Utilize a Cardboard Shield Holder

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3 Tips To Be Successful While Airless Spraying

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The final tip is to use a cardboard shield holder for effective overspray control. Overspray is a common issue with airless spraying, especially in windy conditions or when trying to protect adjacent surfaces like footings. The presenter demonstrates a 'Kraft cardboard shield holder' which easily adjusts its angle and tension by simply tapping it on the ground, eliminating the need for tools like thumb screws. He notes that 30-inch cardboard shields are often used as disposable yet reusable items. Cardboard shields are preferred over heavier metal ones due to reduced fatigue (less wrist and elbow strain) and less paint buildup, which would otherwise require constant cleaning. Used shields can be set aside to dry and new ones easily swapped in.

Goal: Control overspray effectively and reduce physical strain by using an easily adjustable cardboard shield holder.

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So the final tip of the day is using a cardboard shield holder. This is a craft cardboard shield holder and this is how you control over spray. Whenever you're spraying with an airless sprayer, your over spray is always gonna be an issue. You know, whether it's windy or not, whether you're trying to keep over spray off of the footings. They just use 30 inch shields right here. They're just throw away shields. We use them over and over again. We rarely throw them away, actually. The craft shield holder, the reason why I like it is that it adjusts simply and easily. You just tap it on the ground and it's that the angle of it is going to adjust and you can adjust attention on that. You don't have to take and use the thumb screw, or wing knot and no tools actually adjust it. The craft cardboard shield holder, it's gonna make your life a lot easier when it comes to airless spraying. I'll use it to control over spray whipping around a corner. I'll use it on corners. I'll use it to shield the gutters, soft bits. I'll use it to shield the footings. If I'm spraying down here, don't wanna get over spray on the footings. There's a lot of different scenarios that you're gonna use in a shield holder. Whatever you do, you should have one of these. If you ever invested in an airless sprayer, this goes right along with it. Don't ever spray without one. There is metal ones and there is cardboard ones. I used probably the first five years of my career. I would use a metal shield holder. And once again, like an extension, like a whip, the weight of it using it all day long. A lot more fatigue, risk fatigue, because of the weight of the metal and then the paint that builds up on it. And you have to continually wipe it off, clean it off. As soon as they get a little bit of paint on them, set it aside to dry out, put another one, easy to switch on and off. Graph cardboard shield holder, extension and a whip. Three tips for you right here on PaintLife TV. So stay tuned for your three tips. Three, two, three, two, three, two, three, two, one.

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