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How to Choose a Right Tip Size for Your Painting Materials

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      The following tables display several paint applications with suggested corresponding paint spray tips. These spray tip sizes are merely recommendations and popular in the market.  You can buy the spray tip from any of dealers, or buy from us directly.

      Exterior Painting
      Painting ApplicationsSpray Tip Size
      Walls and Ceilings515, 517
      Gutters and Fascia Boards413, 415, 515
      Wood Siding515, 615, 517, 617
      Stucco Walls515, 615, 517, 617
      Exterior Brick515, 615, 517, 617
      Exterior Doors and Windows413, 415
      Exterior Trim413, 415, 515
      Elastomeric Paint523, 623, 525, 625, 527, 627
      Interior Painting
      Painting ApplicationsSpray Tip Size
      Walls and Ceilings515, 615, 517, 617
      Doors310, 410, 311, 411, 412
      Windows210, 310, 211, 311, 212, 312
      Trim310, 311, 312
      Cabinets310, 410, 311
      Furniture310, 410

      Airless paint spray tips are sized using a 3 digit number such as 515. The first number has to do with the width of the spraying fan and the last 2 digits refer to the size of the hole or orifice the paint sprays through. e.g.: a 508 and a 515 both have the same fan width (approx. 10″) but a different size hole. The 508 has a 0.008″ hole and the 515 has a 0.015″ hole. The 508 is used for thinner paints than the 515.

      Here is a general guideline for airless paint sprayer tips as far as orifice sizes go as compared to the paint material to be sprayed.

      A basic rule of thumb is to use small tip sizes (such as 0.009in, 0.011in, 0.013in) for thin / low viscosity materials such as stains & lacquers, medium tip size (such as 0.015″, 0.017″, 0.019″) for acrylic latex / enamel / emulsion / primer etc., then for heavier viscosity coatings use large orifice sizes (such as 0.021″, 0.023″, 0.025″, 0.027″ etc).

      There will be some very heavy material such as putty, drywall mud, plaster, bitumen, fireproofing etc. you will need bigger airless spray gun tip nozzle over 0.031″. Correspondly you need large airless paint sprayer equipment with more than 4L per minute volume.

      These recommendations are based on typical 12″ distance from surface being sprayed with an 8-12″ fan size.

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      Below is a more detailed sheet for the most kinds of coating / paint you could find in the worldwide.We just list them from thin to heavy, and which use small size to big size tip nozzles.

      MaterialFromtoviscosity
      Varnishes0.0090.011thin materials
      Lacquers, clear coat0.0090.011
      Shellac (clear)0.0090.013
      Stains – transparent0.0110.013
      Water sealers (thin, clear)0.0110.013
      Tung Oil (pure thinned)0.0110.013
      Oil based paints0.0130.015medium
      Lacquers, water borne0.0130.015
      Acrylics, clear0.0130.015
      Acrylics 100%, latex int0.0130.015
      Varnishes (low VOC)0.0130.015
      Polyurethanes0.0130.015
      Stains – solid0.0130.015
      Enamels – oil-base0.0130.015
      Latex paint – interior0.0150.017
      Latex paint – exterior0.0170.019
      Primers – latex0.0150.017
      Primers – oil0.0170.019
      Sealers0.0170.021
      Membrane0.0170.021
      Epoxy0.0170.021
      Heavy Latex0.0210.025thicker
      Elastomerics (smooth)0.0210.025
      Epoxy (heavy)0.0230.027
      Membrane (heavy)0.0230.027
      Elastomerics0.0250.039thick materials
      Block Fillers0.0250.039
      Membrane (very heavy)0.0290.039
      Epoxy (high solids)0.0290.039
      Solventless0.0290.039

      Any questions regarding to the tip sizes for our airless paint sprayers, please kindly contact with us directly. 


               
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