We are finally here! YAY!

This was a huge day for us - we got to setup and try out Lil Pup spray from machine from Mixsyn Equipment. We've had it since last year and time has finally come to try it out.

We bought the setup with 100ft of hose so that we would not have to move the machine around too much. Actually the machine is easy to move but the barrels (which initially weigh around 480lbs) are the fun part.

We are attempting to spray the kitchen, utility and spare room (apartment) so that we can start dry-wall in those areas and have the cabinets installed sooner than later. We'd love to spray the entire house but are prioritizing the effort so that we do not hinder the timeline.

Back to Lil-Pup...in a nutshell, this is a very easy machine to run. It took me a few overviews of it to make certain I didn't make any mistakes and we took our time to set it up, set the ratio and start spraying.

The initial setup was to connect the barrels to the machine, weight for the temp to rise for the A and B compounds and purge the hose. That was the easy part. I also do not have any tools to open the barrels so pliers and a screw driver were used to unscrew the lids.

Once the lines were purge we set the temp on the Lil-pup to 100 degrees, and used clear cups to check the ratio with the provided tip in the gun. It simply separates the flow into each cup and we used the lines built into the cups to verify that the ratio was correct. We initially set the A and B pumps to 35 and adjust the B side to 45 to set the ratio. As per the instructions, the gun is initially capped for the ratio check and to allow the air and solvent to flow to the gun, we connected the braided hoses to the gun appropriately.

It was then time for the first test spray. We turned on the compressor, connected the air hose to the solvent bucket and filled the bucket with acetone. The air compressor is an 80 gallon 240v, onto which I added a nice air filtration and separator to the output. Spraying foam requires dry air and we set the output to 90psi. The flow rate on this compress is 15cfm@90psi so we are in good shape.

We did a quick test spray in the garage area and it worked VERY NICELY so on to the main area - the pantry and kitchen are first.

We experienced 2 problems...

1 - the compressor switch I installed was a magnetic version which although worked great, once the compressor pumped up, the magnetization gave up and it turns itself off (not expected). This resulted a smaller production rate until I figured it out.

2 - the black quick connect airline connection near the fun failed and it kept popping out - resulting in stopping out work. Not a huge problem was also not expected.

I solved the compressor switch issue the next day with a real ON /OFF 240V switch. I'll show you that in the next video.

I also called Dan at Mixsyn and they immediately offered to send us newly redesigned connections for the air hose. Those guys are great and we received the package 2 days later - awesome support!

While waiting for the package - I went and assembled my own fix for the air hose from home depot. I essentially put 3 compression fittings together to solve the issue and started work. The package from Mixsyn also arrived later that day (7th) just in time. More on that in next video.

Overall, the 1st attempts went well. I was still getting used to the mess (cover everything before starting to spray), and the fact that tip needs constant cleaning. I flushed the gun often with the solvent although when spraying for a long period of time, that foam hardens in the tips...so those need to be swapped out, and cleaned. More on that in next chapter as well.

We are SUPER thrilled to make it this far...our goals are being achieved and we are getting closer to dry-wall everyday!

Appreciate the huge support family and friends. Keep it coming...it does help! We love it.

Thanks to Mixsyn Equipment for the great support!

CYA

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