Mainly for the great group of hobby-potters, the Paintec vacume glaze spray gun is a great acquisition. That is, the purchase of a glaze spray gun with compressor is costly. I'm very happy with the spray gun, even if I have to add that the spray gun doesn't replace the compressor, it is a good intermediate step. Better than anything I've been offered in The Netherlands so far.
Of course, you can order it through me, but you can also buy it at the following shops:
Robbelien BV
Reubenberg 12 - 6071 PS Swalmen - The Netherlands
Tel: 00 31 (0)475-501992
Fax: 00 31 (0)475-504540
e-mail: info@robbelien.com
website: www.robbelien.nl
Opening times: Monday until Friday from 8:30 until 17:00
Saturday from 9:00 until 12:00 uur
Silex
De Meerheuvel 5 5221 EA 's Hertogenbosch - The Netherlands
Tel: 00 31 (0)73 631 25 28
Fax: 00 31 (0)73 631 25 22
e-mail: info@silex.nl
website: www.silex.nl
Artie
Ussenstraat 29a 5341 PK Oss Nederland
Tel: 0412-655552 (Ovens) of 06-50933314
Tel 2: 0412-640395 (Clay, glazes, raku materials, pottery material and accessories) or 06-26580220
e-mail: info@artie.nl
website: www.artie.nl
Opening times: every Monday, Thursday and Friday open until 16:00
Keramikos
Oudeweg 153
2031 CC Haarlem - The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-23-5424416
Fax: +31-23-5428081
e-mail: info@keramikos.nl
web: www.keramikos.nl
You best put the glaze you'd like to use through a sieve, so that it is mixed well and has an even structure.
Fill the container/tank halfway, s you keep some air above the glaze fluid. You need this air to build up pressure. Now, screw the pump on to the container/tank, close it firmly.
Now, you can pump up the spray gun, if you find this easy you can keep a finger on the hole until you've created enough pressure. Then you aim at the work you would like to glaze and you keep pumping to keep spraying evenly. If you want to stop you can loosen the screw at the side allowing the air/pressure to escape.
You can adjust the spray gun by turning the nozzle. You can also replace the mouthpieces if you would like to use a rougher glaze.
Should the glaze be really rough, then you can also remove the sieve at the bottom.
For small amounts of glaze there is the minicontainer, which you can place into the big container/tank. Just like the mouthpieces, they come in sets of three.
Cleaning is really easy. Just wash with clean water and spray some clean water through.
