Yeehaw, looking good.  Hows the fingers???

Had a line on a Chiller earlier in the year but the funds just were'nt there.  Maybe next year......    In a perfect world, a chiller, and some go juice to stay as far away from detonation as possible is my hopes..

Sounds like its ready for busuness John, just looking at that beast scares me. How much HP does it put out?

It's getting there.  We didnt dyno it and are currently massively underdriving it so I can figure it out first and then we'll creep up on it a little at a time.  Barry and Louis (Schlinder) are coaching me a ton on what to do with this thing.  Great guys...

Crap, the link to the video didnt work.  Should be better now.

Let's try it again.... 

Yup, lots of polishing is in order.......along with replacing the carpet that burned from my fuel fire...

I still haven't heard from them nor has the check cleared yet. 

Hey Ron, give Peggy a shot at;

rvrrat@pmt.org

She came thru for me.


Good luck Brad.  Hope you guys can put together a great field.  We're going to have our son and some of the rest of the NW gang along with us and see if we can generate some interest in this circle racing stuff up here.  I think it's F'n cool~~~~~~

Damn..........that video turns my crank.  I cannot wait to watch you guys in Burley.  With the punkass kids Sanger sitting in the shop, I'm so tempted to trade him you guys don't even wanna know.  That video makes it that much worse (though I don't think I like Brads dealio   )

It's looking great.  Keep at it

Secondly, welcome to the site, this place is starting to go more Northwest every day

From what everyone who has used this stuff is telling me, it sprays just like acrylic enamel and flows out really well, cost about 2/3 what paint would have cost with the same amount of prep...

GT

Aw, come on Glenn.  Us NW'rs arent all bad.     Welcome to the site... Avenger

Can't wait to hear how you like the Duratec stuff.  I was always under the impression that to paint takes more prep (smooth surface/no sanding scratches/blocking for endless hours) the Gel but Gel takes more after spraying prep (wet sanding) than paint to get a smooth surface.  So the Duratec stuff flows out to the point that you don't have to do all the post spraying sanding??   That would be very cool and I wouldnt hesitate to go that way if that's how it shakes out. 

Good luck and keep us posted

I did. I used both PPG primer surfacer and it was a bit spitty (if that's a word) and I used Omni which is PPG's ugly stepsister and that sprayed fantastic.  The Omni gave you the option of adding just a splash of reducer which thinned it enough that it would spray really nice yet still build fine.

As an alternative, ASTRO sold the guns with a 1.8 nozzle too but I just went with the one gun.

Welcome from another NW'r.........Like HD said, where abouts in Oregon

I sure as hell am no expert but I will offer what I did on top of the good advice that you've already received.

I ran a water trap/regulator as far down stream from the compressor as I could get.  I then picked up a second water trap cheap and plumbed it in series with the first one.  From there I ran one of those cheapy disposable filters right where I hook my hose up.

At the gun I ran a disceccant (sp?) type water filter. 

You might not to need go to this extreme but I was painting in the heated shop while we were having floods & snow outside and the air was full of moisture and I still didn't have any issues with water.

Well, actually...........I guess I did.......While spraying the last coat on the deck I exhaled out of my mask and there was enough condensation inside my mask from breathing that I spit water on the wet deck....

Hah.......told you guys I made just about every mistake a guy could do....

John, where you guys stayin? we're thinking tent trailer or maybe motorhome...

Hot damn!  Glad all you guys are coming.  We made reservations for our trailer right there in space 44.  With that said, like Ron, I sent a check over 2 weeks ago and still havent recieved confirmation. 

Everyone that I've talked to says this is a must attend event so we're really excited.   See you guys there........john