Need a new paasche spray gun for bigger jobs

Did you take it apart and clean it first????

Are you thinning the paint you are putting in the jar?

Go to the Campbell-Hausfeld website at http://www.chpower.com/, under the 'Service & Support" tab select 'Manuals/Parts Lists. Do a search for your model number and you'll be presented with the manuals and parts lists for that line of paint sprayers.

How does it spray if you dump the paint out and put paint thinner in the cup? If it sprays paint thinnner, but not the paint, your paint is too thick. Thin it down by 25% and try a little. Keep adding thinner until the paint sprays out of the gun in an acceptable manner. Your gun probably has a 1.1,or 1.4 fluid tip. this is for spraying lacquers or automotive paints that are very thin. to spray oil based paint, your would need a 2.0 or 2.5 or bigger. not really what this gun was made to spray.

The EGA-503 only comes with one set of air cap and Nozzle Size (!). And this is suitable for light and precise touch-up jobs. If you want to spray something heavier, then you would have to change the set-up, i.e. larger nozzle. But for EGA-503 only 390 (air cap) and F (nozzle) are available. Theoretically you could check for the predecessor EGA-502 which had different set-ups, incl. nozzles called "EGA-608-G" and "EGA-608-E". However, they are only limited available and you would have to change needle and air cap too. This makes the whole thing probably too costly.....

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You have two choices to fix this problem: First thin the paint and/or add a conditioner like Floetrol to make the paint flow properly. Second, use a tip with a bigger opening. On sprayer tips there is a three digit number (.ABC). The first number (A) is one half the spray pattern size when held 12 inches from the wall. A two will give you a four inch pattern, five will give you a ten inch pattern, etc. The last two numbers (BC) are the oriface size. For latex you should be using at least a .017 or .019 tip but if the paint has to be very thick you may need a .021 or larger.

I am not familiar with either brush, but they are both well known name brands. The Paasche will probably have more readily available parts for it than the Badger in case something breaks or you drop it. I myself use Iwata, BUT the parts are expensive.
It will boil down to which brush comes with what size tip/needle in accordance to what type of media you will be shooting. Thicker paints or stains will require a bigger tip and needle, thinner paints and stains, just the opposite. I hope this helps.

it is dirty you need to clean with laquer thinner,you may need to soak overnite

be sure that the set screw surrounding the rear of the needle is tight enough to pull needle back.

I spoke to a friend who was a spraypainter in his last job, apparently due to the thickness of the paint, I needed a larger nozzle on the gun. I couldnt get a nozzle to suit this gun so I purchased another gun with a cuple of different size nozzles. All seems to be working fine now.