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Offline DannyGruninger

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Re: Spray out guns??
« Reply #15 on: June 05, 2014, 04:51:51 PM »
Nick, tell those printers out back to quit getting ink on sh*&! LOL

My guys know better, using the spray gun around here is really frowned upon and they all know it so we do everything possible to avoid using one.  ::)
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Re: Spray out guns??
« Reply #16 on: June 05, 2014, 06:04:14 PM »
We buy  Bab's mystic guns when Valley litho has them marked for 40 bucks. We have ours right next to the dryer where they catch shirts and we don't use any fancy chems that barely work and unless someone drops one they last well over a year. I think in 8 years we may have gone through 5 guns, maybe 6. Now if those were 300-500 spot guns I'd be pissed.
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Offline Rocfrog

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Re: Spray out guns??
« Reply #17 on: June 05, 2014, 06:05:10 PM »
Nick, tell those printers out back to quit getting ink on sh*&! LOL

My guys know better, using the spray gun around here is really frowned upon and they all know it so we do everything possible to avoid using one.  ::)

HAHA!!! Ya I've been trying to say that! I mean even as crappy as my last shop was we used the spray out gun 1/16th of the time they use it here. I think they see it as an excuse to not worry so much about blow outs, snap back, or cleanliness. The one guy that is here now is the guy that I replaced and all he says is "its a screen print shop its gonna happen no way around it." and I just shake my head....

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Re: Spray out guns??
« Reply #18 on: June 05, 2014, 06:40:28 PM »
I remember a time around here that we'd go weeks without using the gun, now it's getting close to a daily occurrence that I hear the gun running.  It's almost always a pinhole that we didn't catch during test printing or my guy unloading improperly but in his defense my printer used to put so much glue on the pallets that a snap back was impossible to keep from happening. 
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Spray out guns??
« Reply #19 on: June 10, 2014, 06:11:33 AM »
You need to check that the cleaning fluid is suitable for the gun you are using.
We've recently had the cleaning material melt the plastic parts in the gun.
We have ours hanging on a cheap spring so that it cannot fall and break.
We also use a extractor fan, the chemicals are really mean.
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Re: Spray out guns??
« Reply #20 on: June 10, 2014, 06:31:15 AM »
We have a couple of custom built rigs. Gun is spring suspended from a tripod. Compressed air gun from a retractable air line. Work station is a hollow box with a 5" hole covered by screen mesh. Inside is a industrial wet/dry vac. Directly behind it is a high speed exhaust fan which takes fumes directly outside. One switch turns on a light source, exhaust fan, and w/d vac all at once. The combination of air gun, vac and fan eliminates fumes and minimizes residual stains. Yes, we are fortunate to have a full time maintenance person who is a skilled craftsman and can build whatever crazy concepts that come into my head.