Jeff Lawrence on mon 19 jan 98
Thanks to David Hendley for widening my awareness on the "jelly-jar sprayer"
head ... I'm going to have to try the original next time the power goes out.
He points out that the Critter is a compressed air variation of the JJS and
hypothesizes that Bailey's is the same (oh wait, hes from TX, so he must
"reckon" instead).
I have both a Critter and a Bailey's. They are identical except that Bailey
puts a surgical rubber extender on the feed tube so they can use larger (and
plastic) jars. This is a great tool (stand tall, Canadians -- its an Ontario
mfr) for casual spraying. By casual, of course, I mean infrequent, not to
imply for a picosecond that clayartists employ any mindset but laser focus
on perfection of result.
It takes a while to spray glaze on a whole piece; we use ours for spraying
paint -- the lighter s.g. of the paint allows greater material transfer. If
you spray paint, clean it like your Aunt Wilhelmina is looking over your
shoulder as you do it, judging your fitness for inheriting her vast estate.
The heartbreak of paint in the orifices is an ordeal that lasts. Sewing
needles and pipe cleaners are not out of place here.
The price is the same from Bailey's or Critter; I'd opt for Bailey's just
because I like the plastic jars and lids -- glass mason jars, tho easy to
clean, are also fragile (You can still use the mason jars just by de-tubing
the unit). My mason-jar lids, not being of the hardy Texan variety, get
pretty squamous after a while. I've had to break out the steroidal
Channellock pliers to open some old-timer tests. Maybe I should've cleaned
the threads better.
Needing to make the switch to a hvlp unit ... tired of pitching all that
overspray!
Jeff
Jeff Lawrence
jml@sundagger.com
Sun Dagger Design
Rt 3 Box 220
Espanola, NM 87532
ph 505-753-5913
fax 505-753-8074
Donald G. Goldsobel on tue 20 jan 98
At 10:10 AM 1/19/98 EST, you wrote:
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message--------------------------->because I like the plastic jars and lids
-- glass mason jars, tho easy to
>clean, are also fragile (You can still use the mason jars just by de-tubing
>the unit).
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>Jeff
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>Jeff : what do you mean "by de-tubing the unit?" My Campbell-Hauser gun
takes a reegular diameter quart jar, but the tube is a bit short to reach
the bottom. TIA
Donald in the San Fernando Valley
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