Well today I masked everything off and attempted to prime everything. I borrowed my nieghbors air compressor its a pretty heavy duty craftsman. I kept trying to adjust the gun, and the airpressure on the unit itself. I just kept getting alot of air and no primer was coming through. In the begining it somewhat was. Then it all went to hell! I was thinking it may have gotten clogged so I took it appart and re-strained the primer still no go graemlins/sad.gif So I dont know if its my settings off, the gun, or the compressor.... This just sucked really bad.

Anyone in the Sacramento area wanna make a couple hundred bucks, i got most the supplies :eek:

if i were closer to ya, id come help you.

were u pulling the trigger back all the way, half way back is just air, full back is paint.

wut kind of gun are you using? HVLP? u should be spraying w/ about 50psi at the tank. i think its about 40 at the gun, but it all depends on the gun.

if i can think of anyting else ill post it.

aaron

Yeah I tried everything! I dont know what the problem is, tomorrow I will try it again. The only thing I can think of is it was clogged somehow, it sprays air like no tomorrow, seems clean, but nothing coming through. I have a HVLP Gravity gun for paint. But for priming Im just using one of those little standard tin sprayers.

If it's a siphon feed, one thing you can check is the air vent tube just above the cup. Any obstruction there, and it won't pick up at all.

I second the opinon on the vent tube.

ah, yes, i never thought of that. good point, i 3rd that. we had a siphon feed at school that couldnt spray at all, changed tubes,new gaskets, and it worked great ( was still abused by all the immature kids tho :rolleyes: ).


aaron

Originally posted by pnutkemist:
or the compressor.... This just sucked really bad. Compressors should blow, not suck :D although in modern conversations "suck" and "blow" are synonyms, i.e. "That sucks!" vs. "That blows!"

haha... yes yes. The tube may have had a little scuzz in it. Im going to clean this thing inside out and try it again. I'll let you guys know what happens today