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who like "electronic" spray guns

updated wed 18 feb 98

 

Clay on tue 17 feb 98

Oh Lord ,
Don,t even think about buying one for your glaze. They shake your hand like
crazy. If whoever try not to buy a compressor but wanted to spray glaze,
try Vaccum Cleaner or those Hand pump pressure insectcide sprayer.

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC SPRAYER .



At 11:38 AM 2/15/98 EST, you wrote:
>----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>The spray gun that's being referred to, is the type commonly sold in home
>improvement and hardware stores. It's basically a piston / plunger attached
>to an electromagnet. It sprays by compressing the paint or fluid and
>forcing it out through a small hole in a fitting screwed in the front of
>the assembly.
>Relatively low volume and high pressure.
>I wouldn't recommend them for glaze or other abrasive spraying. The pistons
>wear or seize, and the hole is too small to keep from clogging.
>Stick with the air compressor. Just try and make it more user friendly,
>where you don't need to move it around and wrestle with it. Create a system
>where it's easy to access and use hoses if needed.
>
>From Alohaland, Ditmar.
>