Operation
Getting Started with Basic Techniques
Use a piece of scrap cardboard to practice these basic spraying techniques before you begin spraying the sur- face.
Hold sprayer 10 in. (25 cm) from surface and aim straight at surface. Tilting sprayer to direct spray angle causes an uneven finish.
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Flex wrist to keep sprayer pointed straight. Fanning sprayer to direct spray at angle causes uneven finish.
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ti19387a | ti19392a |
NOTE: How fast you move the sprayer will affect spray application. If material is pulsating (see below), you are moving too fast. If material runs, you are moving too slow. See Troubleshooting, page 24.
Pulsating Material
Triggering Sprayer
Pull trigger after starting stroke. Release trigger before end of stroke. Sprayer must be moving when trigger is pulled and released.
ti19393a
Start Moving | Pull Trigger | Release Trigger |
Aiming Sprayer
Aim tip of sprayer at bottom edge of previous stroke, overlapping each stroke by half.
ti19389a ti19388a 
ti19390a
3A2308C | 17 |