Rbm
Professional amateur
We all gotta go sometimeIF you are smoking in a paint booth you need more help than an air hose can provide.
We all gotta go sometimeIF you are smoking in a paint booth you need more help than an air hose can provide.
Haven't had one blow apart, but have had one leak at the connection. Buy one of the pro reusable ends to repair it. They are much better. https://www.amazon.com/Flexzilla-RP900250-FLX-REUSABLE-inches/dp/B007QV1F6E?th=1With half a fender to go on my last coat of clear, my fairly new flexzilla blew apart at the fitting @ 120 psi. I nearly soiled myself. So no one here has had one fail?
Just be aware and adjust for the pressure drop going to a smaller hose.Bump to an old old thread. I recently replaced my 1/2" hose with a 3/8" and wow is that so much nicer to move around with. Both are flexzilla brand, but once that 1/2" is pressurized it isnt so "flexy".
Just another lesson learned....The one time in life that bigger isnt always better!
Wierd now my posts need approval now before they are viewable??
I don't use a gauge at the gun while spraying but do have one that I put on the gun to adjust the PSI at the regulator.I run all of my gun at 125psi....no guage no regulator.... I use all the air!!!!!!!
Yes, it took me a while to get used to doing it this way. What got me was the couple of times I had actually bumped the air regulator adjustment at the gun while spraying and didn't realize it until I saw what was happening on the panel. That and not being able to access tight spots due to the extended length of the gun with a regulator attached.I was totally trolling, lol. I use a diaphram style reg on my guns except for the DV1's as they have a guage on them. I tried to do it like you have, but over all these years I am just used to having the pressure info right by my hand.
Any chance you can share model names or part numbers on the fittings? I have elected to go with 1/2" Flexilla hose and am curious about the fittings you mentioned.I use 1/2" air hose now exclusively and make-up my own lengths from a bulk spool of red rubber Goodyear air hose. Went to 3/8 NPT fittings on the end and corresponding high flow Amflo quick connects.