I have power in the garage again (underground line finally dried out for a while), so I can now use my air compressor and the spray gun I bought a couple of months ago to start laying down the Rust Bullet I bought last month on my car's pretty well stripped body. My compressor is a 1.5 HP, 3 HP peak, 4.9 cfm@40 PSI compressor. I bought a cheap eBay spray gun (I pretty much plan on using it only to spray the RB and then nothing else as I don't have any plans for paint ATM and I don't exactly have the money for it).

I have questions about the setup of the gun... I have the external regulator set to 40 PSI currently (and yes, it has an oil/water/dirt filter on its inlet), but I have no idea about fan and flow settings. The gun didn't come with any instructions other than a sheet telling how to take it apart and a part numbers list. Currently, as is recommended by the RB manufacturer, I have the 2.0mm tip in the gun with its cap (also have a 1.4mm tip but I'm not using it at the moment). Other than that, .

I'll be starting with a junk panel first and then moving on to the hood, which I need to finish stripping in a bit. Yes, everything's getting stripped that's getting sprayed, or it's been hit with my pressure washer and its sandblaster attachment to rough it up, because RB needs to be applied to either a good existing coating or to the bare metal itself that's been roughed with 150 grit.

 

Okay then...

How's about a link to a video on YouTube or something that illustrates the difference between "too dry" and what not? I know what "too wet" looks like as that's usually what I end up with...

 

this is a really good article on the subject

http://www.hotrodders.com/articles/spraygun.html

as far as wet/dry... if it runs... too wet.