My current task is spray finishing a bunch of doors for a client - 11 or 13 or some number that is too many. I got through priming with the Spray-it 33000 gun and the 1.7 tip, and today I started the top coat with SW Pro-Classic (latex), thinned.
Having just cleaned the gun after primer use, I did not know how I had set it. When I turned the fluid adjustment knob, it sprang out of the gun, flew over my shoulder, and hit some cardboard somewhere in the garage behind me. A careful search led me nowhere - I could not find the spring or that red anodized Al knob. That put me out of commission with this gun.
I have a HF store nearby, and decided to try a gun or two from there. The airflow requirements for these guns are higher than the Spray-It, and my compressor was already on the edge of not being capable, but I thought I'd try... I bought two.
1. Central Pneumatic - 33 oz. LVLP General Purpose Air Spray Gun
2. Central Pneumatic - 20 oz. HVLP Gravity Feed Air Spray Gun
The first one specifically mention spraying latex, and with a 33 oz cup and 2.0 mm nozzle, I thought I might get through more doors more wquickly, and without having to refill. I did not have a good experience. I test sprayed on cardboard, adjusted rate and flow and pattern, and then went at the first door. It was very inconsistent - first spraying fine, then slowly, then not all. It IS POSSIBLE that the paint had smalls lumps, as I had a filter in the Spray-it cup that I did not have in the HF LVLP gun (siphon fed). The end result on the door was fine (because I brushed out all the runs and sags in areas that were too thick), but I had great difficulty getting an even coat with the inconsistent rate of material being delivered, I abandoned that gun after the first side of the first door - too inconsistent.
I have not yet broken out the famous purple $15 HF gun, but if it gets me through these doors it will have been worth the cost. I still need to clean it with lacquer thinner (according to instructions, in order to remove machine oils etc) from the gun before use. This gun is my back up plan. I am a bit wary of this because I believe it only has a 1.4 mm nozzle, which seems small for latex. But if I can get it to work, I will use it.
What I would really like to do is to BORROW someone's Spray-It 33000 gun - specifically the spring and the fluid control knob (ASAP). I will order a new gun and spare parts, but if I don't get going tomorrow my project will be delayed.
If someone out there (near Raleigh) has one of these guns and is willing to lend me the gun (so I can use the spring and fluid control knob), I will be happy to replace your gun with an entire new one or do whatever you consider reasonable. I am of course happy to pick this up from you at a mutually convenient time/place (your convenience that is).
Please let me know, by PM here on the board.
EDIT - NCWW came through on the request, and my project was completed on time, thanks to NCWW generosity! Thanks Phil (and others who offered)
Thanks
Having just cleaned the gun after primer use, I did not know how I had set it. When I turned the fluid adjustment knob, it sprang out of the gun, flew over my shoulder, and hit some cardboard somewhere in the garage behind me. A careful search led me nowhere - I could not find the spring or that red anodized Al knob. That put me out of commission with this gun.
I have a HF store nearby, and decided to try a gun or two from there. The airflow requirements for these guns are higher than the Spray-It, and my compressor was already on the edge of not being capable, but I thought I'd try... I bought two.
1. Central Pneumatic - 33 oz. LVLP General Purpose Air Spray Gun
2. Central Pneumatic - 20 oz. HVLP Gravity Feed Air Spray Gun
The first one specifically mention spraying latex, and with a 33 oz cup and 2.0 mm nozzle, I thought I might get through more doors more wquickly, and without having to refill. I did not have a good experience. I test sprayed on cardboard, adjusted rate and flow and pattern, and then went at the first door. It was very inconsistent - first spraying fine, then slowly, then not all. It IS POSSIBLE that the paint had smalls lumps, as I had a filter in the Spray-it cup that I did not have in the HF LVLP gun (siphon fed). The end result on the door was fine (because I brushed out all the runs and sags in areas that were too thick), but I had great difficulty getting an even coat with the inconsistent rate of material being delivered, I abandoned that gun after the first side of the first door - too inconsistent.
I have not yet broken out the famous purple $15 HF gun, but if it gets me through these doors it will have been worth the cost. I still need to clean it with lacquer thinner (according to instructions, in order to remove machine oils etc) from the gun before use. This gun is my back up plan. I am a bit wary of this because I believe it only has a 1.4 mm nozzle, which seems small for latex. But if I can get it to work, I will use it.
What I would really like to do is to BORROW someone's Spray-It 33000 gun - specifically the spring and the fluid control knob (ASAP). I will order a new gun and spare parts, but if I don't get going tomorrow my project will be delayed.
If someone out there (near Raleigh) has one of these guns and is willing to lend me the gun (so I can use the spring and fluid control knob), I will be happy to replace your gun with an entire new one or do whatever you consider reasonable. I am of course happy to pick this up from you at a mutually convenient time/place (your convenience that is).
Please let me know, by PM here on the board.
EDIT - NCWW came through on the request, and my project was completed on time, thanks to NCWW generosity! Thanks Phil (and others who offered)
Thanks
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