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electric spray gun for board builds

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Created by Gestalt > 9 months ago, 11 Aug 2020
Gestalt
QLD, 14669 posts
11 Aug 2020 2:37PM
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i'm looking at getting an electric spray gun but have never used one. what should i look at?

musorianin
QLD, 597 posts
11 Aug 2020 6:41PM
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Not the nozzle

decrepit
WA, 12770 posts
11 Aug 2020 5:54PM
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musorianin said..
Not the nozzle


I'm still laughing!

decrepit
WA, 12770 posts
11 Aug 2020 5:58PM
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Gestalt said..
i'm looking at getting an electric spray gun but have never used one. what should i look at?


I tried an electric gun last century some time to paint a car, while spraying it was ok, not so much overspray. But when I took my finger off the trigger at the end of a run, a big droplet would land on the car. This means I had to point the gun away from the car before releasing the trigger, ended up throwing it in the bin, and going back to a compressor.
Things may have changed though.

Gestalt
QLD, 14669 posts
11 Aug 2020 8:33PM
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yeah i'm till laughing too.

forceten
1312 posts
13 Aug 2020 10:37PM
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I looked into these, and found a small compressor was better, more useful aside from painting.

no regrets.
i don't know anyone who uses one.

segler
WA, 1656 posts
14 Aug 2020 12:15AM
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I agree. Compressor.

Imax1
QLD, 4926 posts
14 Aug 2020 7:13AM
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I bought one to spray my fence . It was under $50.
Good for fence painting but that's it. It was very splattery.
Im not sure about the more expensive ones.
Id definitely go with the compressor.
One MUST own a compressor .

wannakite
NSW, 35 posts
17 Aug 2020 4:40PM
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Gaco airless spray gun.
not cheap though
only airless that really works

Brent in Qld
WA, 1360 posts
17 Aug 2020 3:02PM
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If you're spraying anything with thinners/flammables in it, be very wary of electric spray equipment. Most are designed for water based paints and the motor will not have an isolated spark. There are units around, good ones start in the thousands.
Thinners + electrical sparks = ......

Imax1
QLD, 4926 posts
17 Aug 2020 5:43PM
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Brent in Qld said..
If you're spraying anything with thinners/flammables in it, be very wary of electric spray equipment. Most are designed for water based paints and the motor will not have an isolated spark. There are units around, good ones start in the thousands.
Thinners + electrical sparks = ......


.......... Blow to sky !



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