---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 01/15/06: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:09 AM - Re: Re: RV9-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 01/12/06 (Bob Smith) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:09:33 AM PST US From: "Bob Smith" Subject: RE: RV9-List: Re: RV9-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 01/12/06 --> RV9-List message posted by: "Bob Smith" No, increasing the tank pressure did not help in my case. I have received private responses that I should have thinned the primer, and I will try that the next time I have a batch of parts ready. BTW, thanks again to all those who responded by e-mail! Bob -----Original Message----- From: owner-rv9-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv9-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Frank Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 11:38 PM Subject: RV9-List: Re: RV9-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 01/12/06 --> RV9-List message posted by: "Frank" Bob, I would be interested in knowing if increased pressure from the tank end worked for that Alltrade HVLP top feed gun from Costco (I also have purchased that gun but I have not tried to use it yet). Others have tried the HVLP gun sold at Harbor Freight for priming parts also. Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "RV9-List Digest Server" Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:58 PM Subject: RV9-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 01/12/06 > * > > ================================================== > Online Versions of Today's List Digest Archive > ================================================== > > Today's complete RV9-List Digest can also be found in either of the > two Web Links listed below. The .html file includes the Digest formatted > in HTML for viewing with a web browser and features Hyperlinked Indexes > and Message Navigation. The .txt file includes the plain ASCII version > of the RV9-List Digest and can be viewed with a generic text editor > such as Notepad or with a web browser. > > HTML Version: > > > http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv9-list/Digest.RV9-List.2006-01-12.html > > Text Version: > > http://www.matronics.com/digest/rv9-list/Digest.RV9-List.2006-01-12.txt > > > ================================================ > EMail Version of Today's List Digest Archive > ================================================ > > > RV9-List Digest Archive > --- > Total Messages Posted Thu 01/12/06: 1 > > > Today's Message Index: > ---------------------- > > 1. 05:17 AM - Re: Need help with HVLP gun (Snow, Daniel A.) > > > ________________________________ Message 1 > _____________________________________ > > > Time: 05:17:36 AM PST US > Subject: RV9-List: RE: Need help with HVLP gun > From: "Snow, Daniel A." > > --> RV9-List message posted by: "Snow, Daniel A." > > Bob, I have a similar setup and called AFS when I had the same problem. > They instructed > me to do two very important things: 1) Increase air pressure such that > you maintain the required air pressure at the gun with the trigger pulled > continuously. > That may mean turning the pressure up to 50-60 psi at the tank. > 2) Thin, thin, thin. I don't have a viscosity cup, so the guy at AFS told > me to > thin it up to about 2 parts paint to 1 part water. > > Of course you probably already know to just barely fog the pieces with the > first > pass, wait 3-5 minutes and lightly spray in the perpendicular direction, > wait > 3-5 minutes and lightly spray, etc. > > I don't have the numbers here at work, so I suggest you call AFS. The > owner is > very friendly and willing to spend time explaining how to use his > products. > > Good luck. > > Daniel Snow > RV-9A wings finished, waiting for slow-build fuse > Jacksonville, AL > > Time: 04:10:54 PM PST US > From: "Bob Smith" > Subject: RV9-List: Need help with HVLP gun > > --> RV9-List message posted by: "Bob Smith" > > I got a new HVLP gun (Alltrade from Costco) and attempted to use it this > weekend to prime some parts for my ailerons. Unfortunately, I could not > get > a good spray pattern out of it. It seemed no matter what I tried, it > would > only spray a very week, splattery pattern - the paint did not atomize very > well at all. I'm using AFS water-based primer, BTW. Pressure was at 40 > psi, then increased to 45 (the gun says use max of 43). I did not thin > the > primer because I've had good luck spraying it straight out of the bottle > in > the past with my high-pressure touch-up gun. I ended up finishing the job > with my old gun, which does a good job, but I was hoping to significantly > reduce the overspray and amount of paint vapor in the air (and wasted > paint). > > The little pamphlet that came with the gun was of little help; I tried its > recommendations for changing the flow and pressure. Anybody here have > experience with a top-feed HVLP gun that could give me some pointers? > > Thanks much, > > Bob Smith > > >