Those following this Blog may remember my having
some difficulties when attempting to prime parts a few days ago. One issue was
low air pressure at the spray gun forcing me to remove the water separator and
then just barely get enough air to paint. Because I needed to use a 50 foot
hose, decided it best to use a 1/2" diameter hose to reduce the loss caused
by the additional length so it came as a shock not to have enough pressure at
the sun.
After doing some testing yesterday, my idea of
using 1/2" hose to compensate for the longer length was spot on. The
longer hose does allow more airflow. However, where things went bad was the at
the 6’ lead-in hose with a swivel end I had placed on the end of the 50’ hose so
the full weight of the large 1/2" hose would not be constantly pulling on
the gun.
Never looked inside the connector but as it
turns out, the swivel only has a 1/8" hole which created WAY to much
restriction. I still like the idea of a 3/8" lead-in hose to reduce the
weight at the gun so will find one that has no swivel.
One can see the tiny 1/8" hole deep inside the connector. It offers
way to much restriction when spray painting.