I lost $300 on a cheap paint gun from Harbor Freight

Bought their cheapest model last year for a quick job on a Ford F-150, and the spray pattern was all over the place. Ended up with orange peel so bad I had to sand the whole panel down and redo it with my old SATA. Wasted a full quart of paint and half a day. Anyone else have a tool that seemed like a good deal but just cost you more in the end?

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verawhite11d agoTop Commenter

Ugh, I feel that! I bought a bargain bin orbital sander that left swirl marks deeper than the scratches it was supposed to fix.

umar5911d ago

Oh man, that reminds me of my "bargain" paint sprayer. It spit out more paint on my shoes than it did on the wall. Some tools just fight you every step of the way, right?

scott.drew11d ago

My sander just makes a sad humming noise and gives up.