Linda Skipper on mon 28 may 12
I'd like to put out a warning about the Wagner Paint Sprayer. It's
inconsistent, sometimes spitting or spraying too heavily, messy and a pai=
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to clean. I tried it and other sprayers in my work life as a Scenic
Artist and found that my favorite, the one that I used often over the
years for spraying fine mists of thinned paints was the Preval Sprayer.
It's small, requires no power, and it's easy to have multiples. I now use
them for glazing the intricately carved outsides of my pots after I've
poured the insides.
The Preval is self contained; no power is needed. It consists of a small
glass bottle that holds 6 oz. of liquid and a 6" high pressurized power
unit that screws onto the top. It has a nozzle like that on a can of spra=
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paint. The power unit can provide propulsion for 16 oz. of liquid before
you need to screw on a replacement. The sprayer comes complete in a box
and includes a screw-on cap to put on the bottle so you can store the
remaining liquid. The power unit cleans up easily by spraying clean water
through the tube and nozzle. I like having multiples for different glazes
and I can buy a case of 12 sprayers and a box of 6 replacement power unit=
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at most any paint, hardware, or automotive supply store. It's a MADE IN
THE USA product and readily available. You can see pictures of it at
www.preval.com.
Linda Skipper in New Marlborough,MA
William & Susan Schran User on mon 28 may 12
On 5/28/12 1:23 AM, "Linda Skipper" wrote:
>The Preval is self contained; no power is needed. It consists of a small
>glass bottle that holds 6 oz. of liquid and a 6" high pressurized power
>unit that screws onto the top. It has a nozzle like that on a can of spray
>paint. The power unit can provide propulsion for 16 oz. of liquid before
>you need to screw on a replacement.
We've used the Preval sprayer with good success for spraying a ferric
chloride solution for our raku/horse hair pots at school. Learned this
from Randy Brodnax video.
For what I do, spraying slip< I don't know if it would be strong enough
and I would probably go through the aerosol cans quickly making it not
cost effective for me.
Bill
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William "Bill" Schran
wschran@cox.net
wschran@nvcc.edu
http://www.creativecreekartisans.com
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