Gravity feed?

[justplugit]

Aside from being limited as to the quantity of paint it will hold,

are there any other disadvantages to a gravity feed brush.

[Tagger]

I have a badger 200 detail brush gravity feed .. I feel I waste alot of paint flushing resevoir .. maybe I'm just cheap bastadge..

[Raven]

and i prefer two dripless light coats where you hear the woosh woosh of a drier brush ,
than one heavier layer that needs major watching and attention to remedy drippage....

[Jigman]

I think most builders who use the gravity feed are using them for the fine lines and details. As Tagger noted, you end up wasting more paint in those. With the suction type, you can use fast blast caps for quick paint changes and less waste.

Jigman

[justplugit]

Jigster
I clean my brush between colors by running it under the faucet in a

slop sink and would think it would be easier to clean from the top?

Usually paint small quantities at a time, rarely more than 8 plugs.

[Jigman]

Using the bottom feed, I have all of my paints in bottles with fast blast caps, including cleaner. Paint plugs, pull off paint bottle, attach cleaner, spray, detach, attach next paint bottle, paint some more. Quick and easy for one plug or 100 plugs.

Jigman

[justplugit]

I must be doing something wrong with the blast caps as the bottom

feed, where it is inserted into the brush, gets clogged up on me quite

often, even with back flushing.

Paint to thick?????

[teaser]

Dave, are you sure the little hole on the lid is clear and obstructed? If So then your paint may very well be too thick, I had that problem at 1st too but then I realized that I had my baby finger under the bottle feed and was covering the hole causing the clogging. Just a thought.

[Jigman]

If you can shoot the paint in a gravity feed, then its not too thick. Check the things Teaser noted. If the paint just seems to be thick around the nosel of the fast blast cap, is the paint stored with the cap covered? I also stick a pin in the small air hole on the cap to cover that (a Bernzy tip ). One or two of my paints seem to get a little thick no matter what I do. For those I take an extra piece of wire, bent with a loop, and run it around the bottom of the paint bottle to get everything good and mixed. A couple of shakes after the cap is back on and its good to go.

Jigman

[justplugit]

Good thought Teaser, and good advice Jigster.

i use toothpicks to fill the air holes in storage and when the paint sits

awhile it is gummy when i remove them. Prolly is blocking

some portion of the hole. Even though i thin, i need to be more

careful in cleaning the tops.

[Bernzy]

Push pins fit the breather hole perfectly.

Bernzy

[justplugit]

Bernzy,