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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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.

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Start Moving

Pull Trigger

Release Trigger

Aiming Sprayer

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

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Graco 16N927, 16H960, 16N655 Getting Started with Basic Techniques, Triggering Sprayer, Aiming Sprayer, Pulsating Material