Super fine mister?

[ridinshotgun]

So does anyone have a lead on a good spray bottle that is reliable and not going to shoot out random blobs of liquid?  I am looking for use as both an alcohol mister and a glue/water sprayer.  I've tried ebay, and amazon and the ones I have gotten all seem to end up spitting out random gobs (both when using alcohol or glue mix) creating bare spots in the ground covers I am trying to use wherever it drops. It is becoming frustrating!

[C855B]

Garden shop. Leaf misters are good for alcohol or water. For glue mix I’ve been using artists’ misters from Dick Blick. Haven’t had a problem yet.

[MK]

Believe it or not, Walmart!  Go to the pharmacy section and look for the travel section.  They have mister bottles there for $1 each (last time I bought a few before the pandemic).  They come in various translucent colors.

If none, try the makeup section.  Get the plane Jane straight bottle with a pump button on top.  They have the fancier ones with the trigger handle like a gun.  Don't know how those work.

I loaded mine with rubbing alcohol and I've never seen such a finer spray before from a mister/spray bottle.  And if you don't like it, you lose $1.    If you put more viscous liquids in like glue/water mixture I'm not sure how it would perform.  But for stuff that has the viscosity of water, it works great.

[mu26aeh]

Best spray bottle I've had is from Deluxe Materials, it comes in their Ballast Magic kit.  It use to be available separately but I don't see it listed that way anymore.

[ridinshotgun]

Best spray bottle I've had is from Deluxe Materials, it comes in their Ballast Magic kit.  It use to be available separately but I don't see it listed that way anymore.

YD has them.  https://yankeedabbler.com/deluxe-materials-ac23-ballast-spray-bottle-scale-all-part-806-ac23/

I picked a couple up along with the a ballasting kit since I want to try the ballast magic.

I am going to have to search around for a mister that I think I had from my snake keeping days after the reminder of the plant mister.  Those misters were super fine.  I just can't remember where I put it if I still have it.  Maybe I'll see about picking one up at the pet store next dog food run if I can't locate it.

[wazzou]

I've found that re-purposed pump action hairspray bottles work well.
You can find similar ones now at Michael's or Hobby Lobby.

[ridinshotgun]

Believe it or not, Walmart!  Go to the pharmacy section and look for the travel section.  They have mister bottles there for $1 each (last time I bought a few before the pandemic).  They come in various translucent colors.

If none, try the makeup section.  Get the plane Jane straight bottle with a pump button on top.  They have the fancier ones with the trigger handle like a gun.  Don't know how those work.

I loaded mine with rubbing alcohol and I've never seen such a finer spray before from a mister/spray bottle.  And if you don't like it, you lose $1.    If you put more viscous liquids in like glue/water mixture I'm not sure how it would perform.  But for stuff that has the viscosity of water, it works great.

I got some bottles that looked like exact replica of what walmart had on the shelf that were junk.  They leaked like a sieve and the dribbled liquid when the button was pushed.  I didn't see any of the plain old spray bottles there that held anything more than an ounce.  The only bottle my local carried were like these I got from amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088FF8PQ8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[MK]

I got some bottles that looked like exact replica of what walmart had on the shelf that were junk.  They leaked like a sieve and the dribbled liquid when the button was pushed.  I didn't see any of the plain old spray bottles there that held anything more than an ounce.  The only bottle my local carried were like these I got from amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B088FF8PQ8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Maybe your store doesn't carry it?  The ones I got hold 3-4 oz from my estimate.  I just tried them after sitting unused for over 1-2 years.  Still works great.  Super fine mist and I'm surprised the rubbing alcohol hasn't evaporated by now (hard to see in the picture but it's there).

[ednadolski]

Took me a moment to realize that the topic is talking about spray bottles....   

Ed

[Chris333]

A super fine mister deserves a super fine missus.

 


Whenever I spray a water/glue mix I unscrew the top and spray hot water though it so the glue doesn't gum up.

[Mdrzycimski]

I've found that re-purposed pump action hairspray bottles work well.
You can find similar ones now at Michael's or Hobby Lobby.

+1 on used hair spray bottles.  They produce super fine spray and are quite reliable (at least in my experience).

[robert3985]

I use the brown translucent spray bottles you get at your LHS at the CA display with Accelerator in them.  I think you can purchase the bottles without any Accelerator in them...not so sure about that.

These produce a very fine mist when using wet water in them and I assume they'd work just as well with IPA.  I don't know how well they would work squirting a glue/water mix however.

I'd recommend flooding your ballast/scenery with your ballast/scenery cement mixture (after wetting it thoroughly with your fine misting sprayer) using a big dose dropper.  I think that would ensure you get your loose ground cover/ballast completely soaked so you don't have loose material under a thin crust.

You might try Googling "atomizer" to see what you come up with for bigger fine squirters.

Cheerio!
Bob Gilmore

[peteski]

With those little sprayers you guys must have really well developed index finger muscles for marathon spraying sessions.  To me trigger-type sprayers are much easier on your hand.

[GaryHinshaw]

For glue mix I’ve been using artists’ misters from Dick Blick. Haven’t had a problem yet.

Link?

[ridinshotgun]

With those little sprayers you guys must have really well developed index finger muscles for marathon spraying sessions.  To me trigger-type sprayers are much easier on your hand.

And that is a big problem for me. I have been able to find 2 ounce and smaller stay bottles that have great mist for water and alcohol but when your doing 5-10 foot of module in a sitting things start to leak, your finger starts to hurt and you have to refill multiple times. However I have tried a couple of that large size sprayers like you mentioned but while they have a decent mist it isn’t consistent and I was getting large droplets coming off the nozzle. No way they could spray glue mix either. While cruising the dick blick site I found a handled sprayer that says it can be used for adhesive so I might take a chance on that.