Katherine Scott on mon 7 oct 96
Last year one of the issues of Fine Woodworking had an article on
building your own HVLP pump. It seemed quite detailed and you might
use it as a referance. I recently started using my central vacuum
cleaner as a jerry rigged HVLP sprayer. You hook the hose up to the
air outlet and connect an aspiator sprayer to that (I use an old
sprayer attachment that came with a Filter Queen, garage sale
special). I may be fooling myself that this approaches what a real
HVLP unit does, but it works better than my old sprayer and it's dirt
cheap if you consider that a central vac is the ONLY way to clean a
clay studio and is an absolute necessity. Hope this helps.
Eric Ciup Montreal
Kirk Morrison on tue 8 oct 96
On 7 Oct 96 at 22:15, Katherine Scott wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Last year one of the issues of Fine Woodworking had an article on
> building your own HVLP pump. It seemed quite detailed and you might
> use it as a referance. I recently started using my central vacuum
> cleaner as a jerry rigged HVLP sprayer. You hook the hose up to the
> air outlet and connect an aspiator sprayer to that (I use an old
> sprayer attachment that came with a Filter Queen, garage sale
> special). I may be fooling myself that this approaches what a real
> HVLP unit does, but it works better than my old sprayer and it's dirt
> cheap if you consider that a central vac is the ONLY way to clean a
> clay studio and is an absolute necessity. Hope this helps.
>
> Eric Ciup Montreal
>
I can do the same thing with an attachement that came with my Kirby,
that I bought last year. The only down side is that it wears quickly.
You might be able to adapt a sprayer to any decently powered vac
though.
Kirk
Ed Hoeflinger on wed 23 oct 96
I've been looking for a HVLP setup for a while. I checked with the
local paint dealer their model was $1,400. Grainger had two for $500 &
$750. I was just at a "builders center" and noticed that they had a
model by Wagner for under 200.00. Yes it is limited in that the
sprayer holds only one quart. Yes the turbine is lighter weight than
the professional guns, but the price was right given my tight capital.
The gun is a "Bleeder Type" which means there is air blowing through
the nozzle at all times, but this releeves the turbine from having to
change speed. It sounds like a vaccuum cleaner but it sprays evenly
and the pattern can be well controlled.
Ed in Columbus
LINDA BLOSSOM on fri 25 oct 96
Hello Ed and everyone else,
That 200 price is so low I wonder where Wagner makes their guns. I ended
up returning the 100 dollar gun to Whitney because it was defective. I
went to town and bought a Titan. It had all the same components as the
less expensive gun but was apparently a lot better made. I especially
liked the plastic handle because of the heat that hvlp generates. It cost
me 130 for the turbine and it is working fine with the gun. I spoke to
Wagner and was quoted over $500 for a setup so they apparently have a
range of guns. I haven't seen a problem with the tip on mine yet, but I
probably need to spray more. My tip is .051 thousandths ( not sure about
the decimal) and seems to be fine.
Linda Blossom
2366 Slaterville Rd.
Ithaca, NY 14850
blossom@lightlink.com
http://www.artscape.com
607-539-7912
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