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Thread: Gravity Feed Gun Question...
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10-04-2004 #1Registered User
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Gravity Feed Gun Question...
For years I used a siphon feed gun and in between coats I would remove the cup and fill a small can with wash solvent so that I could spray a bit out to clean the gun. I recently bought a gravity feed gun and have found that if I leave paint in the cup between coats it thickens slightly and I can not get the same spray pattern for subsequent coats. I'm using Omni epoxy primer and Omni high build primer with a hardener (the worst). I've even tried pouring the cup out between coats, spraying some lacquer thinner through the gun and refilling the cup. Major inconvenience, a waste of paint and solvent, and still not 100% effective.
Am I missing something? Can someone offer some advice?
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10-04-2004 #2Banned
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Here is what I do
I just block the fluid cap and tap the trigger a few times to back feed the settled material and mix it with the rest of the material in the cup. The trick is not blowing the cap off the cup and taking a primer shower.
Then I spray the gun out a few seconds before I start on the car or part agian.
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10-05-2004 #3