Paint sprayer vs pressure washer
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:04 am
I rediscovered this paint sprayer gun today. Long story short, it's now an extra after it stopped working last summer - and ready for spud gun use .
It's a titan lx-80, or some earlier version thereof. Here is a diagram.
I pulled apart a pressure washer gun for comparison. It appears to have a 1/4" seat (minus the area of the 1/8" pin), whereas the paint gun has a 1/8" seat but full flow. That works out to approximately 1/3 the area.
However, the paint gun has some advantages for modification because of the valve design. I'd have to do some more precise measurements but it looks like you could remove the spring and replace it with an air spring behind, to create a piston pneumatic or piston hybrid.
The handle also seals with some sort of plastic washer against the body, which would make a great burst disk holder.
Oh yeah, and it's rated to 3600 psi 8). 30x hybrid anyone?
Any other ways to use it you guys see?
It's a titan lx-80, or some earlier version thereof. Here is a diagram.
I pulled apart a pressure washer gun for comparison. It appears to have a 1/4" seat (minus the area of the 1/8" pin), whereas the paint gun has a 1/8" seat but full flow. That works out to approximately 1/3 the area.
However, the paint gun has some advantages for modification because of the valve design. I'd have to do some more precise measurements but it looks like you could remove the spring and replace it with an air spring behind, to create a piston pneumatic or piston hybrid.
The handle also seals with some sort of plastic washer against the body, which would make a great burst disk holder.
Oh yeah, and it's rated to 3600 psi 8). 30x hybrid anyone?
Any other ways to use it you guys see?