sabra wood on fri 7 nov 03
hi, everyone.
i take clay classes at a local college.
about every other week, i need to spray glaze on a piece.
the college has a spray booth, vent system, turn table, compressor... so
far, so good.
but they only have one spray gun available to students... and it's very
beat up. the can doesn't screw in tightly, so there's always massive
mop up (and hose down of me) involved.
and the spring on the gun's handle is defective... so when you hook up
the air hose, glaze starts coming out, no matter what. sigh.
here's the good news:
my dad LOVES tools... thinks they're the best investments ever.
and i'm hard to buy gifts for... i hardly need a thing.
so i thought, let's solve the holiday issue & ask him for a spray gun.
now... just one problem. with dad, you need to give him specs, or you
never know what you'll end up with.
and i have NO idea what specs to give him... so that he can head to the
home depot or sears or whatever & get me one.
i read the archives, and most of what i found concerned spray guns for
folks without compressors. there was some stuff on pasch, some on
bailey's, some on electrolux... but there didn't seem to be a village
idiot's guide to puying a gun & can.
your patience & tutorial are much appreciated.
sabra wood
Sam or Mary Yancy on fri 7 nov 03
HI - suggest you check out Harborfreight.com and order their HVLP Gravity FeedSpray gun for $45.95 (may be different now) Item number 43430-75CA. It's great for glazing with very little overspray or dust - and most important LOW pressure.. I brought it to the attention of the Pottery teacher at Skyline College last year.
He bought on on my recommendation. In a class room setting, it is used daily bymany students with no problems. I have six myself, two for glazing, two forpainting spares. I was a long time (25+ years) Custom auto/motorcycle painter before getting to my current LOVE- POTTERY and CLAY so I have the experience with many many spray guns from pasche to whatever.
You can adjust this recommended gun from a 1/2 inch circle to a fan width ofabout 6-9 inches. Trick is to put on WET coats (two) with about one minute wait between coats. Also you can shade glazes with this gun.
Very easy to do. This spray gun is easy to clean in plain running water.
The glaze should be strained and about the thickness of cream for best results - it is important to not clog the gun.
Air Compressor of one to two to two horseposwer recommended - can be used as long as you have an a storage tank of at least 10 gallons - . Sam in Daly City
sabra wood wrote:hi, everyone.
i take clay classes at a local college.
about every other week, i need to spray glaze on a piece.
the college has a spray booth, vent system, turn table, compressor... so
far, so good.
but they only have one spray gun available to students... and it's very
beat up. the can doesn't screw in tightly, so there's always massive
mop up (and hose down of me) involved.
and the spring on the gun's handle is defective... so when you hook up
the air hose, glaze starts coming out, no matter what. sigh.
here's the good news:
my dad LOVES tools... thinks they're the best investments ever.
and i'm hard to buy gifts for... i hardly need a thing.
so i thought, let's solve the holiday issue & ask him for a spray gun.
now... just one problem. with dad, you need to give him specs, or you
never know what you'll end up with.
and i have NO idea what specs to give him... so that he can head to the
home depot or sears or whatever & get me one.
i read the archives, and most of what i found concerned spray guns for
folks without compressors. there was some stuff on pasch, some on
bailey's, some on electrolux... but there didn't seem to be a village
idiot's guide to puying a gun & can.
your patience & tutorial are much appreciated.
sabra wood
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Charles Moore on fri 7 nov 03
Clayartists,
If you respond to Sabra Wood's question about the best kind of spray gun,
would you post it to the Clayart list? Sabra is not the only village idiot.
Charles
In Sacramento
----- Original Message -----
From: "sabra wood"
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Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 12:49 PM
Subject: village idiot question re: spray guns
> hi, everyone.
>
> i take clay classes at a local college.
>
> about every other week, i need to spray glaze on a piece.
>
> the college has a spray booth, vent system, turn table, compressor... so
> far, so good.
>
> but they only have one spray gun available to students... and it's very
> beat up. the can doesn't screw in tightly, so there's always massive
> mop up (and hose down of me) involved.
>
> and the spring on the gun's handle is defective... so when you hook up
> the air hose, glaze starts coming out, no matter what. sigh.
>
> here's the good news:
>
> my dad LOVES tools... thinks they're the best investments ever.
>
> and i'm hard to buy gifts for... i hardly need a thing.
>
> so i thought, let's solve the holiday issue & ask him for a spray gun.
>
> now... just one problem. with dad, you need to give him specs, or you
> never know what you'll end up with.
>
> and i have NO idea what specs to give him... so that he can head to the
> home depot or sears or whatever & get me one.
>
> i read the archives, and most of what i found concerned spray guns for
> folks without compressors. there was some stuff on pasch, some on
> bailey's, some on electrolux... but there didn't seem to be a village
> idiot's guide to puying a gun & can.
>
> your patience & tutorial are much appreciated.
>
> sabra wood
>
>
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Pamela Watkins on fri 7 nov 03
Sabra,
I recommend Harbor Freight, as well. I got my compressor and a pressure controlled gun there for a deal. Works just great for spray glazes. Be sure to break down and clean after each use, as Sam indicates.
Peace,
Pamela
~jaq
Sam or Mary Yancy wrote:
>clip< HI - suggest you check out Harborfreight.com and order their HVLP Gravity FeedSpray gun for $45.95 (may be different now) Item number 43430-75CA.>clip<
sabra wood wrote:hi, everyone.
i take clay classes at a local college.
about every other week, i need to spray glaze on a piece.
the college has a spray booth, vent system, turn table, compressor... so
far, so good.
but they only have one spray gun available to students... and it's very
beat up. the can doesn't screw in tightly, so there's always massive
mop up (and hose down of me) involved.
and the spring on the gun's handle is defective... so when you hook up
the air hose, glaze starts coming out, no matter what. sigh.
here's the good news:
my dad LOVES tools... thinks they're the best investments ever.
and i'm hard to buy gifts for... i hardly need a thing.
so i thought, let's solve the holiday issue & ask him for a spray gun.
now... just one problem. with dad, you need to give him specs, or you
never know what you'll end up with.
and i have NO idea what specs to give him... so that he can head to the
home depot or sears or whatever & get me one.
i read the archives, and most of what i found concerned spray guns for
folks without compressors. there was some stuff on pasch, some on
bailey's, some on electrolux... but there didn't seem to be a village
idiot's guide to puying a gun & can.
your patience & tutorial are much appreciated.
sabra wood
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John K Dellow on sat 8 nov 03
Why not go out and buy an el-chepo plastic gun which will work on a
vacume cleaner.
I use one made for an "Eletrolux Vacume cleaner " which cost about $A25.
I even used it
to spray ITC .
John
sabra wood wrote:
>hi, everyone.
>
>i take clay classes at a local college.
>
>about every other week, i need to spray glaze on a piece.
>
>the college has a spray booth, vent system, turn table, compressor... so
>far, so good.
>
>but they only have one spray gun available to students... and it's very
>beat up. the can doesn't screw in tightly, so there's always massive
>mop up (and hose down of me) involved.
>
>and the spring on the gun's handle is defective... so when you hook up
>the air hose, glaze starts coming out, no matter what. sigh.
>
>here's the good news:
>
>my dad LOVES tools... thinks they're the best investments ever.
>
>and i'm hard to buy gifts for... i hardly need a thing.
>
>so i thought, let's solve the holiday issue & ask him for a spray gun.
>
>now... just one problem. with dad, you need to give him specs, or you
>never know what you'll end up with.
>
>and i have NO idea what specs to give him... so that he can head to the
>home depot or sears or whatever & get me one.
>
>i read the archives, and most of what i found concerned spray guns for
>folks without compressors. there was some stuff on pasch, some on
>bailey's, some on electrolux... but there didn't seem to be a village
>idiot's guide to puying a gun & can.
>
>your patience & tutorial are much appreciated.
>
>sabra wood
>
>______________________________________________________________________________
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>
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>settings from http://www.ceramics.org/clayart/
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>
>
>
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