Selecting a quality Shutz gun...?

[The Z'eer]

Seems the pricing is a little varied on these items. Having never owned one I know nothing about them aside for their purpose.

Can anyone advise to an item which is durable and of good quality, that is easy to use with satisfying results?

Thanks

 

[rcx132]

I don't know about quality ones, but the guy who I buy my Dinitrol from sold me a Duran Schutz gun for £7.50 told me he sells loads of them and they are a best seller.

 

[123hotchef]

I have a duran one too came "free" with the undersealer works just fine

 

[rcx132]

Duran is same as Fast Mover Tools by the way. Quickly becoming a favourite brand of mine

 

[brightspark]

any gun that takes the cartridge is ok. its just a suction gun with a brass nozzle and squirts it on

 

[steveo3002]

all seem much the same, get whatevers cheapest

 

[graffian]

As above.
I still have a cheapo plastic one that came free with a case of stone chip from brown brothers.
Only thing I would avoid is heavy ones that fall over.

 

[brightspark]

which part of use any don't u understand

 

[Turbo]

The one I have came with attachments for spraying cavities - they don't work but it sprays shutz perfectly with the std nozzle!

 

[The Z'eer]

I don't know about quality ones, but the guy who I buy my Dinitrol from sold me a Duran Schutz gun for £7.50 told me he sells loads of them and they are a best seller.

Ok, thanks for the recommendation of the Duran

 

[The Z'eer]

any gun that takes the cartridge is ok. its just a suction gun with a brass nozzle and squirts it on

So there's no real differences between any of them because of the simple design?

 

[The Z'eer]

all seem much the same, get whatevers cheapest

In other words no real difference will be seen with more expensive items such as this one https://www.spraygunsdirect.co.uk/i...un-for-body-coating.html#sthash.N8sIvKFp.dpbs and the likes of https://www.spraygunsdirect.co.uk/i...derbody-coating-gun.html#sthash.dUtUGwh3.dpbs

 

[The Z'eer]

As above.
I still have a cheapo plastic one that came free with a case of stone chip from brown brothers.
Only thing I would avoid is heavy ones that fall over.

Noted, thanks for the advice there Most of them are quite light weight and won't cause an issue?

 

[The Z'eer]

...also, will I need to adjust/replace the nozzle for different finishes/textures?

 

[julianf]

I have two - one from machine mart, and one that was free with some dinitrol.

The free one has a nasty trigger that twists and, for some reason, that i cant work out, sometimes does not let the air through.


The machine mart one is fine.


Neither, however, blow the underseal down the hose for coating the inside of things. Disappointingly. Fine for external work though.

 

[rcx132]

The one I have came with attachments for spraying cavities - they don't work but it sprays shutz perfectly with the std nozzle!

With thick wax, the Schutz gun require that the wax is heated first for the attachments to work. It was in the instructions for mine to do that.

 

[julianf]

As per the recent thread on the subject, it seems that noone can get them to work, regardless of temp.

There was talk of pressure pots, but theyre quite expensive.

 

[rcx132]

As per the recent thread on the subject, it seems that noone can get them to work, regardless of temp.

There was talk of pressure pots, but theyre quite expensive.

True, I never actually tried my Schutz gun with hot wax. My pressure pot works fine with thickest wax and at room temperature. We need to find a cheaper brand of pressure pot though, the Sealey ones are expensive for what they are.

 

[steveo3002]

...also, will I need to adjust/replace the nozzle for different finishes/textures?

usualy alter the air pressure and or thin the product

 

[Turbo]

With thick wax, the Schutz gun require that the wax is heated first for the attachments to work. It was in the instructions for mine to do that.

I've tried both heating it & thinning it until it was like water but it still wouldn't spray using the cavity nozzle!

usualy alter the air pressure and or thin the product

Be careful not too thin the product too much. If you thin gravitex stone chip with any more than 10% thinners it will droop on vertical surfaces & crack when it dries! I just sprayed 7 tins under a car & the inner wheel arches and learned from my mistakes!

Best method I've found is to store it in the hotpress overnight, mix in 10% thinners & spray 2 coats at 70psi allowing each one to dry for at least an hour, overnight is better. Try not to apply it too thickly otherwise you will get sags & drips.