---------------------------------------------------------- TeamGrumman-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Thu 09/30/04: 4 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:48 AM - Re: Paint Questions (TeamGrumman@AOL.COM) 2. 06:54 AM - Re: Paint Questions (linn walters) 3. 09:49 PM - Cracks in rear horizontal carry-through structure... (GOLDPILOT@AOL.COM) 4. 09:53 PM - Re: Paint Questions (Steven Jackson) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:48:26 AM PST US From: TeamGrumman@AOL.COM Subject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: Paint Questions --> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: TeamGrumman@aol.com In a message dated 9/28/04 10:38:33 PM, steven.jackson14@adelphia.net writes: > When you say pressure regulator, would that be > something on the gun or at the compressor? > OK, not sure which regulator you have and which one you meant that changes when you pull the trigger. The regulator I use is on the gun. I can set it for a pressure and try a pass, adjust up or down a pound or two and try again. Somewhere between 30-35 seems to work well with the Imron I use. As for the bubbles being moisture. I hadn't thought about that one. My problem was due specifically to heat so I'm pre-wired to think that way. Like Linn said, get a new hose and a good air drier. I use a secondary tank to slow the air down and let it cool. Gary ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 06:54:48 AM PST US From: linn walters Subject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: Paint Questions --> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: linn walters TeamGrumman@AOL.COM wrote: >--> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: TeamGrumman@aol.com >In a message dated 9/28/04 10:38:33 PM, steven.jackson14@adelphia.net writes: > >>hen you say pressure regulator, would that be >>something on the gun or at the compressor? >> >OK, not sure which regulator you have and which one you meant that changes >when you pull the trigger. The regulator I use is on the gun. I can set it >for a pressure and try a pass, adjust up or down a pound or two and try again. > Somewhere between 30-35 seems to work well with the Imron I use. > They make little tiny regulators that attach directly to the gun and they're light so you don't know they're there. >As for the bubbles being moisture. I hadn't thought about that one. My >problem was due specifically to heat so I'm pre-wired to think that way. Like >Linn said, get a new hose and a good air drier. I use a secondary tank to >slow the air down and let it cool. > Now that's one I hadn't thought of!!! I removed the tube that goes from the compressor to the tank and replaced it with a coil of copper tubing. This. at least gives it a chance to cool a little. I have a long loop of air hose between the tank and the FRL unit that will allow almost all the moisture to settle out of the air. I purge that loop every week or so. The filter still collects water! There's also an automatic purge valve on the tank (Harbor freight .... works good) to drain the tank. I have "Ts" between each part of the FRL unit so I can tap air anywhere, depending on my uses. From the FRL I have a hose that goes over to the paint booth and have a 'toilet paper filter' that's just outside the booth. The paper filter inside will still get damp!!! The output of that filter has a small. 1/4" hose that feeds the regulator at the gun. That's all this hose is used for.I've been using the HVLP suction gun but am looking at trying the gravity feed type as I hear they atomize a little better. I set the compressor regulator to 50 lbs and the gun regulator to 30-35 lbs like Gary does. Happy painting!!! Linn > >Gary > > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:49:36 PM PST US From: GOLDPILOT@AOL.COM Subject: TeamGrumman-List: Cracks in rear horizontal carry-through structure... --> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: GOLDPILOT@aol.com Has anyone noticed how much the whole empennage shakes and twists when the engine in the AA5B comes to a stop? A friend (who flies a Yankee) was standing alongside my plane ('79 Tiger) when I pulled the mixture and killed the engine. He was "astounded" by how much motion there was during the last few prop cycles. He said the horizontal and vertical surfaces shook violently. I wonder if this could be the mystery force causing the problems recently found in the tail section of several planes? David ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 09:53:10 PM PST US From: "Steven Jackson" Subject: RE: TeamGrumman-List: Paint Questions --> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: "Steven Jackson" Yeah, I've got a Sata regulator at the gun (they call it a micrometer) to regulate the pressure there. I'll boost the pressure. I have a filter on the line right before the regulator at the gun, and it is dry. I also looked up some stuff on the web and think that the extra solvent from the reducer may have been a contributor. After the paint has flowed out, it looks really nice, except of course, the little bubbles... Thanks again, Steven -----Original Message----- From: owner-teamgrumman-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-teamgrumman-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of TeamGrumman@AOL.COM Subject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: Paint Questions --> TeamGrumman-List message posted by: TeamGrumman@aol.com In a message dated 9/28/04 10:38:33 PM, steven.jackson14@adelphia.net writes: > When you say pressure regulator, would that be > something on the gun or at the compressor? > OK, not sure which regulator you have and which one you meant that changes when you pull the trigger. The regulator I use is on the gun. I can set it for a pressure and try a pass, adjust up or down a pound or two and try again. Somewhere between 30-35 seems to work well with the Imron I use. As for the bubbles being moisture. I hadn't thought about that one. My problem was due specifically to heat so I'm pre-wired to think that way. Like Linn said, get a new hose and a good air drier. I use a secondary tank to slow the air down and let it cool. Gary