Rotory spray gun

[Mancar1]

Got this the other day from a Uncle. Filled it with water and it seems to work well. Anyone used one of these with paint? Are they worth using? I have a couple airless, and a air one, but this is new to me. Even if it is a old one.

[STROKER69]

That thing looks so old it might only work with black paint

[OldBlue67]

That thing looks so old it might only work with black paint

It's an interesting piece of equipment thats for sure. I can't say I've ever heard of a rotary spray gun, but it's probably twice my age at least

[mlheppl]

OK, it's 3:15 AM and I'm feeling a bit silly, but how does a rotary spray gun work? Plug it in and let it spray in a 360 degree pattern all around the gun? Hope it's got a long cord so you can unplug it before it runs out of paint, or you're going to get a racing stripe painted across your mid section when you go to turn it off.

OK silliness aside, that is a neat looking spray gun. I'll bet it would work great on primers and single stage paints.

[OldBlue67]

I had to google it out of curiosity and they sound like pretty cool deals! Instead of using air to turn the paint into a spray, they use the inner rotation of something something (the only sites I found that had info were really technical, seems like they're typically used in pretty heavy duty applications now). I'd say it's totally worth putting some paint in and trying out!

[Mancar1]

Tried it on a piece of cardboard, it works pretty good. Has a shaft that spins and sprays the paint out. It has a sliding door that opens about 3" down to a slit and that adjusts the spray width. It works as good or better than my wagner airless sprayers. Their sure isn't much to clean after use. Think I will use it to paint the north fence.