Getting Started
Choosing the Correct Tip for the Job
Consider coating and surface to be sprayed. Make sure you use best tip hole size for that coating and best fan width for that surface.
Tip Selection
Selecting Tip Hole Size
• Tip hole size controls flow rate - the amount of | • Tips come in a variety of hole sizes for spraying | |
paint that comes out of the gun. | a range of fluids. Your sprayer includes an | |
HINTS: | 0.015 in (0.38 mm) tip for use in most spraying | |
applications. Use the following table to deter- | ||
• Use larger tip hole sizes with thicker coatings | ||
mine the range of recommended tip hole sizes | ||
and smaller tip hole sizes with thinner coatings. | ||
for each fluid type. If you need a tip other than | ||
• Maximum tip hole sizes supported by sprayer is | ||
the one supplied, see the Reversible Tip Selec- | ||
0.015 in. (0.38 mm). | ||
| tion Chart on page 16. |
•Tips wear with use and need periodic replace- ment.
HINTS:
•As you spray, the tip wears and enlarges. Start- ing with a tip hole size smaller than the maxi- mum will allow you to spray within the rated flow capacity of the sprayer.
•Maximum tip hole sizes supported by sprayer is 0.015 in. (0.38 mm).
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0.011 in. (0.28 mm) | ✔ |
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0.013 in. (0.33 mm) | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
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Fan Width
Fan width is the size of the spray pattern, which determines the area covered with each stroke. Narrower fans deliver a thicker coat, and wider fans deliver a thinner coat.
HINTS:
•Select a fan width best suited to the surface being sprayed.
•Wider fans allow provide better coverage on broad, open surfaces.
•Narrower fans provide better control on small, confined surfaces.
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