Recent content by opps

There seems to be a lot of questions from new forums members today...

I completely understand it being difficult to see where you have just sprayed. If you have a portable light source you can shine it against the wall at an angle, hopefully you will be able to see the edges of the wet paint. Sometimes, when rolling a ceiling, I turn off the ceiling lights and...

Horizontal is going to be awkward- unless you are 8ft tall. Just try the old up and down but make your passes closer. - BTW most emulsions require two coats after the mist coat anyway.

I suspect that the smell is simply the hot appliances heating the solvents being released in to the room. I decoratorate for a living. If I apply a coat of oil based paint in a customer's kitchen, the following day, if they use a gas hob the smell becomes stronger. I, personally, would not be...

Are they deep enough to be able to feel them? Based on your description, I assumed that it was simply a case of inconsistent sheen/coverage. My old HVLP isn't powerful enough to spray emulsion, but when spraying 2 pack paints, I do a wet on wet coat- left right followed by up down, that said, I...

In theory it shouldn't make any difference if you go up down or left right. I still think you are not sufficiently overlapping your spray. Lets say, hypothetically, that the width of each pass is 30cm. About 20cm of that is solid, 5cm either side is much thinner. After the first pass, the...

Your commutator is very dirty, but I am not qualified enough to say that it would be responsible, on it own, to make the buzzing noise. My heat pump tumble dryer recently went down that path. I had a slight buzz- took the machine apart and used my hand to spin the drum. It then spun without...

I suspect that your spray pattern was incorrect, as in not enough overlap. Wet on wet edges is key. I say that as someone that only has a HVLP rather than airless- the same principles still apply though.

I am only guessing here... but... I had to strip down a sander this week because it stopped working. I then noticed that the commutator was black. I cleaned the commutator and the tool started to work. I am not saying that is your problem, but have you looked at the commutator? Edit- you have a...

That suggests that there is an issue between the earth and live Weld spot- good point, but wouldn't that blow the fuse rather than tripping the RCB? I didn't take a photo of the worn down brushes. I didn't see the point, and whenever it happened (the sparks), I stopped using the tool. Each...

I used to have an online account, but from memory, it only gave me a 10% discount, meaning that they were still really, really expensive. As per @Wayners post, walk in with a shopping list and see what discount they can give you on the spot.

I would have thought that you need a tongue and groove router set...

Why would that cause a RCD to short? Thinking about tools that I have previously used where the brushes have worn down completely, the give away was the visible sparks (and noise). That said, I cannot tell if the OP means that the RCD or MCB. I assume the former though given that the fuse in...

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What is your problem? The OP, and others are free to read through my previous posts (including posts not related to this one). I know enough to know that Americans tend to have radial wiring rather than ring mains. I "try" to offer advice, you seem to be one of those people that spouts...