Switched to v-type connectors

shaneh

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Holy cow. Went from regular hardware store I/M air connectors in my shop to Milton V-Type connectors. Set up my LPH400 and whereas before I needed 40psi at the wall to see 16-18psi at the gun with the trigger pulled, now I need 80psi at the wall. So set up my W400LV. Similar thing. 70psi at the wall gets me 20psi on it with the trigger pulled.

So that got me to thinking about the air column and volume increase. Ran the numbers and .195 orifice(I/M connectors) vs .305 orifice(V-Type) is a 252% increase in volume to get to the same pressure.

I was really surprised at the difference in changing nothing but the connectors.
 
WooWee! Damn, talk about a firehose. I had to turn the fluid valve way in. I actually ran the base for the first time ever. Set up as before, this LPH400 felt like a Sata5000. I wasn't ready for that! lol Clear is gonna be fun. Gonna need to do a good bit of testing.
 
WooWee! Damn, ctalk about a firehose. I had to turn the fluid valve way in. I actually ran the base for the first time ever. Set up as before, this LPH400 felt like a Sata5000. I wasn't ready for that! lol Clear is gonna be fun. Gonna need to do a good bit of testing.
That was my experience w/ my W400 spraying UV, had to play with adjustments to slow it down to my speed.
 
I bought several sets of the V type a few years ago but had trouble with them leaking. Switched back to the M style that I've used for 50 years.
 
I noticed there was 1 female connector that leaked a bit depending on how you moved the male side. We'll see if that gets worse or if the others start doing it.

I sprayed this engine compartment last night. I will say that once I got the gun adjusted to my liking, the flake and pearl in this layed down really nicely. A whole lot nicer than I remember this color doing a few months ago. We'll see how the UC goes down today!
 

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So, interesting experience with clear. It lays down more product. I set up the W400LV from scratch. Set my fan width, set the fluid delivery, shot a few tests. And then went to the car. I'm shooting inside, constant 75 degrees, and used slow activator. I usually do 3 coats on something like this. Since I used slow instead of normal, I went with 20 minutes between coats instead of 15. Looked awesome on 2nd coat. There were a few dry areas like the apron tops, since an engine compartment is so hard to shoot in one shot when there's not enough room to comfortable get inside it. I shot the apron top, then worked my way up the apron and I ended with some dry spray on those tops. Should have worked my way up then immediately shot the top. So I decided to go for a 3rd coat and those vertical aprons ran on me. Normally, that would not have done that. So either I need to reduce the fluid a bit next time, or give it a bit more flash time, or maybe even a normal activator. I liked the way it flowed out, though.

Now that the inside is done and cured, I may just wet sand the aprons and flow coat them now that I can get inside and now worry about banging up against the firewall or crossmember. Luckily there is a panel line I can tape too. Nothing like creating more work for yourself! lol
 

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