many thanks to rob for his info.
this thing lays down more material more quickly than anything i've
ever used.
I have learned a few things while using it.
using the tip specified by the coatings manufacturer results in way
more material flow than I can keep up with. I got serious runs using
the 0.17 tip for exterior latex. too old to move that fast. I guess.
had better results with the 0.1f tip. i'm seriusly impressed with
this unit. I used to try thinning the material to spray with my hvlp
unit snd the results were not optimal.
this thing doesn't even break a sweat pushing unthinned latex through
a tip one size smaller than spec and the valspar paint that i'm using
lays and levels perfectly.
On May 19, 6:41=A0pm, Tom Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
> many thanks to rob for his info.
> this thing lays down more material more quickly than anything i've
> ever used.
Excellent!
Usually the complaint with these smaller units is that they don't put
out enough material, or that it has to be thinned quite a bit.
I am glad to help, and glad you are pleased with your choice!
Robert
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On May 19, 6:41 pm, Tom Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
> many thanks to rob for his info.
> this thing lays down more material more quickly than anything i've
> ever used.
Excellent!
Usually the complaint with these smaller units is that they don't put
out enough material, or that it has to be thinned quite a bit.
I am glad to help, and glad you are pleased with your choice!
Robert
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Crap - I missed this one. What had you recommended to Tom, Robert? My wife
had a ton of painting to do at our church and I have to paint my garage
inside, so I'm interested in a decent but moderately priced solution.
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-Mike-
[email protected]
On May 20, 3:25=A0am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
wrote:
> On May 19, 6:41=A0pm, Tom Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > many thanks to rob for his info.
> > this thing lays down more material more quickly than anything i've
> > ever used.
>
> Excellent!
>
> Usually the complaint with these smaller units is that they don't put
> out enough material, or that it has to be thinned quite a bit.
>
> I am glad to help, and glad you are pleased with your choice!
>
> Robert
Robert:
I've been using the hell out of this thing and still love it.
I have to confess to a terrible sin. I am not usually an abuser of
tools but once in awhile I try an experiment, or two.
I started out using the cleaning procedure outlined in the manual,
religiously. Then I ran into some weather problems and decided to
experiment (cheat) a little bit. I had three days of down time for
rain and just left the tubes in the five, with saran wrap stuffed into
the opening, released the pressure at the valve but did not pull the
trigger on the gun. I left the gun in a five gallon can of water for
three days and when I fired her up, she ran perfectly. All I had to
do was peel the paint scab off the orifice.
That's not the good (bad) part.
I ran into more weather and time difficulties that extended to two
weeks and tried the same trick.
Same result. Peel the scab and she ran like a champ. Some minor rust
discoloration, easily removed with a nylon brush. Didn't have to re-
prime - just fired it up in paint mode - the pump ran for a few beats
and she was ready to spray. And it sprays just as perfect as it did
out of the box.
Now, I'm not recomending that folks abuse their tools this way but -
for someone who will be using this thing every couple or few days
throughout this summer, it's nice to know that I CAN get away with it.
At the end of the summer I'm going to give it a good tear down and
then I'll see what I've really done to it.
tom
On May 19, 7:41=A0pm, Tom Watson <[email protected]> wrote:
> many thanks to rob for his info.
> this thing lays down more material more quickly than anything i've
> ever used.
> I have learned a few things while using it.
> using the tip specified by the coatings manufacturer results in way
> more material flow than I can keep up with. =A0I got serious runs using
> the 0.17 tip for exterior latex. =A0too old to move that fast. I guess.
> had better results with the 0.1f tip. =A0i'm seriusly impressed with
> this unit. =A0I used to try thinning the material to spray with my hvlp
> unit snd the results were not optimal.
> this thing doesn't even break a sweat pushing unthinned latex through
> a tip one size smaller than spec and the valspar paint that i'm using
> lays and levels perfectly.
Years ago, I borrowed a friend's CH airless (contractor size) because
I was unhappy with the results of a roller on my shop ceiling. I had
gotten a quarter of the ceiling done with the roller and I was
whipped, everything was a mess, and I was going with an OSB surface on
the rest until Gus told me had had an airless I could use. Set up to
clean-up was under four hours for the first coat. If I'd known how to
use the tool, it would have been an hour shorter, I think, most of
that being clean-up. I already had tools and such covered with
painter's film, of course. The big thing is, it laid down two coats
faster than the stuff would dry enough to accept the second. I came
back that afternoon and spent 60-70 minutes doing the second coat on
the entire 1200 SF ceiling, just about as fast as I could move around
the room without breaking my neck. I could hardly believe it, as it
had taken most of a day to pole roll the quarter or so I'd done ONE
coat on earlier. And my arm was barely tired, while the roller was
raising Cain with my arm and shoulder joint.
I can understand why contractors pay big bucks for the good ones. I'd
tried using some of the quart sized Wagners years before and decided
the whole genre was crap. Nope. Just the quart sized ones, I guess.
On May 20, 8:21=A0am, "Mike Marlow" <[email protected]>
wrote:
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>
> Crap - I missed this one. =A0What had you recommended to Tom, Robert? =A0=
My wife
> had a ton of painting to do at our church and I have to paint my garage
> inside, so I'm interested in a decent but moderately priced solution.
Hey Mike!
Check out this link and see if it works:
http://tinyurl.com/qacw9v
If not, hit me back here. The whole thread has good info in it from a
lot of contributors.
Good to see you around!
Robert
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Hey Mike!
Check out this link and see if it works:
http://tinyurl.com/qacw9v
If not, hit me back here. The whole thread has good info in it from a
lot of contributors.
Good to see you around!
Robert
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Thanks Robert. Link worked just as it should. 'Preciate it.
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-Mike-
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