Ms. Pam Melton

Pam Melton - Senior Product Manager - Campbell Hausfeld Painting Systems
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Name: Pam Melton
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Bio: Ms. Melton, Senior Product Manager, has been with Campbell Hausfeld's Painting Systems division since 1992.Pam has been responsible for product training for all audiences, technical training for service providers and hotline agents, and end-user interaction with the Painting Systems division for seven years.

She began participating in the merchandising and marketing of Campbell Hausfeld Painting Systems in 1997.As part of those efforts, she appeared on several home improvement shows and continues to provide editorial information for painting-related articles in home improvement publications.

Campbell Hausfeld Painting Systems' 1997 PR campaign ("Ready, Aim, Paint") launched the company's efforts to educate women about powered coating applicators.Since 1999, Pam has made a concerted effort to ensure that applicators that would provide a solution for the female do-it-yourselfer and are presented in such a way as to make them attractive to that user.

The latest in her efforts to broaden the appeal of powered coating applicators include the Powerful Adventures in Painting series of sprayer kits and the presentation of Campbell Hausfeld's consumer applicator program.
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Pam Melton - Senior Product Manager, Campbell Hausfeld Painting Systems

"Today, more than ever, people are looking for methods to increase cleaning speed and efficiency while decreasing the hassles," said Pam Melton, Campbell Hausfeld Power Mister product manager.

Tractor Supply Company recognized that our One Touch product line meets their customers' needs for easy to operate , low maintenance painting tools , said Pam Melton , product manager for Campbell Hausfeld Painting Systems.Our user-friendly technology helps homeowners to complete large jobs with minimum time..

Co-chaired by Pam Melton, Senior Product Manager, Campbell Hausfeld Painting Division and Jackie Delise, Liljeqvist & Wargo Inc., hear from a variety of speakers discuss the latest on retail intelligence; innovation and creativity in product development, design and brand-building; branded environments and customer experience; and strategic partnership solutions.

"There are very few painting jobs that aren't made easier by use of a sprayer of some kind," says Pam Melton, senior product manager of painting systems for Campbell Hausfeld."The main thing people need to consider when purchasing a sprayer is what feature is going to give them the biggest bang for the buck."Maybe that's the ability to run two guns from a single unit, she says, or to use a larger size spray tip.

Lubrication is as important as cleaning with piston pumps, emphasized Pam Melton, product manager for the painting systems division of Campbell Hausfeld in Mount Juliet, TN.
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Melton said that if what's causing it to not work is the motor, it's time to get a new sprayer-the money required to fix the motor isn't cost-effective.

6 Don't adjust your packing."Different types of machines, like HVLP, have adjustments for packing and packing wear," said Melton."And they never touch it-never adjust it.It's a tensioning device: As the soft items inside the piston pump wear, this will retension them, so you will have good seals and they continue to make pressure correctly.Some people won't touch it from the day they buy it until the day it's too late."

Painters also continue to spray away after the packings and pumps start to wear, instead of bringing it in for a repack, added Huml."They continue to use it until it starts to do damage to a hard part, like a cylinder or a rod," he explained.
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Spraying a fence or a deck with bleach to get rid of mold and mildew may seem like a quick solution, but "bleach just attacks the airless spray hose," said Melton."Contractors will also use a coating that pushes a sprayer to its limit, like dryfall.You can put it through a sprayer, but the quality of the coating is very abrasive, so when you're done with that job, you're going to have to rebuild that pump."Melton recommended checking with equipment manufacturers before putting an unusual coating through a sprayer, and keeping replacement parts on hand, instead of "waiting until the next job and finding out their sprayer doesn't work."

8 Drown sprayer parts in solvent.
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Pam Melton's not too sure."We know plenty of people who spray everything out of one sprayer.You just have to be really, really careful to flush it as much as possible."She added that a contractor might want to keep a different gun and hose for use on oil-base vs. water-base."It's not necessary to have two different pumps; you can flush that pretty quickly.But hoses hold a lot of residue, as do guns."

11 Don't strain your paint.Silas points out that little particles and dried paint skins will soon gum up the works.Straining "will keep the unit going," he noted.
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Melton also cited giving access to temporary summer help who don't really know how to use the equipment as a recipe for disaster.

And how long should your equipment last, given all these considerations?Again, estimates vary.
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Diaphragm sprayers can last a lifetime, believes Melton."The parts that go out are the valves, which need replacement every 300 to 400 gallons," she explained."The diaphragm, every 1,000 to 2,000 gallons.The rest of the parts don't experience a ton of wear."

"Today, more than ever, people are looking for methods to increase cleaning speed and efficiency while decreasing the hassles," said Pam Melton, Campbell Hausfeld Power Mister Product Manager.

"This product is best for painting contractors who find themselves with a need to spray some sort of chemical on a large surface," said Pam Melton, senior product manager, Campbell Hausfeld Painting Systems, Mt. Juliet, TN."In addition, the product makes it easier for people with carpal tunnel or other joint conditions to apply chemicals when a spray bottle is the tool needed."Melton added that the Power Mister has other applications, such as wallpaper removal and general cleanup.

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