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Protect Paint from Sun and Skimming

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Airless Spraying SOLO: Painting a House

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What happens here

To protect the paint in the sprayer's bucket from drying out due to sun exposure, use a lid with a cutout. Place the lid over the bucket that contains the strained paint. This prevents a skin from forming on the paint surface, which could lead to clogging and spitting issues when the sprayer starts drawing from an almost empty bucket. Also, place a wet rag over the intake tube to minimize exposure and maintain paint quality.

Goal: Prevent paint from drying out and skimming over in the bucket.

Tools and materials

  • 5-gallon Paint Bucket with Cut Lid — Covering the paint bucket to prevent drying and skimming
  • Wet Rag — Covering the intake tube opening to further prevent paint drying

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cut lid on top my sprayer that way my paint's not exposed to the sun because it'll dry out really quick so i put a cut lid on top and then my sprayer will go my intake tube will go right down inside my sprayer there and then i'm gonna put a wet rag over the top of that so um it still won't get heat and exposure so you won't get your paint skimming over on the top if your paint skims over on the top and when it starts to get empty you're gonna start to suck up your bits and pieces of the paint that'll cause spitting and clogging and filter issues i can now drop my intake tube right down into my paint bucket and i'm ready to go as my paint starts to get towards the bottom i got a sprayer saver and i'll show you how this works you'll set your five gallon bucket on there and it leans it forward so all the paint will go down to one side of the bucket sprayer saver is great to have too but we're ready to start loading this thing up now here's uh if you're spraying

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