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I have a sprayer from Harbor Freight, the purple one, with the overhead cup, never used it.  Got it out yesterday and it is the most irritating piece of equipment   I have ever tried to use!  Why do so many potters like them?

The cup is infuriating to fill, the thing is heavy, you can't sit it down and the manual had no info on how to adjust the spray.

What am I missing here?

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I don't know Harbour Freight  (I'm in the UK, so I can at least spell it though, ;)  )

 

My sprayer has three variable controls, the one at the rear of the gun controls the volume sprayed and the one nearer the nozzle controls  the spray pattern, screwed well in will produce a smallish circle, unscrewing produces an oval, the oval can be vertical or horizontal - this is adjusted by rotating the pronged section at the front of the nozzle.

 

Mine looks something like this.

 

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Clay lover,

The biggest problem with your setup will be keeping the glaze from settling, which causes issues. Air pressure should be around 40 to 50 psi. air pressure will determine thick or thinner flow.

When it works, they are great.... but

Wyndham

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Clay Lover;

What Ajay means by spelling is that in the rest of the English speaking world other than the U.S.A., Habour is spelled with a "u".

You have been poned, my friend.

TJR.

Definitely:  it was an English dig at US spelling, nothing personal,  I realised years ago that picking up personal spelling mistakes on the net was a waste of time and never appreciated.

 

Purple is a nice colour, I wonder what flavour it is? :D

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I'm doing some pots that require several different layers of glaze.  I was hoping for some sort of a set up where I could hook each color up to a sprayer and have then ready to go from glaze to the next without stopping and changing the glaze cup.  I have a gang manifold from the compressor with 4 hoses. 

But what is happening is the nozzle on the first sprayer dries up and clogs while I am using the 2nd sprayer and 3rd, and so on.  I still end up taking each color off the hose, washing the sprayer out and re attaching the next color. 

Any advice to make this work more smoothly? 

 

The HVLP spray I described is a pain in the :angry:.

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Clay Lover;

What Ajay means by spelling is that in the rest of the English speaking world other than the U.S.A., Habour is spelled with a "u".

You have been poned, my friend.

TJR.

Definitely:  it was an English dig at US spelling, nothing personal,  I realised years ago that picking up personal spelling mistakes on the net was a waste of time and never appreciated.

 

Purple is a nice colour, I wonder what flavour it is? :D

 

Made me laugh! I will put that cheque in the mail as soon as I finish centreing. Then I will go to the theatre.

T.t

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I have a Harbor (Harbour) Freight gun (spray) and really like it!   I haven't had problems with the glaze settling at all.   40-50 psi and it is great.   I just make sure to clean it between glazes (have a bucket of water handy for cleaning)  And tear it apart afterward to clean everything out.  And I sieve the glaze before I put it in the hopper.   But I am only doing one glaze at a time.  I like your idea of more than one gun (spray) at a time!!   hmmm food for thought!

 

Roberta

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  • 2 weeks later...

I have one from ebay. Chicago label. I had a Sears Power pal compressor for decades but it started to die. So I replaced it.

This current one is only good for a spray paint type of container (included). Only one rate of compressed air and no way to use other containers. It is working but I have a great Geil sprayer I can't use with it.

Marcia

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I tried to buy an HVLP gun a few years ago from a  floor finishing company; I was making some cabinets at the time. I paid about 200 bucks for it. I think it's a Kremlin. I got it home and examined the box. Nowhere did it say HVLP on the box or the gun. I had asked the salesman for an HVLP very specifically...."Id like an HVLP spraygun," I said loudly and clearly. So I was amazed when I called him and he said, "No that's not an HVLP gun, but it's a great gun and you're going to love it." Huh? HUH? What a total ########! But, he was correct. I run my gun with an air compressor at 40-50 psi and love it. Spraying glaze can be challenging, as it's a little difficult to tell how think the application is sometimes, but you can get some terrific effects. I like being able to handle the ware only seconds after I've sprayed it.    ja

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