MogLite Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Has anyone seen the Hammerite Metalmaster ? An electroatatic paint sprayer for metal. The unit seems to be about £40, and a 350ml aerosol - £12 I might have a roof-rack to paint soon, and it seems ideal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest diesel_jim Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Must be like powder coating, where they "charge" the paint with a positive charge and it attracts to the item being painted. shame it's hammerite though.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sotal Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Looks good - especially on the video. Should be good for painting things like the insides of chassis. It did look like they had spent a lot of time preping that fence first though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will_warne Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 IIRC elecrostatic charging for painting is quite often used industrially to improve coverage and reduce wastage (more paint sticks to the surface). Seems like a nice idea - shame they don't have more colours yet..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I looked at this - and thought how good it would be for painting mesh! Figured I'd wait for one of you lot to buy one and say if it's any good before I rush out & get one though! Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 It's used by joinery firms for spraying windows/doors etc, it works WELL.... but I suspect the charge used is slightly higher than that produced by the hammerite toy.... but you never know It did look a bit slow, yes 4 times faster than a brush, just maybe not me with a brush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clbarclay Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I looked at this - and thought how good it would be for painting mesh! Figured I'd wait for one of you lot to buy one and say if it's any good before I rush out & get one though! Si What do you mean your waiting one of us to buy one. We're all waiting eagerly for you to lead the way and make one. Just done a quick search and found this http://www.directindustry.com/prod/sames-t...3892-55685.html Though I get the feeling it may comply with the say "If you have to ask the price then you can't afford it" Hammerite have been rather cleaver and annoying by making it require their own special areosls You can't blame them for it I suppose but its one good reason why I'm not going to even think about buying one of theirs. I'm sure there are others though that will buy the paint for it at getting on for twice the price of normal hammerite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landmannnn Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 Being hammerite I am guessing that it will all fall off after 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 What do you mean your waiting one of us to buy one. We're all waiting eagerly for you to lead the way and make one. Can't deny having thought about it! I'll add it to my list of questionable things to build when I retire! (only 25 years to wait!) Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landmannnn Posted May 2, 2008 Share Posted May 2, 2008 Si, By 2033 there won't be such a thing as retirement or a pension, we will all just work 'til we drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonr Posted May 5, 2008 Share Posted May 5, 2008 Si,By 2033 there won't be such a thing as retirement or a pension, we will all just work 'til we drop. Sounds good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raz8550tdi Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 no one got any experience with one yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MogLite Posted May 7, 2008 Author Share Posted May 7, 2008 no one got any experience with one yet? Doesn't seem so. The mesh on my roof rack was rusty, so I've cut it off, whats left will be easy enough to do with a brush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantd5 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Hammerite normally hardens and simply pops up after some months on rusty materials... I prefare coal tars to hammerite.... I think under most of the deffenders or LRs there are similar protectives like coal tar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobed90 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Bought one today from B&Q. The sprayer sells at £39.99 and the paint is £13.99 a can, which will suposidly do 12m of railings. Ive bought it to paint my large double gates, will hopefully get it done today and leave my feedback on it later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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