[chris]

old school works best for me

Not to bash anyone or flame them, but i am called in quite a bit with customers asking, "how do we fix this texture that they used a portable on, it dosent look right."

Anyone i come across that uses a hopper always says the same thing, which is what you said. They have no problem.

Well i have no problem spraying out of them either. I do have a problem with getting the right look that i am supposed to out of the hoppers as my pattern is hard to remain consitant, i have to constantly mix up mud over and over again. sometimes the batches are not the same unless i use a measuring cup.

I can think of plenty of reasons to not use my portable. and plenty to use my sprayer.

Here is the only way i will use my portable. I can't reach up 8 stories with my rig. I probably should invest in a drum style machine with a air compressor pump that runs much like my spray rig. Aside from that, it is a big pain in the butt to have to wheel it around from room to room

i have tried all types of portables and have had no luck. Big bulky and a pain to clean. They are always malfunctioning at WRONGTIME. Have never used a big spray rig so cant comment. I prefer a regular hopper with a long liteweight hose and big electric or gas powered compressor.Leave pressor in truck run hoses in door of job and yell MUD bout every 40 seconds or so. I dont use bag spraymud anymore boxmud is easier to mix and get consisteny right every bucket. We dont spray as much anymore but have sprayed 30000 feet or better in about 6 hrs last week doing it this way {38 bxs mud}. Also can rig pressor with 2 hoses for 2 guys to spray at same time with gas powered jenny. P.S. like to thank all you spray knockdown guys out there for keepin the prices up:thumbup:

 

[chris]

the key is air pressure consistency. Mud mixing should not be a problem. I would rather have it a bit runny over too thick

 

[chris]

thank you

I find it very hard to believe that you are capable spraying 30,000 ft or 38 boxes of mud in 6 hrs with just a hopper. Even with two hoppers going that is really pushing it unless your mud is the consistency of water and you have a really big tip on your hopper. I think you may be stretching it a bit just to play down what a real sprayer is capable. Mud or texture will only flow so fast through a gravity fed hopper. Even if we fill it up with nothing but water and pull the trigger I doubt very much you will empty it in 40 seconds... the law of physics. I can tell you I used a hopper for years sprayed every type of texture and they will never compare to a pump, you just need to know how to use one. Oh by the way try spraying anything over 12' with a hopper without stilts and see how long it takes you:thumbup: . And I am not referring to a big rig but more like an apla-tech or graco big tex size will always out preform a hopper. Clean up just dump some water in the hopper and pump it out simple as that.

Ill take that as a compliment:thumbup: after dumping box in bucket fil rest of bucket with water[dont fill completely unless you want to make a mess]then mix . bucket should be as full as you can get it real soupythere now you know how Imix .lso I dont fill hopper completely up my arms arent that big and once again can get real messy justa lil over half you can spray faster and more effectively. there was approx. 4500 feet on 10 foot lids and rest were walls some t bar also so lots of walls only. Have used practically all portables and they all SUCK maybe if I went and bought the newest best model it may last 2 or 3 jobs before problems arise . never have problem with hopper and second to smallest tip is what i use. P.S. my orangepeel looks like a real oranges peel...if that makes any sense:whistling2:

 

[chris]

anti pump

Had no luck with anything with pump. 1000 hrs pump life... so I guess would only last 2 yrs tops :blink: hopper and good compressor and long skinny hose works best for me Its so nice to run thru with nothing but hpper and lite hose to maneuver with .Those spray machines are bulky,heavy.and face it they are a huge pain in ass.

 

[chris]

I used to be able to spray a whole house no problem with a hopper like that. Now 2 rooms and I'm like BREAK.

Yes lids can get tough,I find not filling up so full makes a difference in tiring. I still swear by the hopper and good compressor :thumbup: hard to beat