Paint gun dripping water (condensation)

[cjgoode]

Laying down some primer in the garage, it is warm and humid. Their is condensation forming on the inlet area of the gun where the pressure gauge and adjustment is. It then drips onto what I am painting.

Anyone ever have this issue?

Maybe I will wrap it or put a sock around it, or am I doing something wrong. It is not going to get less humid around here, have not had this problem before.

 

[Splangy]

You're just going to have to wrap it with something or paint the parts in a controlled environment. Painting in high humidity will never give the best results, anyways.

 

[cjgoode]

I do not have the luxury of a controlled environment, have to make do with that I got. Will wrap it.

 

[land cruiser kid]

You need a filter/dryer like a desicant with beads at the furthest point from your compressor. If you have a bodyshop supply store in your area ask them. In addition you can buy a cheap water evaporator that can screw on to your gun for 5 or six bucks. A filter or dryer is always better the farthest from the compressor or the closest to your gun.

 

[Splangy]

You need a filter/dryer like a desicant with beads at the furthest point from your compressor. If you have a bodyshop supply store in your area ask them. In addition you can buy a cheap water evaporator that can screw on to your gun for 5 or six bucks. A filter or dryer is always better the farthest from the compressor or the closest to your gun.

His problem seems to be water on the outside of the hose, not the inside. A dessicant filter is a great idea, but if it's so humid that condensation is forming on the outside of the hose, it's probably not going to help much.

 

[land cruiser kid]

His problem seems to be water on the outside of the hose, not the inside. A dessicant filter is a great idea, but if it's so humid that condensation is forming on the outside of the hose, it's probably not going to help much.

True. Although, I would think that if the condensation is coming around the inlet of the gun it's from water in the line. Either way, I would wrap it like you said and still get a filter/dryer. If he has a dehumidifier, I would run it in the garage for awhile before I painted if it was that humid.

 

[winoism]

You can always put a heater in the 'booth' or where ever your painting to help dry out the ambient humidity. Turn it on and let it hear up prior to painting. The sick idea is fine but it can actually absorb moisture from the air making it wet quicker. Dry air is what you need.


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