On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 05:39:30 -0700 (PDT), Robatoy
wrote:

On Oct 14, 8:17*am, Frank Boettcher wrote:
On Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:39:48 -0400, "Ken" wrote:
Just wondering where will everyone go to after Comcast NG is closed?

Ken

I have Comcast, scheduled to quit newsgroup services late this month.

I subscribe to eight newsgroups, five that reflect my interest in
woodworking, sailing and running, three that are related to vehicles
that I have to maintain in my family.

There are better sources for the car maintenance in moderated forums.

With regard to the interest newsgroups, I may just take a break, at
least till after the election. *All of them are now dominated by
polarized off topic discussions, primarily political. *One of them
(not this one) has become nothing more than a sock puppet show for the
purpose of trolling, particularly politically oriented outrageous
positions. *Sources, rather than objective, become the most vile blogs
available, and folks in these newsgroups often pass it on as gospel.

I might get away from the computer and actually get something done :~)

Paint the house time, got to get that airless cranked up and catch
this weather window.

Frank

Airless rules!

I've eying one of those new Titan jobbies. I wish somebody would come
out with one ( I have a CH now) with a smaller diameter hose and
shorter lengths. A job has to be a good size to warrant the cost of
filling up the hose.
I did a library job once where I had to spray 60 drawers. My airless
was at the shop, so I used it instead of my HVLP ( pot-fed DeVilbiss)
I was very surprised at the results. That lacquer hit that wood with
authority and very little over-spray. A scaled-back version of that
concept would be nice.


I bought a Graco ES190 when one of the retailers went beserk and
marked it down by about 50%. It was at a time when I had to put
exterior latex on a lot of lattice work. Ever try to paint that
stuff? it is the most difficult manual paint job there is in my view.
The airless pump knocked them out in a hurry.

One thing is, when you pull that trigger you better not fall asleep
and better point it where it needs to go. It will pump a gallon as
quick as you can blink. Only for big jobs though, lot of waste in the
system and clean up afterwards.

I've never been too fond of using HVLP or conventional air atomized
for shooting latex. Not really built for that.

Frank