curiousity what paint gun regulators are some of you painters on the hamb using, or whats your favorite? I got a cheap knockoff one and cheap sharpe, what's more accurate, anybody use digital? post pics if you can...thanks.
I have a Sata with the digital gauge built in the handle. What you have there will work just fine. As your painting you will have to adjust as you use air pressure will drop.
I have all Satas with a Sata regulator. The actual psi reading isn't as important when you set the gun up, but it does help give a starting point if you're new.
yes i'm pretty new to painting just been practicing on a hood with epoxy primer,2K and single stage...i just get air leaking from the knob sometimes when adjusting pressure not sure if its cuz they're cheap or just happens...i was sprayin with it around 20 psi. thanks guys...anymore input welcomed.
some regulators actually bleed pressure (when you are decreasing) so you get an accurate reading while adjusting others make you manually bleed pressure by pullling the trigger to let off excess pressure. if it only "leaks" when decreasing, it is probably fine. i don't run a reg. or gauge on my guns (double regulated at the drier) i set it for what i am spraying and the gun i'm using i don't actually go by the number on the gauge so much as the sound and feel, but i've been using some of the same guns and set up for over 20 yrs.
Hey, Pressure gauges at the gun are for '' bed wettin' moma's boys and housewifes!" remove yours' and replace it with a "cheater valve" . Now ,tape some 36'' paper up to the shop wall, say 4'-5' worth, and load your gun with some thinner or cheap paint. Adjust the gun for a good spray pattern, one with clean margins and full wet coverage. Spray several passes upon the paper, and listen and watch your spray pattern. Train your eye and ear for the correct sound based upon the pattern. Cheap gauges are notorious liars! " Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed "
Use a regulator at the gun. I've never known of a certain type to be bad. My present one has the gauge lens painted over but after it's dialed in it inusres consistency.
Ive been paintin for over twentyfive years and dont have a guage on any of my guns every meterial sprays differently i always go by feel and have a cheater valve at the gun and adjust accordingly good luck bro!
keeping an eye on the pressure never hurts. IMHO bragging about painting without a gauge, is like bragging about running down the street with your eyes closed... I just dont get it. With paint products changing all the time, Its hard enough getting good results when you follow the directions. If you were painting all day every day, the sound thing might work, but a weekender needs all the help we can get. I know as a fact 10 lbs of gun pressure will totally change the way a metallic will lay down (now, oldtimers will often compensate by instinct). Yes, cheap gauges often lie, but they usually lie consistently and that will give you a good starting place. Also if a product says shoot at 25-35 psi you usually be happy at 35 or more. lower pressure is less overspray/better milage. higher pressure means better atomization/smoother finish-more even metallic.
The lie of omission is in the pressure drop that comes from the length and diameter of your hose. The longer and bigger the hose, the larger the Lie....just so you know. Its alittle late but happy Pie day! 3.14
I use the $50 guages that you can get with the red knobs for my IWATA guns. Set them for 20 psi on my LPH 440 and 16-17 PSI on my LPH 400s when shooting clear or color. I agree that carrying a pressure gauge on the gun is some nice reassuring assurance that one more thing in the complicated world of painting is in the right place. Adam
my understanding just a regulator valve, with no guage. thanks guys for all the input just what i needed to hear.
I have a digital Sata RP.. I like it... so I added adam gauges to all my cheater valves on my non digital Sata HVLP and primer guns . they going in your "cheater" aka air flow valve adjuster and have a digital read out there.... I like to know my pressures... one system might require 27 psi and a 1.3 tip and others might require 35 psi and a 1.2 tip.... READ your set up instructions...
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