Suzuki V-Strom (VStrom) Owners Club DL250, DL650, DL1000 & DL1050

Oily Rag - Dedicated to Pat, Greywolf. 26/06/45 - 04/06/18 => Oil/Lubrication => Topic started by: grumps on July 11, 2016, 17:49:12

Title: ACF50 Application?
Post by: grumps on July 11, 2016, 17:49:12: The pretty useless applicator supplied with ACF50 has split.

How do you apply it in quite small quantities? I don't have an air sprayer.

Thanks

David
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: grumps on July 11, 2016, 18:23:47: I should add that some places I want to apply are not easy to get at witha cloth or brush - like up the top of the shock on my lad's Divvy 600
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: tallpaul on July 11, 2016, 18:48:47: B and Q squirty bottle?
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: SuzukiSte on July 11, 2016, 19:26:03: +1 what tall Paul said bottle for spraying plants.

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Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: grumps on July 11, 2016, 19:35:12: Ah...I'll try one.

Thanks
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: Moo on July 12, 2016, 22:15:30: I found it too thick too spray in a squidgy bottle...
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: Fat Rat on July 12, 2016, 23:15:18: Me too, a compressor is the way :smirk:
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: SimonW on July 13, 2016, 00:32:11: Me too. I use a compressor now, although it's quite difficult to get the spray amount and pattern right. IIRC, a 1.5 nozzle in a gravity fed paint gun is best, with the pressure right down. As an aside, I also tried using a paraffin gun for applying S-DOC 100 and whilst it certainly did the job in terms of coverage I very quickly went through a whole bottle's worth in one application, which is a tad expensive!

Before I bought a compressor I had the same problem with the supplied bottle eventually giving up the ghost. I eventually found that a chef's olive oil spray was the best (like this one for £3.50: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Stainless-Steel-Olive-Oil-Bottle-Mister-Spray-Spraying-Sprayer-Pot-Cooking-Tool-/111470160065) since its designed to spray viscous liquids like oil (whereas the garden sprayers aren't designed to spray anything more viscous than water).
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: grumps on July 14, 2016, 15:28:13: That's a thought Simon - thanks.

I don't really want to invest in compressed air. I know what will happen - shot blasting gear, paint spraying gear, tyre inflation ........it would never stop!
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: SimonW on July 14, 2016, 22:41:33: Grumps, I've read your reply a dozen times but I still can't see what the problem with buying a compressor is :)
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: tallpaul on July 15, 2016, 10:17:17: All sounds positive to me too!
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: bigpie on July 15, 2016, 20:30:34: Empty wallet is a negative.

More time away from the family while you play with new toys, negative or positive based on if you like your family or not.

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Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: grumps on July 18, 2016, 17:45:02: Quote from: SimonW on July 14, 2016, 22:41:33
Grumps, I've read your reply a dozen times but I still can't see what the problem with buying a compressor is :)
I know what I mean, it would be a slippery slope
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: Rusty Nuts on July 18, 2016, 18:00:52: Does dunking the plastic squirty bottle in a bucket of hot water help the ACF50 to spray any easier? Or is it just that when you do it with a spray can, the propellant expands and gives it a bit more push?
Title: Re: ACF50 Application?
Post by: SuzukiSte on July 19, 2016, 13:09:41: Put it in hot water and it works a lot better at spraying seems to go further as well.

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