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Originally Posted by rspears

The bottle is full and unopened....

Roger - I think we MIGHT have believed that statement had the cork not been so conveniently pictured. I'm with Steve > Now about the Fish Eye(s)...........

Originally Posted by IC2

Roger - I think we MIGHT have believed that statement had the cork not been so conveniently pictured. I'm with Steve > Now about the Fish Eye(s)...........

That bottle is unopened
Seriously, I picked up a Finex (by Sharpe) FX3000 gun yesterday (could not justify Sata or Iwata cost) and shot a bunch of cast pieces (brake calipers, caliper mounts, bolt heads and nuts, etc) and axle flanges that I had overlooked - a coat of epoxy primer, a coat of base single stage black and a coat of 50/50 black and clear. Before priming I soaked everything liberally with lacquer thinner from a spray bottle, wiped dry and blew with air. The new gun worked great with a definite difference in atomization. Since these were not "critical" parts I just hung them outside on a 2x4 supported by ladders so I was not in the same environment - did not want to take time to segregate the shop, and not overly concerned with a bit of dust or a bug or two. Also, I put a gun mounted regulator on the new gun, to be sure of the actual pressure at the gun - I may have been losing 5 or 10psi before and not realized it. One of these days I will mount the regulator on the HF "Pro" gun, mix up some primer and try it again on a test panel to see if that was the problem. For now, it is assembly time!!