Painting my 93 Dutchmen
I have been a member of this forum for a while now and I have benefited from the good advice and solutions that are shared. Each time I looked at my 1993 class A I was discouraged at the faded paint a...
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jbilling wrote:Stripes sound great!
Aruba5er and Western, yes I will do 2 full length stripes in dark blue over turquoise. As for the Harbor Freight airless unit, it worked great and is still working. I have several more projects for it. The secret to airless sprayer, Harbor Freight or Graco or whatever is as always prep and cleanup. I am not a big reader of instructions but on complex items I follow the directions to the letter. My grandson (a professional house painter) was impressed with the unit. Before starting the job I ordered an assortment of spray tips for the different paints and primers. The tip that ships with the unit was way to big #515 it would go through a gallon of paint Fast!!!
Yes, the trick with airless sprayers is to keep them clean and use oil on the pump shaft every time it's used. My Graco has a bottle holder that carries that shaft oil dispenser bottle. It just takes a few drops or a healthy squirt to oil the shaft.
I think my Graco is about 15 yrs old. It has paid for itself many times over. I did have to take it in for pump seal replacement, once. I got caught up spraying some military stuff for a collector and the last gallon was some type of self-mixing epoxy and I didn't have a solvent that would work. Before I could get solvent, the pump, lines, and gun all had to be broken down and cleaned, a long tedious process.
