Sprayers for glazes

[BodinSculptor]

I was wondering if anyone could suggest a spray gun to use for spraying glazes. I hear Iwatta is a good brand. As far as spraying glazes, what should I look for?
Thanks,

[Alice Wandler]

After trying a ton of different spray guns for glazes, with mixed results, a potter by the name of jason linduska showed me a simple solution. There called solvent sprayers, when I worked in a machine shop we used them to spray down big drag lines from the coal mines before we worked on them. There pretty much a simple air gun, like you would use in a wood shop to blow saw dust off machins, but they have a long tube running out of the bottom of them, as the air passes over this tube and out the tip it creates a vacum that sucks the glaze up into the air stream. It works great because there is no chance of cloging, glazes dont need to be watered down, and clean up is extremley easy. Just have a water bucket sitting by your glaze booth, when you want to clean out the gun stick the hose in the water, aim the gun into the water also, and cycle water through it until it comes out clean. Takes seconds! Best place i have found to get them is nappa auto parts, or some other car parts store. There about 40 bucks. Awesome, awesome tool. Hope this helps. -Alice, this pictured one looks alot fancier than mine, but this is the general idea.

[ani_chd]

i am currently looking for the spray gun will let you know i day or 2.

[Alice Wandler]

i dont mean to double post, but was just curious if you got my reply about the solvent sprayer, i'm assuming that is what you are talking about when you say your going to look for the sprayer. I'm just confused because i dont see my post on here.

[Andy Clift]

So sorry about the slow moderation my family and I have moved to Portland and I've been off-line and will continue to be off-line for the most part the next few days because of lack of cell service and slow cable hook up. Thanks for joining and thanks for your feedback on spray guns look forward to more conversation when I'm on line permanently.

[Peter Stephens]

The main thing is to find a sprayer that really sprays glazes how you want without problems. Is it fine artistic spraying or broad spraying? There are a lot of sprayers available, and even if first class quality they may quickly clog or not even be suitable for glaze. I have found even the sprayers which claim to be specifically for glazes or suitable for glazes really are only for fine art work and not for broad spraying of pots. I have used a very cheap paint sprayer, and it was perfect for glazing pottery teapots, plates, etc. simply because the tolerances weren't too fine. You see, the caution is, a very good quality paint sprayer may not handle the glaze well because it has fine orifices. For broad spraying, a cheap house paint sprayer which has a blower system, is where I'd look.