thank you very much for sharing you experience with the unit, obviously it's well worth the money from a time saving point of view. how long does it take to clean the machine once you have finished please. also, how was it for over spraying?. PS I enjoyed you videos on bee keep. regards James
I'd say its equivalent to cleaning out rollers and paintbrushes, scoop out as much paint as you can from the hopper, I half fill with water and then run the prime setting so it circulates the water through the machine, repeat with clean water but have the discharge tube going into a bucket. takes a few rinses but this only takes a few mins. You reallly need to have it on a table though so you can collect in a normal sized bucket. Blowing the paint out of the lines takes longer than you think and thats a bit messy. I havent worked out how to do that barring sticking a wet cloth over the head without it painting what you dont want. The inside of the hopper is made of a sort of paint repelling material so it does scrub up well. Spray head parts I've just soaked in warm water for a bit before "having at them". I'm a bit fussy so I take just under an hour in all.
in respect of overspray, its nowhere near as bad as the flexio air powered ones that i have tried, but if you dont mask and move away from your target you will get overspray but i used a simple piece of corflute signboard on a stick to avoid most of it.
I just cleaned it out again last night, i timed it and it took 35mins and I actually read the instructions again in respect of clearing the line which does need to be followed, take the spray nozzle off, fill the hopper with water or appropriate cleaning fluid, turn to prime, depress the trigger and hold the spray head against the side of the paint tin and while the motor is running, switch to spray. This will let the remaining paint run through the lines at low pressure but make sure you keep that trigger depressed before you turn to spray. Once you start seeing the paint thin, stop and switch to a spare bucket to get rid of the watered down paint mix. It always helps when you read the instructions properly doesnt it!! :-)
thank you very much for sharing you experience with the unit, obviously it's well worth the money from a time saving point of view.
how long does it take to clean the machine once you have finished please.
also, how was it for over spraying?.
PS
I enjoyed you videos on bee keep.
regards
James
I'd say its equivalent to cleaning out rollers and paintbrushes, scoop out as much paint as you can from the hopper, I half fill with water and then run the prime setting so it circulates the water through the machine, repeat with clean water but have the discharge tube going into a bucket. takes a few rinses but this only takes a few mins. You reallly need to have it on a table though so you can collect in a normal sized bucket. Blowing the paint out of the lines takes longer than you think and thats a bit messy. I havent worked out how to do that barring sticking a wet cloth over the head without it painting what you dont want. The inside of the hopper is made of a sort of paint repelling material so it does scrub up well. Spray head parts I've just soaked in warm water for a bit before "having at them". I'm a bit fussy so I take just under an hour in all.
in respect of overspray, its nowhere near as bad as the flexio air powered ones that i have tried, but if you dont mask and move away from your target you will get overspray but i used a simple piece of corflute signboard on a stick to avoid most of it.
I just cleaned it out again last night, i timed it and it took 35mins and I actually read the instructions again in respect of clearing the line which does need to be followed, take the spray nozzle off, fill the hopper with water or appropriate cleaning fluid, turn to prime, depress the trigger and hold the spray head against the side of the paint tin and while the motor is running, switch to spray. This will let the remaining paint run through the lines at low pressure but make sure you keep that trigger depressed before you turn to spray. Once you start seeing the paint thin, stop and switch to a spare bucket to get rid of the watered down paint mix. It always helps when you read the instructions properly doesnt it!! :-)
It's the biggest pile of crap I bought one 2 weeks ago and I'm on my 3rd replacement
what issues have you had with it james?