nail gun gas

[miker]

will nailer gas still work if its out of date,i have 2 tubes that are fairly old ,say 2 years,both seem to be at least half full,nailer playing about yesterday,put a known new gas in and all was fine, ive probably answered this myself:001_rolleyes: just wondering if anyone has had similar issues, cheers

[Coletti]

From my experience with my dads paslode yes, although it doesn't perform as well as it should on out of date gas which you seem to have found out your self

[Arbtech Tree Services]

Paslode gas does go off, i had exactly the same problem.

 

Got 4 tubes from somewhere in Scotland off Fleabay for £15 delivered - bargain - and it was fine. There is also a special gas for lower temperatures.

 

I'll try to find out where i got it from.

 

HTH

 

Steve.

 

EDIT - here you go http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320755550742?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_sacat%3D0%26_nkw%3D320755550742%26_rdc%3D1

Edited January 27, 2013 by Arbtech Tree Services
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[garth mc garth]

yep it does go off, I hadn't used mine for ages then had to put in 1500 nails the other day and it was playing silly buggers, having to press twice before firing. I changed the gas for fresh stuff and it was fine

[gensetsteve]

I have some paslode gas cartridges in my workshop and they dont fit my mates so your welcome to have a look if they are any good to you. Not sure if they are in date think there might be 3

[NoRush]

Took mine in for repairs because it was playing up turned out to be the gas out of date. Makes a big bang on the bonfire

[miker]

thanks all, have got some "firmahold" brand from screwfix, seems ok,nails are good too, and cheaper than paslode etc

[Guss109]

Just be careful with the cheap nails as the gas is not the same think paslode gas has a lubricant in it. When I work as a joiner on the big sites they bought pallets of the cheaper nails but soon switched back to paslode as so many guns were going down with problems. Some people say it makes no difference but when you have to buy the machine yourself you look after them better so I never use cheap nails

[miker]

the "firmahold" gas states that it has the lubricant in with it,so hoping all will be well,cheers mate

[miker]

Took mine in for repairs because it was playing up turned out to be the gas out of date. Makes a big bang on the bonfire

 

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