edge

You forgot to mention dry spots where the overspray isn’t wiped off after the sealer application as well

Hey Brian, your videos are awesome! I do have a paint question for you: my truck has panels that are down to bare metal in parts, while other parts still have base and clear. Do I need to take the whole panel down to bare metal to repaint, or is there a procedure for sanding it?

most of us here are using non commercial compressor for diy , can this gun can use on a home set up compressor?

Another great video. How would you rate the tekna clear results to the WS 400? Many thanks! Keep "em" coming!!

I have come across this a couple times, why is it that lacquer lays amazing and looks perfect then you come back to it and it looks dry when it has cured? If you could come up with a suggestion would be amazing!

What cfm does that gun need to work properly my air compressor have 7.3 cfm at 40psi is that okay

Can you get the same paint results outside dealing with whatever temperature is outside and humidity ??

How many times can yoy use the gun nozzle? Befor you need to change it.

Now let's see a class on color changing powder in the clear coat

Good stuff as usual Brian - and Pedro - from the north of England. I don’t have a paint booth or garage so do not want to use 2K clear outside. What advice can you give when using 1K clear? Thanks.

I would like to completely paint my Pilot 2012 gray, how much would it cost? Thanks

So I seen your video on the harbor freight hvlp gun would you set this gun up the same way?

Why do you use the digital scale instead of the numbers on the side of the mixing cup.

Where can I get the funnel that hooks up to the one gallon can?

Brian, what is the difference between the Accuspray and the Performance models?

Good vid guys ✌️✊

Can you please mention the paint you used, the exact one pedro mixed.. 🙏🙏🙏

How was the surface? Did you get rid of the orange peel from the first coat?

Hello Brian, Thank you for your videos. Just small question regarding sealers. Are paint shops can make a sealer with a color closer to the car or you might end up using a different color and apply basecoat over it? thank you four your very informative videos.

What is everyone using to clean their guns? Lacquer thinner is about $24 a gallon in my area. Is there anything less expensive which will do the same job?

what tip and Pressure did you use on various steps

What was the gun setup and air pressure for sealer base and clear

Where can I get one of those spouts for the paint thinner can??!

All the compressors in Eastwood are expensive. Can I buy a $200-$400 compressor that will do the job? What are the specs it needs? One more question, where should I go and buy the car paint? I live in the DFW area :). Thank you. Looking forward to paint my car.

perfect thank you

Does that white base have any metallic in the base?

When should you tint sealer ? My car is being painted Cypress Green Metallic. (Mercedes Benz). Would tinting sealer help in coverage? Your videos are a professional course in painting and refinishing. thank you

What brand of water base paint did you use to paint this Toyota?