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Thanks for the suggestion, will try that...although the gun specs say that the pressure should be between 4 and 5 bars but maby its different according to the paint being used.
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Haha, not trying to blow the car away so thanks for the tip
Weird that the gun specs say to use 4 to 5 bars of pressure but the paint can does say 2,5-5 bar...i will lower the pressure and see how it does.
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This might be a stupid question but can anyone tell me how much does the pressure drop after passing the compressors tank? I only have a gauge on the tank that tells me the pressure but once it reaches the spraygun is it the same or has it dropped a lot? The hose is roughly over 15 meters long and the inner diameter is 10 mm or roughly 3/8 inches.
If you cant stretch to a gun mounted regulator rig up a T piece with a gauge on it and connect that to the base of the gun, then pull the trigger and set the regulator on the wall until it shows the pressure you want at the gun and lock that setting in place, then remove the T piece. then you will know how much pressure drop you have in your airline.
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It´s been a long time since i posted but i ran into a problem so i hope you could help.
Bought the water/moisture separator and it seems to be doing its job fine
Although recently when i was blowing dust of the car then some bit of water came out the hose though...didnt notice that before so thats kind of weird.
Now to the real problem, wich is about the spray gun that im using. Everything was just fine with it, but once i wanted to prime the car second time around, it just clogged or smth. The spray is not evenly patchy as the pic on the paint tutorial, but as i spray, the paint just keeps coming out in pulses as i go along and its like spraying separate patches.
After that i took the gun into pieces and cleaned everything thoroughly, but it back together and tried to spray clean thinner and it still did the same thing...kind of a mistery to me now.
Anyway, the car is now straight and the last primer is on and its ready for paint so im trying to get the gun working again.
Few pics too
Bought the water/moisture separator and it seems to be doing its job fine
Although recently when i was blowing dust of the car then some bit of water came out the hose though...didnt notice that before so thats kind of weird.
Now to the real problem, wich is about the spray gun that im using. Everything was just fine with it, but once i wanted to prime the car second time around, it just clogged or smth. The spray is not evenly patchy as the pic on the paint tutorial, but as i spray, the paint just keeps coming out in pulses as i go along and its like spraying separate patches.
After that i took the gun into pieces and cleaned everything thoroughly, but it back together and tried to spray clean thinner and it still did the same thing...kind of a mistery to me now.
Anyway, the car is now straight and the last primer is on and its ready for paint so im trying to get the gun working again.
Few pics too
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Yes, that was the first thing in my mind because i had a problem before with a blocked vent hole, but then it affected the spraying of the paint by it just kept coming out slower and slower, but not pulsing like i was pushing the trigger on and off. What i meant to say is that i cleared the vent hole and that wasnt the problem...athough when the paint covered the vent hole because of me shaking the gun, then it started bubbling out of the vent hole, wich it shouldnt do in my opinion because there shouldnt be pressure in the container.
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The problem started by itself...before that i hadn´t taken the gun completley apart so its hard to belive the packing nuts are the problem, but will do that, thanks for the answer.
If theres any more common causes for this kind of thing then i´d like to know, so i could check them all when i have the chance.
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Originally Posted by jaykay - "make sure the packing nut is tight,you need it so the needle can just move freely,any more and you get splutter. also nozzle can have same effect."
Then you replied:- "Seems like i got it sorted today, tightend the packing nut so the needle could still move freely."
He's probably thinking "Just like I said!"
Just a thought!
CJ
