Graco 261800 specifications Getting Started With Basic Techniques, Triggering Gun, Aiming Gun

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Getting Started With Basic Techniques

Getting Started With Basic Techniques

Use the Practice Spray Board to practice these basic spraying techniques before you begin spraying the surface.

•Hold gun 12 in. (30 cm) from surface and aim straight at surface. Tilting gun to direct spray angle causes an uneven finish.

Triggering Gun

Pull trigger after starting stroke. Release trigger before end of stroke. Gun must be moving when

12in.

(30 cm)

even finish

thick

uneven finish

thin

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trigger is pulled and released.

•Flex wrist to keep gun pointed straight. Fanning gun to direct spray at angle causes uneven finish.


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Aiming Gun

Aim tip of gun at bottom edge of previous stroke, overlapping each stroke by half.

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