Airless Spray Tips. A Complete Tutorial to Choosing the RIGHT TIP SIZE
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- Learn all about airless paint spray tips. How to select the right spray tip size when spraying various paint viscosities. Wondering what airless paint sprayer pressure settings 🤔 I’ll demonstrate, step by step how to setup a Graco Ultra QuickShot and Graco Ultra 495 XT - choosing between Graco airless tip sizes - FFLP 208, FFLP 210, or a FFLP 206 / 106 for low viscosity paints
Demonstration with various paints, (including Benjamin Moore paint). I’ll setup Benjamin Moore Scuff-X using an Ultra QuickShot & Graco Ultra XT. A complete tutorial, paint spraying guide for beginners - tip selection, airless paint sprayer pressure and what size spray filter (100 mesh or 200 mesh spray filters in manifold and gun). How to guide that’s perfect for beginners, choosing the right spray tip size, FF LP 210 or FF LP 208 - Tutorial using a Graco Ultra QuickShot and a Graco Ultra 495 XT
I’ll demonstrate paint viscosity, spraying Benjamin Moore Scuff-X - also see Scuff-X sprayed using a Graco QuickShot. Spraying Johnstones Aqua Guard, plus other trade paints - such as Dulux Satinwood, see Albany Super Satin, and finally a demonstration of low viscosity spraying using Graco FFLP 206 and FFLP 106, spraying AkzoNobel industrial waterborne enamel topcoat.
Chapters
[03:21] Airless Spraying Scuff-X
[10:23] Scuff-X in the Ultra QuickShot
[12:58] Spraying Aqua Guard
[17:33] Spraying Dulux Satinwood in a Graco Ultra XT
[22:50] Spraying Albany Super Satin
[28:30] Airless Spraying with an FFLP 206 and FFLP 106
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Thank you for watching 💙💯
Regards Pete
#PaintHQ
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Take one at the end of you entering Spray Man UK Classic 😂😂on a serious note the educational value of this video to anyone that sprays especially new sprayers is worth its weight in gold the video construction and its format are second to none my friend as you know the Benjamin Moore and Akzo Noble are my go to for my jobs I know it’s in the pipe line but will look forward to seeing you spray Renner and any other product designed for kitchen and furniture re sprays. So in closing my friend well done on another great video and will be looking forward to the next one your friend Simon 👍🏻
Hey Simon, thank you my friend, appreciate your kind feedback .. Yes Renner is on my list for a ‘follow up’.. I was tempted to give it a mention / introduction at the end ..Like you say, in a class of its own, Vs ‘off the shelf / trade paints’.. I’ll give you a call in the week for a catch up 🙏 regards Pete
Tried Sayerlack? I like the Azo but prefer Sayerlack.
@mattcable6379 Thank you Matt, yes I’ll add Sayerlack to the list.. appreciate your input 👏👏👏 Regards Pete
Hi Pete… another great video and a brilliant reference for us novice sprayers. I have the Quickshot and love it. Only completed one project so far but it was flawless thanks to your tutorials. As much as i love the QS, I am very jealous of the quietness of that XT!!! Keep up the great work and thank you 👍🏼
Thank you John, appreciate the feedback 🙏 Great news on your QuickShot, glad to hear you’ve have success my friend 👏👏👏 I’m sure an Ultra XT will be yours one day, when the investment is right 👌😄 all the best, keep in touch.. regards Pete 💙💯
Amazing video buddy. It must be the best of it's kind I've ever seen.
Thank you Matt for your very kind feedback and words of support 🙏💙💯
I would love to see a similar video if possible with the same testing procedure but with air spray and the products that work or don’t needle sizes and pressure etc……I’m closing have to say for spraying this is the best channel out there by far keep up the great work 👍🏻
Hey buddy.. good idea, I appreciate the suggestion.. and your kind words of support 🙏 Regards Pete 💙💯
Another very good video Pete - thank you. Can you do a video on how you keep your sprayers so clean! I'm ashamed to to say, mine look nothing like yours 😂. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
You’re so kind, thank you 🙏 That’s a good idea - I’ll be honest, I spent an hour ‘detail cleaning’ 😄 before I started filming, I thought I can’t show the QuickShot looking like that 🙈 I view the sprayers as earning their keep, and they’re there to be used, day after day working hard.. I keep the inside meticulously clean and storing with Pump Armour, but I have to admit it’s hard sometimes to find the time to bring the outside casing back up to standard 😄 I find Elbow Grease, a cheap household degreaser absolutely amazing.. a quick spray, leave for a couple of minutes and wipe clean with a microfibre cloth and water 👌 Obviously take a little care where spraying, the QuickShot / electronic gun for example, I don’t overly wet certain areas 👍 Thanks again buddy.. regards Pete 💙💯
Hi Pete, now that’s a great video. Very informative.
I have used the AkzoNobel several times on kitchen cabinet doors now, it leaves a fantastic finish using the Quickshot with 206 tip. I also use Zinnser allcoat on woodwork etc. Keep looking at the Scuffx, so this video helps a lot. Thanks for taking the time to explain things so clearly.
Thanks Allan💚💙👍
Hey Allan, always a pleasure to hear you’re doing well and hear about your successes my friend 💚💯 ..I can vouch you’ll be impressed with Scuff-X, through an .008 tip Vs a .006 with AkzoNobel (like in this video).. it’s a pleasure to spray, bit more opacity and vertical hang is better 👍 Then lay on the optimal final coat and it feels like AkzoNobel to the touch 👌All the best my friend, thanks for the support as always 🙏💚💯
Brilliant video Pete. Extremely informative on tip selection. I particularly like the fact that you showed that getting rid of tails can be done by going up a size in tip. Also that some paints do not want to atomise, no matter what pressure you apply on them.
Thank you Mike, very much appreciated my friend 🙏 Pass on my regards to the SpraymanUK team 🙏 Regards Pete 💙💯
Odlicen, sistematicen video! Bravo decki!
👏👏👏🙏💙💯
😎Thanks for your time and work. Informative videos are fab!
You’re so very kind, thank you so much my friend 🙏💙💯
Hi Pete👌 nice and very informative video. Thank you!)😊
Thank you Roman 🙏 very much appreciated 💙💯 Regards Pete
Nice video mate. Thank you. 👍🏻
Thank you so much 🙏💙💯
Very good educational video. Best I’ve seen by far.
Here in Oz a lot of the paint is by Dulux. Can you do one video about spraying these brands and the effect of diluting?
Thanks
Thank you so much, really appreciate your kind words of support.. I see Dulux is very big and popular in Australia - it’s still big in the UK, but with more competition it’s maybe not quite the household name that it used to be (just my opinion - appears a lot has changed here since VOC ruling changes around 2012).. anyway, I appreciate you sharing your experience.. I’ll certainly look to make a follow up video and note your ideas - keep in touch my friend 🇦🇺💙💯
great video thank you very much..
Thank you my friend, appreciate you watching and your kind feedback 🙏💙💯
Thanks buddy, not a lot for the time, care and consideration that you've taken to get this quality, but hope it helps!
Thank you Matt, very much appreciated.. It helps a lot my friend, very kind of you 🙏💙💯
Gteat stuff pete,so helpful as always,just out of curiosity the data sheet for scuff x said spray tip size 013-017,do you feel thats too big and would lead to overspray etc?thanks for all your time and expertise in putting this video together,this will help anybody thats unsure of tip sizes and pressures etc
Hi Eddie, thank you buddy, as always it’s great to get your input 🙏 One thing I find strange about the application of Scuff-X - is in my opinion it’s marketed as a hugely durable, scuff resisting wall coating, then the satin and semi gloss finishes are very popular (and awesome) on woodwork.. and yeah the product is so high quality, that it sprays as well as it brushes and rolls.. so a bigger orifice tip, such as a .017 - with a wider fan / distribution of material, say a 517 or 617, would be right for spraying walls 👍 But couple that with paint manufacturers, in my opinion over inflating the size tip (orifice) that’s required in the real world.. if you was new to spraying and to follow that information, spraying woodwork with a PAA 217 at 2000 PSI - it would be a horrible experience 😫
Hope you’re keeping well my friend 🙏 regards Pete 💙💯
What a great video walkthrough! Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I used my quickshot for the first time on a project and used the "recommended" 14 size but ended up spraying way too much material and took forever to dry. I switched to a 310 tip and had great results. How do you know when to switch from the included blue and black mesh filters on the quickshot?
Hi Kyle, thank you for watching.. great to hear about your success with a FFLP 310 👏👏👏 There is a guide to matching orifice size to mesh filter sizes on Graco.com support pages.. In general I think of the black 60 mesh for spraying emulsion / latex paint, for walls and ceilings.. Then blue 100 mesh for fine finish / woodwork / trim paints 👍 Hope this helps, keep in touch.. regards Pete 💙💯
Another great as usual Pete. Out of interest, how long do you usually leave between your coats of paint, i.e. between a mist coat and your 1st top coat and then between your 1st and 2nd top coats? Many thanks.
Thank you my friend, appreciate your support 🙏 Good question - I wait at least one hour between spraying a mist coat (or an acrylic drywall primer), before spraying the first of 2 top coats.. with ceilings, I’ll cross hatch.. moving relatively quick one way, then straight after the other way - so 2 coats quickly to a finish 👍 ..Walls, I’ll wait until flashed off / relatively dry 👍 Woodwork, it depends on the material.. the AkzoNobel acrylic primer / enamel top coat that I use quite often, both dry very quickly - same as Scuff-X, dries very quick 👌 With woodwork / fine finish top coats - I look to spray the first coat moving quick, so it dries very quickly .. Then I lay down a beautiful, good final coat that could be on the brink of running - that dries down silky smooth 👌 but that’s why I say it depends on the material - you need to learn the characteristics 👏👏👏 hope this helps, keep in touch.. regards Pete 💙💯
Thanks for awesome reply Pete 👍 the depth and detail you go into is above and beyond, can't tell you how much it is appreciated.
@muthafunky You’re very welcome my friend, anytime 🙏💙💯
Hi Pete. Ive just purchsed the Graco Quick shot. From your experience what paints would you recommend to spray interior woodwork, skirting, doors etc?
Thanks again 🤗
Hey, great news on your investment.. Two from this video stand out for different reasons - Benjamin Moore Scuff-X and AkzoNobel Aqualit Enamel Topcoat. Both excellent and very close in their satin finish, AkzoNobel ever so slightly better, in its cabinet like feel 👌 Scuff-X, again an awesome satin finish, bit better opacity and vertical hang s bit more forgiving - a very good product 👌 Both spray beautifully, low pressure with .008 tips, so a FFLP 208 or 308 💙💯 All the best, be sure to let me know how you get on with the UQS 👍 Regards Pete
Thanks!
You’re a diamond, thank you very much.. Really appreciate your kindness and support 🙏💙💯
Hi Pete. An excellent video again. What primer would you recommend under Scuff X on new red/whitewood and mdf please?
Thank you my friend 🙏 Typically the primer that goes hand in hand with Scuff-X Is Insl-x Stix - however, on new white wood timber and mdf I’d recommend AkzoNobel Aqua Surf 099 (formally WP136). It’s the best primer I’ve used, sealing mdf, with any fibre / white wood grain raise sanding easily.. I get this from Holman Specialist Paints - you’ll receive a discount if you use code PAINTHQ online 👌..
holmanpaints.co.uk/interior-wood/171-akzo-nobel-aqua-surf-099-spray-applied-waterbased-primer-edge-sealer.html
..It’s the primer I used to prepare the piece of test timber in this video 👍 if you need to seal / prevent tannins with hardwoods etc, I can recommend a WB AkzoNobel product for that too.. just let me know..
Hope this helps.. Keep in touch, happy to help if I can.. regards Pete 💙💯
@@PaintHQ hi Pete. Thanks so much for the informative answer and link. Yes, I’d be interested in the other product too if you don’t mind sharing the info. Take care.
Hi Pete.
Have you got any advice for spraying Johnstones Acrylic Durable Matt?
Happy amateur here.
Happy to help and advise if I can my friend.. Johnstones Acrylic Durable Matt is one of my favourite durable wall finishes 👌 Sprays great undiluted with an LP 517 - 1500 psi, or you can dilute with 10% water and use an LP 515, around 1200 - 1400 psi (if I recall).. This video shows the product in action being sprayed..
Spray a Room Using Graco QuickShot [& Graco 395] Airless Paint Sprayer
ua-cam.com/video/F-8VPjDDUHs/v-deo.html
Hope this helps.. regards Pete 💙💯
Hi Pete, again really helpful video. Can you use the FFLP tips on walls and ceilings?
Hi Harry.. Sure 👍 an FFLP 514 or FFLP 616 for example would spray emulsion / latex paints 👏👏👏 Thank you for watching and your support, regards Pete 💙💯
@@PaintHQ great, thanks!
@HarryTheologitis 🙏💙💯
Thank you, this is very informative. Do you have a video on respirators? Which respirator do you recommend?
Thank you my friend, appreciate you watching.. that’s a good idea, I’ve thought about a video on PPE / respirators before - I’ll work on that.. in the meantime, I recommend a mask that meets A2P3 standards, this protects to a high level when spraying general and 1K finishes (always check the data sheet).. keep in touch, regards Pete 💙💯
Long overdue treasure trove video. So much info and so many questions...
Clearly HVLP is not your fav (though you do feature it sometimes). Thicker paint can't go neat but would be interesting to see these same paints tried in an HVLP. If I'm not mistaken, you have not diluted any of the featured products, right?
My own experience with Dulux Trade Satin is that it runs too much and for too long. On a horizontal surface this may not be a problem but on a vertical it is such a pain in the back (and lower)...
Hello my friend.. Yes it’s been a while in the planning, knowing I wanted to highlight certain things and get as much info across as possible 👍 That’s a good point, I’ll look to ‘revisit’ HVLP again soon.. I feel FFLP tips in airless spraying has bridged the gap with HVLP when wanting that fine finish 👌 Coupled with improved paint technology, there’s nothing in the finish.. Also smaller FFLP 106 and 206 have helped gain that HVLP like control - where I would have opted to spray spindles / staircase joinery with HVLP - an FFLP 106 / 206 in the QuickShot and low viscosity paint (like in the video).. it’s awesome 💙 ..I will revisit HVLP though, I do very much enjoy the various technologies 👏👏👏 Thanks for your support and sharing your feedback.. all the best my friend, regards Pete 💙💯 Ps No I didn’t thin any of the paints in the video, I never look to thin woodwork / fine finish paints when airless spraying 👍 Apologies, I hope I covered all your points 🙏
@@PaintHQ In particular it is interesting to see how paints that didn't perform well with Airless (in this test) might perform with HVLP. Johnstones paint was a particular surprise tbh
@noslrak2000 Yes my friend, that could be a very interesting comparison 👌 I’ll make a note 👏👏👏
Hi I have an ultra hand held is the quick shot so much better is it worth replacing mine
That’s a good question.. You have a great small job airless unit in the Ultra Handheld 👏👏 Investing in the QuickShot depends on your application requirements - still for small jobs, the electronic gun reduces spits to an absolute minimum, is much lighter and is able to manoeuvre into tighter spots that the Handheld simply can’t.. The Ultra QuickShot is an investment, I can vouch that all I hear is positive feedback 💙💯 Hope this helps, happy to help and advise any way I can.. regards Pete
Thanks Pete its to do my own property in not a pro painter
Mainly got ultra to do woodwork but used it on hall way walls and ceiling aswell
@richardchelton4086 You’re very welcome my friend - it’s great to hear from DIYers, be sure to let me know how future projects go 👏👏👏
Hello Pete,
Of all the paints you've used in this video, which one do you like the most? Another question: I have a cheap Wagner 250R airless sprayer. The tips are 517 and 311. Do you think I could use Aqualit with a 311?
Thx
Hello my friend.. good question - I’ve been a long time fan of AkzoNobel Aqualit, the tactile finish is silky smooth.. that said, Scuff-X is extremely close and there’s attributes about it I prefer - opacity and vertical hang for example 👌 I’m thinking of a future video that concentrates more on performance of sprayed satin finishes, and include a few other brands.. In this video I wanted to focus more on the viscosity and sprayability of paints, more than the brand / quality 😄 In terms of sprayability, Albany Super Satin, surprised me - for a trade product ‘off the shelf’
Regarding Aqualit, a 311 would let out too much material, on verticals you would struggle with paint running.. it would be possible to swap out the tip guard to a Graco RAC X 7/8” and use a FFLP 208 or 308 👍
All the best.. regards Pete 💙💯
@@PaintHQ Thank you for your explanation and professional advice. Would it be possible to swap out the tip guard to a Graco RAC X 7/8" and use an FFLP 208 or 308 on a Wagner 250R airless? Is it compatible? Would it have enough power?
@fepemi You’re very welcome, anytime 🙏 Yes I can confirm that gun has a tip guard standard 7/8” thread (it’s worth noting the hose fitting is proprietary, so the gun / hose couldn’t be swapped out to standard 1/4” thread).. and yes a low pressure .008” tip would work - remember .008” for low viscosity materials 👍 Regards Pete
@@PaintHQ Thank you very much Pete, best regards
@@PaintHQ Here's the translation:
"Pete, what tip would you use for an enamel with a density of 1.30?" thx
You didn’t mention much about the benefit of thinning the product which I’d always do to help, would have been good to see the difference in pattern and pressure then.
Hello my friend 🙏 That’s a good point, but I don’t thin waterborne woodwork / trim paints.. I only thin (sometimes) emulsion / latex paints, and then only a max 10% 👍 ..What products are you spraying my friend? 💙💯 All the best.. regards Pete
@@PaintHQ hi Pete, scuffx I spray and thin it, scuffx recommends thinning in general and isomat, isomat recommend thinning 30-40% to spray. Iv sprayed a lot of Zinsser exterior satin inside and bin and always add a drop of water, really helps get a nice pattern. I think I would have thinned all those products in the video a little, other then the azko… I need to try that one day.
@t.dizzle83 Thank you for sharing your experience my friend 🙏💙💯
@@PaintHQ thank you for the videos.
Hi Pete as usual very informative information and knowledge. I live in the Netherlands and here we have products as sps pu a spray and akzonobel sikkens rubbol rezisto spray. Real high and i mean hiiiigh viscosity materials. Even thicker than renner 765. With great vertical hang. Even with those materials i never get tails with the 210 tip. How is it possible that even the thinner materials like the last one are still giving tails? I have the same problem with some materials here in the Netherlands. Also with some materials i get a cross spray pattern as you almost had with one of the thinner materials. Do you know why that happens? Excuse me for the long message. Keep up the good content!
Great to hear from you my friend and sharing your experience in the Netherlands 🇳🇱🧡💯 I know what you’re saying, and that’s the kind of scenarios I wanted to share in the filming of the video.. Some products don’t act as you would think - the strange cross / heavy shape down the middle, is something I put down as ‘a paint that doesn’t respond well to airless spraying’.. more pressure and / or a bigger orifice can improve the pattern, but when you compare to other products like you mention, you can’t understand why that happens.. I guess it’s down to the make up, solids, pigment, carrier…
Really appreciate your insight, keep in touch my friend 💙💯 Regards Pete
@@PaintHQ ur welcome Pete! Exactly! The heavy put down of material down the middle. I don't use those materials for spraying anymore. I must say that i didn't try it through my hvlp but i think it would be a little bit too thick and i will have to thin it. I will probably record a few small projects and experiences with paint this week. I'll keep in touch definitely!
Kind regards,
Quincy
@Despuitfabriek have a great week Quincy 🙏💙💯
Well done Pete
Good info as I would expect from you..
I have tried Dulux quick dry satin I must admit I didn't get on with spraying that one.
What's your thought on msp paint like bedec and zinsser allcoat.
Allcoat I was spraying yesterday running low pressure.
I also found allcoat sprays better than brush/roll and also on coverage.
Thanks again Pete
Thank you Colin, appreciate your feedback my friend 🙏 Yeah I was trying to focus more on the comparison of paint ‘types’, viscosity and going off first impressions when taking the lid off.. it doesn’t always go as you think 🤔 ..MSP sprays well, but not as well as say Scuff-X, in that comparison I’d chose Scuff-X - even on a primed radiator .. I’m yet to experience Allcoat, but I’ve heard very good feedback from others 👏👏👏 Thanks for sharing, always great to hear from you.. regards Pete 💙💯
@@PaintHQ Pete another question I have is
Have you tried the isomat or caparol nast version both pu system..
What would be your thoughts on those
@colinstrudwick3185 No problem Colin.. I nearly included Caparol PU-Satin in this video and maybe compared to the NAST version to show the spray ready difference / viscosity / tip selection.. it’s a very good choice - it’s been a while since I’ve sprayed it so I’d need to revisit it 👌 Isomat is one I haven’t tried, again I’ve heard all good things and it’s certainly on my list to give a go sometime.. I’d like to do a video more specifically to performance of these products, durability and I’d like to show how they perform over caulk 😫
@@PaintHQ id like to see video on those 2 when or if you do get a chance.
On a caulk topic choice is hard I've started using more hybrid like isomat pu40 instead of conventional acrylic.
I get better results less paint crackling over it..
Something to think about..
@colinstrudwick3185 Thank you Colin 🙏💙💯