Bob Heine
Oldtimer
Shine posted a great tip for cleaning your gun after every coat:
http://www.spiuserforum.com/showthread.php?2630-gun-cleaning&p=29453&viewfull=1#post29453"
gun cleaning
when using any high solids primer or even epoxy you need to keep the gun rinsed. if left in gun during flash time the solids will collect in the nozzle . this will slowly shut down the flow. ever seem like the second or third coat goes on dry ?? this is a trick i came up with years ago when i started using gravity guns.
get a ketchup bottle or something similar . i bought these by the box back when i was doing more custom work and using my airbrush for colors.
after a coat i empty the cup , wipe it out with a paper towel then insert the bottle full of thinner. pull the trigger wide open and flush the nozzle good. now i have a clean head ready for the next coat.
just food for thought and worth exactly what you paid for it .
I really like that idea and I especially liked the idea of the small plastic bottle for thinner. It’s especially handy not to have to pull out a gallon of thinner just to splash some on a paper towel.
I kinda got carried away when I found the U.S. Plastic Corp. web site and ordered ten 8-oz bottles with caps. While I was there I also ordered some quart bottles and sprayers that were supposed to work with solvents. After I filled bottles with all kinds of solvents, labeled them and started using them, I’d forget where the bottle was – it was always at the last place I used it. I decided to organize the bottles just because nothing else is.
I decided to make a rack to hold the solvent collection using some 2.25” exhaust pipe. I bought a couple of pieces from my local auto supply store and a couple of pieces of strap steel from Home Depot, along with a rattle can of Krylon Dual banner red-paint + primer.
I cut the exhaust pipe into 3” pieces and fusion welded them together with a TIG. A couple of notches for mounting it on my paint cart and it was ready for paint.
Having the collection of solvents stored in one place makes it a little easier to find them and an empty slot is a reminder that one of them is lost in the vortex.
http://www.spiuserforum.com/showthread.php?2630-gun-cleaning&p=29453&viewfull=1#post29453"
gun cleaning
when using any high solids primer or even epoxy you need to keep the gun rinsed. if left in gun during flash time the solids will collect in the nozzle . this will slowly shut down the flow. ever seem like the second or third coat goes on dry ?? this is a trick i came up with years ago when i started using gravity guns.
get a ketchup bottle or something similar . i bought these by the box back when i was doing more custom work and using my airbrush for colors.
after a coat i empty the cup , wipe it out with a paper towel then insert the bottle full of thinner. pull the trigger wide open and flush the nozzle good. now i have a clean head ready for the next coat.
just food for thought and worth exactly what you paid for it .
I really like that idea and I especially liked the idea of the small plastic bottle for thinner. It’s especially handy not to have to pull out a gallon of thinner just to splash some on a paper towel.
I kinda got carried away when I found the U.S. Plastic Corp. web site and ordered ten 8-oz bottles with caps. While I was there I also ordered some quart bottles and sprayers that were supposed to work with solvents. After I filled bottles with all kinds of solvents, labeled them and started using them, I’d forget where the bottle was – it was always at the last place I used it. I decided to organize the bottles just because nothing else is.
I decided to make a rack to hold the solvent collection using some 2.25” exhaust pipe. I bought a couple of pieces from my local auto supply store and a couple of pieces of strap steel from Home Depot, along with a rattle can of Krylon Dual banner red-paint + primer.
I cut the exhaust pipe into 3” pieces and fusion welded them together with a TIG. A couple of notches for mounting it on my paint cart and it was ready for paint.
Having the collection of solvents stored in one place makes it a little easier to find them and an empty slot is a reminder that one of them is lost in the vortex.