03/20/2026
Hey community! I got a situation with my pot and I'm not really sure how concerned I need to be. Does anyone else have one of these California Air Tools pots? They're killer. I dicked around with a converted deal from Harbor Frieght for years - when I just should have saved up for one of these guys. Anyway, It's been going strong for years, never a single issue until just now. It started capping @ 30psi. It's a steady cap too - not leaking. The last pour I did was some old zombie ass franken-resin (that still cures). But I didn't shake it well enough, and it started to foam. So I cranked her up to 60psi & left it for 48hrs. The workhorse killed the foam & the casts came out perfect. But I had to do slow decompressirize using the Input Pressure Regulator (not the standard pull value). The regulator definitely needed some work to close it again. Some research tells me that some atomized moisture or tiny particles of resin could have vented into the regulator's internal mechanism & solidified. I am wondering if I should even try to fix it or if I should just get a new regulator?