M
Mr. Magoo
Guest
I don't know whether its just me, or whether the two AB's I have are the source of my problem, which is VERY rapid clogging. Not tip drying, but internally on the needle and/or seat (tip). No matter what I do in the way of cleaning, paint or additives changes the fact that I cannot go for more than a few minutes b4 they clog up and start spitting and splatting -- like shooting out blobs when I release trigger, sprays paint w/o pulling back on trigger.
Virtually every time I touch the trigger I simply cannot know how its going to react. It never does the same thing when using identical trigger actions.
The Badger Sotar I can understand why that extremely fine toleranced AB clogs quickly. But my $25 el cheapo is a different matter, being on the opposite and of the tolerance/fineness spectrum. For a gun so cheap, it performs surprisingly close to the Sotar.
I'm at the point now where the only option I can think of is to try another AB. The two I originally chose were intended as an experiment anyway as I didn't expect either of them to fill the bill, but rather serve as a guide toward making a final purchase. I don't hear of anyone else complaining of my problem, so maybe its time to upgrade. Badger and Iwata are the two most popular brands here, but each of those mfgrs offer a ridiculous number of different models -- Iwata with its alphabet soup of model names and badger with its double-named models (such as Renegade Krome, or some such). Are there really any major differences between 30 different model names?
My requirements at this point are simple and few: I want a gravity cup with a cap that screws on and doesn't fall off (I'm constant forgetting about having an open cup in my hand and pouring paint all over everything) and a brush that is general purpose and which I don't have to clean every five minutes. My work tends more toward fine detail while the AB's I have can handle the larger scale paint work.
Virtually every time I touch the trigger I simply cannot know how its going to react. It never does the same thing when using identical trigger actions.
The Badger Sotar I can understand why that extremely fine toleranced AB clogs quickly. But my $25 el cheapo is a different matter, being on the opposite and of the tolerance/fineness spectrum. For a gun so cheap, it performs surprisingly close to the Sotar.
I'm at the point now where the only option I can think of is to try another AB. The two I originally chose were intended as an experiment anyway as I didn't expect either of them to fill the bill, but rather serve as a guide toward making a final purchase. I don't hear of anyone else complaining of my problem, so maybe its time to upgrade. Badger and Iwata are the two most popular brands here, but each of those mfgrs offer a ridiculous number of different models -- Iwata with its alphabet soup of model names and badger with its double-named models (such as Renegade Krome, or some such). Are there really any major differences between 30 different model names?
My requirements at this point are simple and few: I want a gravity cup with a cap that screws on and doesn't fall off (I'm constant forgetting about having an open cup in my hand and pouring paint all over everything) and a brush that is general purpose and which I don't have to clean every five minutes. My work tends more toward fine detail while the AB's I have can handle the larger scale paint work.