Jon Ison
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 03:02 PM |
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Paint spraying experts ???
Just bought this at an auction on a whim, will an absolute armature like me be able too spray with it ? Put some water in it too check it worked and
it seems too spray in a nice mist.........
Any good ? bear in mind I paid a whopping £3 for it.
Oh, its says on it, Apollo HVLP spray system 700.
 
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westf27
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 03:19 PM |
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yes,used one of those to spray my Dutton thirty years ago.
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Avoneer
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 03:23 PM |
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I've just bought a new EARL one to do all my spraying, but same type.
Should be fine.
Pat...
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froggy
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 03:33 PM |
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you wont know til you try it, should be good for primer etc but i wouldnt think it would be much use for top coat. i had to go to 5.5hp compressor to
run my hvlp gun as they push a lot of paint out at a much lower pressure than a conventional gun the appollo is the most widely known type and been
around for donkeys so you might be suprised
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 04:08 PM |
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Ive got an horsebox too try it on 1st so I will give it a go, any tips ?
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froggy
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 04:38 PM |
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is the gun hvlp? i think the problem might be getting consistent pressure from it try it and then try using a conventional gun which will have a
much smaller needle/jet . the big difference with hvlp is the band width, lets say a coventional gun gives a solid 4" band of paint with the
outer coulpe of inches being thinner the hvlp will give a solid 6" band with less misting at the outer edges making big areas much faster to
faint but also much more chance of getting big runs too so if it is a hvlp gun then dont overlap passes as much and see what happens they are supposed
to reduce overspray by 40% . my compressor is 150l 5.5hp and will last around two minutes before kicking in to biuld up pressure again
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Peteff
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 05:29 PM |
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It's the vane type hvlp, not like a compressor gun. I painted an Escort with one years ago and if you thin the paint plenty to one it is a very
nice tool to use Jon. We used to run one off an old cylinder hoover and it worked fine, it warmed the air as it sprayed. Practise on the Discovery so
you don't make a mess of the hossbox 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 11/2/06 at 05:36 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Jon Ison
Ive got an horsebox too try it on 1st so I will give it a go, any tips ?
Make sure you mask up the horse first
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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splitrivet
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| posted on 12/2/06 at 08:45 AM |
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There a good bit of kit Jon, Ive had one a few years as Pete says paint has to be thinned more than a high pressure set up and technique is different
but once your used to them there belting,very little overspray.
If you dont want it I'll give you £4 for it,thats 33% profit.
Cheers,
Bob
[Edited on 12/2/06 by splitrivet]
I used to be a Werewolf but I'm alright nowwoooooooooooooo
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 12/2/06 at 09:29 AM |
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£4 
I bought it to use for a change, normally at auction we buy to sell but I'm keeping this little gadget, sorry I should insert "our
lass" for "we" above, she loves buying at auction and selling on ebay. I assume £3 wasn't ott on price.
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7 in a fancy suit
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| posted on 15/2/06 at 07:37 PM |
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Completely irrelevant to this posting, but a good opportunity to thank splitrivet for his avatar. I copied it to my desktop and had it running up the
the top corner of my screen for about a day. It has now spread like a virus and just about every screen here has those bouncing bits juggling about
in the top corner. Makes me kinda homesick.....
Thanks Bob.
Colin.
A man gets lonely in the desert.......and bored
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 18/2/06 at 09:04 PM |
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Update,
Used it today and got good results, not bad for a paint spraying numpty like me.
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Peteff
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| posted on 19/2/06 at 12:11 AM |
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I can verify that, one shiny blue horse box coming up.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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