I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using it
continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other stuff.

So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.

Recommendation please.

Arthur

You need to hit the "release" lever, there's no spring driving it as such,
just the stored elastic energy. OK it's a spring if you like.


"Arthur 51" wrote in message
...
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using it
continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other
stuff.

So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.

Recommendation please.

Arthur

On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 13:54:05 +0000, Arthur 51 wrote:

I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using it
continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other stuff.

So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.

Recommendation please.

There are some designs that don't do that. I've got one I bought when it
was on offer at B&Q a few years back. I think it's a Stanley but I can't
see a name on it. The part where the tube of stuff goes is like a
half a pressed steel tube (slit in half lengthways) rather than the usual
two struts, and the front-of-tube end is a U-shape. At the front is a piece
of wire on a rivet you can swivel round to poke blockages out of the end
of a tube, and the handle end is steel folded into U-shaped sections and
in the fixed part of the handle is a hole with "SPOUT CUTTER" stamped into
the metal. And it's blue and costs about £7 (when not on offer).


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Arthur 51 wrote:
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using
it continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other
stuff.
So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.

Recommendation please.

Don't buy the Durgun. Expensive piece of sh1te.


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Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

On Sun, 1 Mar 2009 14:27:29 -0000, newshound wrote:

You need to hit the "release" lever, there's no spring driving it as
such, just the stored elastic energy. OK it's a spring if you like.

Yep, I'd agree with that. The slight distortion of the plastic sealant
container and/or the gun itself. The tap the relese and the ozzing stops
or is very much reduced.

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Cheers
Dave.

The Medway Handyman wrote:
Arthur 51 wrote:
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using
it continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other
stuff.
So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.

Recommendation please.

Don't buy the Durgun. Expensive piece of sh1te.

Yeah I've got one of those.

In theory - it's great: the idea is that its plunger attaches to the
moving base of the sealant tube and allows you to retract the base, so
not only can you stop the flow from the nozzle dead in its tracks, you
should be even be able to slurp a bit up again if need be.

However in practice about 7 times out of 10 you can't get the plunger
firmly attached to the moving base of the tube, so it rarely performs as
advertised. I wouldn't buy one again.

David

In article ,
Arthur 51 wrote:
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring. As most of the time after
squeezing out whatever substance I am using it continues to ooze from
the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other stuff.

So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.

Recommendation please.

Got a Lidl one a few weeks ago and have just started using it. It's an
aluminium cylinder type which can be used for bulk material or cartridges.
Vastly better than my previous steel frame one.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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"Arthur 51" wrote in message
...
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using it
continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other
stuff.

So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.

Recommendation please.

Arthur


Surprised that you would consider buying a new one (of anything) without
really understanding the problem. A new one could give the same problem
unless you have rationalised what the difference needs to be.

I shall continue to hit the release lever to relieve the built up pressure.
Never had a problem.

In message , Arthur 51
writes
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using it
continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other stuff.

Are you releasing the stop lever after each application


So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.

Recommendation please.

Arthur



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In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Arthur 51 wrote:

I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using
it continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other
stuff.
So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.

Recommendation please.

Arthur

Here's one *not* to buy:

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/86771/...o-Sealant-Gun#

Great spec - swivel barrel, long levers for lots of pressure without too
much effort . . .

*However* the swivel bit is achieved by means of a plastic thread on the end
of the barrel which screws into the trigger assembly. If you exert too much
force - easy to do with the extra leverage available, when using very
viscous sealant, like Gripfill which has dried up in the nozzle - and the
threaded bit just pulls out - Useless!!
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"geoff" wrote in message
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In message , Arthur 51
writes
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using it
continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other
stuff.

Are you releasing the stop lever after each application


There is a 'push' lever at the end of the plunger part but I've assumed it
was to be
used to release the plunger for retracting it when a filler/sealant is
empty.
I now see that from reading previous posts its function is to alleviate the
problem I've
been experiencing.

I think I might shoot someone tomorrow.

Arthur

On Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:22:55 +0000, John wrote:

I shall continue to hit the release lever to relieve the built up
pressure. Never had a problem.

I do that if I'm using a frame gun but with the sort of half-shell gun you
don't need to.

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In message , Arthur 51
writes

"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , Arthur 51
writes
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using it
continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other
stuff.

Are you releasing the stop lever after each application


There is a 'push' lever at the end of the plunger part but I've assumed it
was to be
used to release the plunger for retracting it when a filler/sealant is
empty.
I now see that from reading previous posts its function is to alleviate the
problem I've
been experiencing.

I think I might shoot someone tomorrow.

"Suicide is painless ..."

--
geoff

Arthur 51 wrote:
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using it
continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other stuff.

So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.

What I often find (depending on the sealant type) is that the piston in
the cartridge tends to stick, maintaining pressure in the cylinder even
when the load on it has been removed (by retracting the activating rod).
In these cases changing the gun will not make any difference. There
is pressure built up in the cylinder (presumably mainly in a slight
expansion of the tube) and the sealant will continue to ooze until the
pressure is relieved. This is more likely to happen with a tube that is
no longer new.

On 1 Mar, 22:18, geoff wrote:
In message , Arthur 51
writes



"geoff" wrote in message
...
In message , Arthur 51
writes
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using it
continues to ooze
from the tip. *It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other
stuff.

Are you releasing the stop lever after each application

There is a 'push' lever at the end of the plunger part but I've assumed it
was to be
used to release the plunger for retracting it when a filler/sealant is
empty.
I now see that from reading previous posts its function is to alleviate the
problem I've
been experiencing.

I think I might shoot someone tomorrow.

"Suicide is painless ..."

--

My finger might slip and then ding my finger nail. Thats agony...you
heartless swine!

Arthur

On 2 Mar, 05:56, Gib Bogle wrote:
Arthur 51 wrote:
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using it
continues to ooze
from the tip. *It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other stuff.

So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.

What I often find (depending on the sealant type) is that the piston in
the cartridge tends to stick, maintaining pressure in the cylinder even
when the load on it has been removed (by retracting the activating rod).
* In these cases changing the gun will not make any difference. *There
is pressure built up in the cylinder (presumably mainly in a slight
expansion of the tube) and the sealant will continue to ooze until the
pressure is relieved. *This is more likely to happen with a tube that is
no longer new.

In that case, manufacturers of sealant guns and sealant gun
consumibles should get
together.
The sealant tubes should have a compressible area on the side of the
tube which could
be squeezed with the fingers a second before applying trigger pressure
with the piston, and then released
after the releasing the trigger pressure on the piston.
This would release any excess pressure back into the tube.
Arthur,

Arthur 51 wrote:
On 2 Mar, 05:56, Gib Bogle wrote:
Arthur 51 wrote:
I think my sealant gun has a faulty spring.
As most of the time after squeezing out whatever substance I am using it
continues to ooze
from the tip. It does it with pink grip, decorators caulk and other stuff.
So rather than persevere with it any longer I will get a new one.
What I often find (depending on the sealant type) is that the piston in
the cartridge tends to stick, maintaining pressure in the cylinder even
when the load on it has been removed (by retracting the activating rod).
In these cases changing the gun will not make any difference. There
is pressure built up in the cylinder (presumably mainly in a slight
expansion of the tube) and the sealant will continue to ooze until the
pressure is relieved. This is more likely to happen with a tube that is
no longer new.

In that case, manufacturers of sealant guns and sealant gun
consumibles should get
together.
The sealant tubes should have a compressible area on the side of the
tube which could
be squeezed with the fingers a second before applying trigger pressure
with the piston, and then released
after the releasing the trigger pressure on the piston.
This would release any excess pressure back into the tube.
Arthur,


Too complicated. More moving parts means more things to go wrong.

On Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:56:16 +1300, Gib Bogle wrote:

What I often find (depending on the sealant type) is that the piston in
the cartridge tends to stick, maintaining pressure in the cylinder even
when the load on it has been removed (by retracting the activating rod).
In these cases changing the gun will not make any difference.

In practice I find tubes (mostly Stixall, acrylic solvent-free glue stuff
and sometimes solvent-based gripfill-type) don't ooze in the half-shell
gun, and usually do in the frame type guns.



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