Paasche Paint Spray Gun
This is a Paasche Model 62-2-3 spray
gun. This tool fills the void between an air brush and a
full size paint sprayer. It will spray medium-light to
heavy bodied paints and glazes. It is very simple in
construction and use; just point and press the thumb trigger to
spray. It is a siphon feed, internal mix design with a 3
oz. screw-on jar. The useful range for spraying is from
under 10 psi up to 40 psi, the higher pressures being useful for
the heavier bodied paints. Cleaning is very simple; just
spray water or solvent (as applicable) through it immediately
after spraying paint.
I originally bought this with painting clouds on my sky backdrop
in mind. However, this spray gun isn't an air
brush . . . the pattern is larger and coarser, especially when
using heavy bodied paints (I was using cheap craft acrylic
paint). The coarse pattern was totally unsuitable for this
purpose as I wanted a very light, semi-transparent effect and
the resulting finish I received just simply didn't work
out. However, despite the course spray pattern, it does
fine if one intends to actually put a solid coat of paint on an
object (I tested it over an area, and it did just fine in that
capacity).
The gun uses a typical air brush hose
available from Paasche, and I found out that it was identical to
my Binks hose, so I used my existing hose. Thus, no hose
is offered here, just the gun as pictured. I have sprayed
only about 3 oz. of paint, so essentially this guy is like brand
new. It is in the box with the instruction sheet.
This spray gun retails for $47.00. I’ll let it go for
$23.50 (half price) plus shipping cost if not local.
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