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Employ a Gun Extension

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3 Tips To Be Successful While Airless Spraying

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The second tip focuses on the use of a gun extension. The presenter highlights that gun extensions are used in nearly all spraying situations due to their numerous benefits. They eliminate the need to bend over, providing extended reach to the sides and upwards, thereby minimizing reliance on ladders. This reduces physical fatigue and prolongs a painter's career. When working on a ladder, a 30-inch extension can significantly reduce the frequency of ladder repositioning. Extensions are available in various sizes, from 6-inch to 30-inch, and multiple extensions can be combined for very high ceilings. An additional benefit is observed during cleaning: an extension transforms the paint flow from a splattering mess to a soft, manageable stream, simplifying the cleaning process.

Goal: Use a gun extension to extend reach, reduce bending and ladder use, and facilitate a cleaner sprayer cleaning process.

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  • Airless Paint Sprayer

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The next tip I wanna give you is using a gun extension. Now you'll see me using gun extensions. I use them probably 99% of the time I spray. And the reason why I use a gun extension is I don't have to bend over to spray because my extension gives me more reach. It gives me more reach to the side. Both sides, I can reach a lot farther on both sides. I can reach a lot higher, so less likely to have to get on a ladder. A gun extension is gonna make the spraying experience a lot more pleasant for you, a lot more enjoyable. The less time you spend on ladders, the longer your career is actually gonna be. When it comes to spraying a garage door, I can spray the garage door up and down. I don't have to bend over at all. When I'm up on an extension ladder, I typically use a 30 inch extension so I can reach out 30 inches farther, which means I don't have to move my ladder as much. I use gun extensions from six inch all the way up to 30 inch. I've been known to attach multiple extensions together to spray high steelings so you can use them in combination but use a gun extension. The gun extension also, when you're actually cleaning your airless sprayer without an extension, when you pull a trigger, the paint has the tendency to just go everywhere. When you have a gun extension, it comes out in a nice soft stream. So it makes cleaning the airless sprayer a lot more pleasant and not a bad experience spattering paint everywhere. I can't say it enough. Use an extension. When I'm doing a big building right here, I typically would have a 30 inch gun extension on and it's gonna make my job a lot faster, a lot more pleasant. So the final tip of the day is using a cardboard shield holder.

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