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Utilize a Gun Extension for Reach

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3 Tips To Be Successful While Airless Spraying

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Integrate a gun extension, such as a Bedford Airless Gun Extension, between your spray gun and the tip. Extensions come in various lengths (e.g., 6, 20, 30 inches) and can even be combined for extra-high ceilings. This tool significantly increases your reach, minimizing the need to bend over, strain to reach side areas, or frequently climb and move ladders. This results in less fatigue and a more pleasant spraying experience. Additionally, when cleaning the sprayer, an extension helps the cleaning solution exit in a soft stream, preventing messy paint splatter.

Goal: Increase your reach and reduce physical strain by adding a gun extension to your spray gun. This allows you to spray higher areas or wide surfaces without constant bending or repositioning ladders.

Tools and materials

  • Airless Paint Sprayer
  • Gun Extension
  • Paint Gun

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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.

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