From: youdog99@msn.com
Date: Tue Jul 05 2005 - 15:33:40 PDT
When I painted my M38A1, I had a bad problem with my Campbell Hausfeld the
SECOND time I used it. The Bleeder Screw actually has a little ball-check
valve in it.
Using it the first time, in my ignorance, I let a bit of paint go up the
little tube. (I was painting underneath the tub with an overfilled cup. In
all of the crawling around and weird paint angles, I must have gotten the
gun into an angle where paint was able to travel up the tube.)
We cleaned the check valve inside the brass bleeder screw and it worked
great.
Another thing that we noticed was that the primer actually went on better
with the finish tip. The tip labeled for priming seemed to throw and
splatter a bit.
Greg
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Subject: Re: [MV] Spray Painting.
Are you using a Campbell Hausfeld pressure feed gun? They have the
50psi warning on the top of the gun cup.
Did you screw the bleeder screw set on the cup so it is pressuring the cup?
When all else fails - if the gun is flaking out - I dump out the paint
and put in plain paint thinner. If the gun can spray that then at least
you know the passages are clear. It should have a correct pattern also.
If it can't - then it certainly won't be able to spray the more viscous
paint.
If you are using a siphon only gun, then the paint needs to be quite
thin. Automotive paint is not viscous at all, it pours very easily.
About the consistency of coffee cream.
That Harbor Freight two quart unit is a pressure feed setup. The paint
is fed under pressure to the gun - so it can spray heavier coatings.
Dave
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Stu wrote:
> Well, I guess it's harder than it looks.
> I bought cheapo spray gun. It spit out primer rather than spray even
though
> I used 20% Xylene as directed. I also didn't notice the warning about
> pressure over 50 lbs. What kind of gun should I get? Is it the gun or
the
> painter? I do great with the spray cans.
>
> "Stu"
> Southern NH, USA
> "Live Free Or Die"
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> MVPA #14790
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> 1986 M1009 CUCV Blazer 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
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