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Woodlands Scenic Sprayer
Woodlands Scenic Sprayer
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sailor38
Member since
September 2004
64 posts
Posted by
sailor38
on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 12:00 AM
If it's not too big a project, you might try using a medicine dropper. You'll get a lot more control over the area you're wanting to cover and you won't have nearly as much mess. Caution: don't use an eye dropper. Go to Wal Greens, or something similar, and get a medicine dropper. They'e cheap and wll worth the money.
Chuck
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Posted by
Anonymous
on Monday, February 21, 2005 2:41 PM
Same problem here, I picked up some small mist sprayers at Hobby Lobby for less than a buck each and they produce a finer mist.. Also like the others said thin the cement a bit with water
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dand200
Member since
July 2003
From: Pennsylvania
52 posts
Posted by
dand200
on Monday, February 21, 2005 11:36 AM
Gord, try using a pump style hair spray bottle. In my opinion, this will give you a finer mist than any trigger activated spray bottle.
dan
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ukguy
Member since
October 2004
From: Mississippi
819 posts
Posted by
ukguy
on Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:24 PM
Gord the answer to the question is to thin down the glue to about 75%water 25% glue and a few drops of dish detergent. I discovered this myself and have read similar posts in the forums reinforcing this. The problem is not the sprayer it is the fact the glue is to thick. And to pre-empt the next question, yes a 75/25 mix is more than adequate to hold scenery and ballast, I used it on my layout, maybe even thinner and my layout is HO stored vertically when not in use, nothing has moved yet, or fallen off.
Take care and have fun.
Karl.
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tomwatkins
Member since
December 2002
From: US
736 posts
Posted by
tomwatkins
on Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:55 AM
I've had much better luck with the spray bottles from Scenic Express than the Woodland Scenics bottles. I've started using the Woodland Scenics bottles for wet water only, which works fine. The scenic express bottles seem to spray a finer mist and I find them easier to clean thoroughly.
Have fun,
Tom watkins
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eng22
Member since
December 2003
From: Annpere MI
190 posts
Posted by
eng22
on Sunday, February 20, 2005 8:02 AM
Run some hot soapy water through then try again. Perhaps your mixture is too thick. You could raid your wifes cleaning supplies and find a sprayer that works well.
Craig - Annpere MI, a cool place if you like trains and scrapyards
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Anonymous
Member since
April 2003
305,205 posts
Woodlands Scenic Sprayer
Posted by
Anonymous
on Sunday, February 20, 2005 7:55 AM
I have tried and tried to get the scenic cement to come out of the scenic sprayer in a nice fine mist but all I get is a huge blob of a spray that knocks eveything out of its way. It also drips all over and very rarely goes where I aim it! I have tried all of the settings on the sprayer but with no luck. Does anyone know how to get it to come out in a nice mist? Should I buy a commercial sprayer like janitors use?
Thanks,
Gord.
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