Awsom job Dave ,like the gun seems to work great.Is the pump just a
regular airless or is it just for texture?I have used many greyco
sprayers,Hero put out one called the super pump was a pressure washer
sprayer in one have been keeping my eye open for one.
Clair.
In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Dave" <aquaponicdave@...> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> Getting very close to shooting the dome, still working out the last
> equipment issues. I have been messing around with a Graco texture
> sprayer, which seems to work pretty good (if I keep a close eye on
the
> mix thickness).
>
> Video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMDYFV28eZs
>
> The Graco pump senses the airflow and automatically turns the PC
pump
> on and off so all I have to do is operate the air valve. I tried to
> shoot some PC that was too thick and the PC jammed up a couple of
> orifices inside the pump, and after I tore it down and fixed that
it's
> been fine. I can shoot some pretty thick stuff, see the other video
> for more on the pump setup http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=Q9YpN5Wd5Wo
>
> I can get it to stick to slippery vertical surfaces until it's a bit
> over 1/4" thick, so I'm hoping that will be good enough for the
> scratch coat. I'm just using cellulose insulation and portland
cement
> so far, but I'll mess around with adding latex paint too soon, as
well
> as shooting the Blox mix (which I need to go get now that the gun is
> ready).
>
> Speaking of the gun, I tried the Graco texture gun just for grins,
and
> it couldn't handle the PC, it has a shutoff valve to stop the flow
of
> texture material, and that would jam up with PC so I adapted my
> earlier design gun made from PVC plumbing pcs and it works fine
> (although it does slobber after I shut off the air, might add a ball
> valve there eventually).
>
> So now I'm working on my scaffold system (another story there) and
> waiting for a good opportunity to go shoot the dome, I think I'll
need
> three days of at least 65 degree weather, maybe this week...
>
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