Gail Dapogny on sat 23 mar 02
Ruth,
The Paasche 62 is very nice, but not contgrolled like an air gun. and, as
you say, the Gilmour is great for large pots. After reading the Stephen
Hill PMI article, I browsed through the Grainger catalog and found a
siphon=type "touch up" sprayer (as Stephen describes) for $59, I seen to
recall that it was on page 1973 or 1974. To operate like Stephen's, you
would have to attach a hose in order to set the can on the floor. Looks
interesting, and he describes it as having good control, and being
something between a larger gun and an air gun..
---Gail
>I'm trying to zero in on the right spray gun for what I want to do. I have
>a compressor. Going by the archives and Steven Hill's article in the new
>PMI, four spray guns are the top contenders: a sandblaster from Gilmour,
>two Paasche models, either #62 or the L model (which looks similar to the
>Critter, but with a metal container) and the DeVilbiss EGA-503 auto touch
>up gun (discount price $135). The DeVilbiss is the most expensive of the
>lot and looks to be the one I need. I have the Gilmour sandblaster and it
>works great for coverage of large areas. I'm now looking for a second gun
>that will allow me to do more detailed spraying. Can anyone tell me how the
>Paasche models do in that regard?
>
>Thanks for the help.
>
>Ruth Ballou
>Silver Spring, MD
Gail Dapogny
1154 Olden Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-3005
(734) 665-9816
gdapogny@umich.edu
vince pitelka on sat 23 mar 02
> PMI, four spray guns are the top contenders: a sandblaster from Gilmour,
> two Paasche models, either #62 or the L model (which looks similar to the
> Critter, but with a metal container) and the DeVilbiss EGA-503 auto touch
> up gun (discount price $135). The DeVilbiss is the most expensive of the
> lot and looks to be the one I need. I have the Gilmour sandblaster and it
> works great for coverage of large areas. I'm now looking for a second gun
> that will allow me to do more detailed spraying. Can anyone tell me how
the
> Paasche models do in that regard?
Ruth -
We have several of the Paasche "L" model guns, and they are wonderful. I
have used the Critter, the Bailey gun (very similar to the "Critter") and
several commercial paint-spray guns similar to the DeVilbiss. In my opinion
the Paasche is by far the best gun for glazes. Get all three nozzles and by
changing pressure and switching nozzles you can accomplish tremendous
control of spray amount and pattern.
Keep in mind that you will inevitably drop the gun at some point and the
little nozzle extending up from the pickup tube will break off, but
replacement pickup tubes are readily available and are inexpensive. The
Paasche gun costs $75, but that is very reasonable for a tool of this
quality.
Good luck -
- Vince
Vince Pitelka
Appalachian Center for Crafts
Tennessee Technological University
1560 Craft Center Drive, Smithville TN 37166
Home - vpitelka@dtccom.net
615/597-5376
Work - wpitelka@tntech.edu
615/597-6801 ext. 111, fax 615/597-6803
http://www.craftcenter.tntech.edu/
Craig Martell on sat 23 mar 02
Ruth asked:
>Can you hit just a rim or handle edge with the Paasche 62? Is the spray
>pattern
>adjustable?
Hi Ruth:
Yes, you can usually select a small area and do alright if your aim is
good. The spray pattern isn't adjustable. It just sprays a round pattern
and it's also single action so you can't control the amount of glaze with a
needle valve like the double action airbrushes.
I have a Paache AUF gun too which is a large airbrush. They also call it a
touch up gun. It will spray a round or fan pattern and it has a needle
valve so you can really tone things down and be selective if you want. I
don't use it much because the 62s outspray the AUF easily and save a lot of
time. I think the AUFs are about $105 bucks. It's a double action gun.
regards, Craig Martell in Oregon
Ruth Ballou on sat 23 mar 02
I'm trying to zero in on the right spray gun for what I want to do. I have
a compressor. Going by the archives and Steven Hill's article in the new
PMI, four spray guns are the top contenders: a sandblaster from Gilmour,
two Paasche models, either #62 or the L model (which looks similar to the
Critter, but with a metal container) and the DeVilbiss EGA-503 auto touch
up gun (discount price $135). The DeVilbiss is the most expensive of the
lot and looks to be the one I need. I have the Gilmour sandblaster and it
works great for coverage of large areas. I'm now looking for a second gun
that will allow me to do more detailed spraying. Can anyone tell me how the
Paasche models do in that regard?
Thanks for the help.
Ruth Ballou
Silver Spring, MD
Craig Martell on sat 23 mar 02
Hi Ruth:
I use two Paasche #62s. I do a lot of spraying so it helps to have two
guns loaded and ready to go.
The 62 does a nice job and is cheap. I paid $53 for mine. They cover well
and do it quickly without a tremendous amount of overspray and loss. I
like that. The thing I don't like is that Paasche doesn't make large
enough bottles for these sprayers. It's absolutely ludicrous that they
don't realize that one of these guns can empty their not so jumbo 3oz
bottle in a millisecond. So, I extended the feed tube with a short length
of eighth inch plastic tubing and I get pint juice bottles for 29 cents at
the local counter cultural food store and now I'm not verklempt about
bottle sizes. I have so many of these bottles that I don't have to empty
and clean them to change glazes and colors. Odwalla juice bottles will
work too but the thread is a tiny bit off. You can still cross thread them
on OK and they work fine.
happy spraying, Craig Martell in Oregon
Ruth Ballou on sat 23 mar 02
Hi Craig,
Thanks for the info. I was wondering about that tiny bottle. Be great for a
minaturist. Before you slip away , I've got one more question. Can you
hit just a rim or handle edge with the Paasche 62? Is the spray pattern
adjustable?
I guess that's two questions.....
Ruth Ballou
Silver Springing
Gail Dapogny on sat 23 mar 02
"Tums" containers also work well with the Paascje 62s. They hold enough to
spray medium-sizewd pots.
---Gail
>
>I use two Paasche #62s. I do a lot of spraying so it helps to have two
>guns loaded and ready to go.
>
>The 62 does a nice job and is cheap. I paid $53 for mine. They cover well
>and do it quickly without a tremendous amount of overspray and loss. I
>like that. The thing I don't like is that Paasche doesn't make large
>enough bottles for these sprayers. It's absolutely ludicrous that they
>don't realize that one of these guns can empty their not so jumbo 3oz
>bottle in a millisecond. So, I extended the feed tube with a short length
>of eighth inch plastic tubing and I get pint juice bottles for 29 cents at
>the local counter cultural food store and now I'm not verklempt about
>bottle sizes. I have so many of these bottles that I don't have to empty
>and clean them to change glazes and colors. Odwalla juice bottles will
>work too but the thread is a tiny bit off. You can still cross thread them
>on OK and they work fine.
>
>happy spraying, Craig Martell in Oregon
Gail Dapogny
1154 Olden Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48103-3005
(734) 665-9816
gdapogny@umich.edu
Ruth Ballou on mon 25 mar 02
Thanks Gail, Vince and Craig for the info...Gives me a little more to think
on before I make a decision.
Ruth
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