Jack & Shelley Hickman on tue 19 sep 00
Cindy and others,
My low tech,non adjustable tip but highly reliable sprayer that I use =
for raku and non-critical spray jobs involves taping one of those little =
right-angled metal atomizers that we used to use for spraying fixative =
on charcoal drawings right to the end of my air supply line...you know, =
the ones from art stores that you have to blow through
yourself.Electrician's tape and maybe a short small dowel bridging the =
area from say an inch on the mouthpiece of the atomizer to an inch up =
the length of the air line and with a nice tight wrap job with the tape =
will provide a nice rigid means of handling the sprayer. My glazes are =
then simply put in diced jalepeno pepper cans or Campbell soup cans. The =
on-off mechanism involves pushing the end of the atomizer down into the =
glaze for "on" and lifting it out to stop. A can of clear water nearby =
works for cleaning the thing without having to unscrew lids...you can go =
from glaze to glaze very quickly. With practice and by adjusting your =
air pressure, sublime jalepeno innuendo is possible.
Price: less than 2 bucks
Jack, where the Sonoran and =
Llano Estacado vie for attention =20
BTu1690922@AOL.COM on fri 22 sep 00
I totally agree, I prefer my "mouth atomizer" to my airbrush or other spray
devices I have used. We used these in college, I have mine hooked to my
compressor via an air regulator with a pressure gauge, and it works great. I
found my last one at Trinity Ceramics in Dallas.
Gail Turton
Gilchrist, TX
| |
|
