Buying refurbished is a great way to save money and still get a quality, long lasting product. Most of the time, the products in our refurbished category have seen little to no use. Where do refurbished and demo products come from? Some of the products we offer were used in-house. For example, say Devilbiss comes out with a new…
Spray Gun Problems All spray guns are tools that are engineered to tight specifications and (this is especially true of automatics) have a large number of small parts that must work together in unison in order to give you an effective spray cycle with no leaks. However, even though there are upwards of 40 parts in a single spray…
Paint Settling In Spray Gun Material settling is an issue among anyone working with paint or any other material that has suspended particles such as colored inks, dyes, etc. This issue is caused the suspended particles that account for that material’s pigment, color, consistency and adhesion characteristics. Materials that feature these characteristics are called suspensions and they are extremely…
Air Cap Maintenance One of the main issues that comes up in any spray project, especially those working with adhesives or abrasive materials, is buildup on the air cap that can significantly affect your spray pattern. Depending on the material you are using this can happen fairly quickly. The air cap is machined with several tiny holes that shape…
Does your spray coating seem a little bit off? Are you not getting the coverage that you used to or getting odd behaviors? You may have an issue with your spray that is causing the issue. Fortunately, there is a quick spray gun troubleshooting test you can do to figure out if there is an issue. We call this…
It will happen from time to time. You load up your spray gun to coat a part and you notice your spray gun leaking. A spray gun can leak for a number of reasons but all are fairly easy to diagnose and fix. 90% of the time a material leak will come from the nozzle area where the needle…
