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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
paint that comes out of the gun.
HINTS:
• Use larger tip hole sizes with thicker coatings
and smaller tip hole sizes with thinner coatings.
• Maximum tip hole sizes supported by sprayer is
0.015 in. (0.38 mm).
• Tips wear with use and need periodic replace-
ment.
• Tips come in a variety of hole sizes for spraying
a range of fluids. Your sprayer includes an
0.015 in (0.38 mm) tip for use in most spraying
applications. Use the following table to deter-
mine the range of recommended tip hole sizes
for each fluid type. If you need a tip other than
the one supplied, see the Reversible Tip Selec-
tion Chart on page 16.
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).
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.
Coatings
Tip Hole Size
Stains Enamels Primers
Interior
paints
Exterior
paints
0.011 in. (0.28 mm)
✔
0.013 in. (0.33 mm)
✔✔✔✔
0.015 in. (0.38 mm)
✔✔✔✔