Clarifying Tip Compatibility with Proprietary Guards

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The presenter reiterates that specific tip types, such as the Graco RAC X tip, are proprietary and will only fit into a Graco RAC X guard. These tips have a distinct, larger diameter that prevents them from fitting into other standard G-thread guards or even other Graco RAC 5 guards. Conversely, other manufacturers' tips (like Tritech or Bedford) cannot be used with a Graco RAC X guard. This proprietary design limits the user's choice and prevents cross-brand compatibility. However, a unique benefit of the Graco RAC X guard is its locking mechanism; when turned to the spray position, the tip locks into place, preventing it from falling out even if the guard isn't fully tightened.

Goal: This step clarifies that while most G-thread guards are interchangeable, proprietary guards like Graco RAC X require their specific tips due to their unique design, limiting cross-brand usage.

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Bedford Tip
Graco RAC 5 Tip
Graco RAC X Guard
Graco RAC X Tip
Titan Tip
Tritech Tip

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if you have both of them in front of you but you may not have that luxury to have both of them in front of you now i know the 11 16 guns made quite a while ago really old guns will have 11 16 thread there may be guns manufactured brand new somewhere else in the world that have 11 16s i've never seen one and so this is part of what this video is about i'm going to show you a simple little trick on how to identify your gun what thread you have if you don't have a guard in front of you and you need to know which one to buy so significantly smaller diameter and you can't mess it up because it will not screw on there it simply simply will not fit on there and screw on if you had an 11 16 gun threaded gun the gun the g thread is just going to slide on and off and it won't even thread on there so it's not going to work it won't work either way so this is significantly far smaller and it will not fit on there now one way to simply identify this if you don't have the guard but you or you don't have the gun but you need to order a guard is take a penny this is a u.s penny copper penny stick it over your guard the face of your diffuser right here and the outer edge of the penny is going to line up with the outer edge of the smooth part of your diffuser right here and it's just almost the identical diameter right there if it's the penny is the same size as the diameter of your diffuser well then you got g thread 7 8 threads on your gun now some of you may ask well i've got g thread a g threaded gun well um 7 8 g thread and i got a tip this tip will go into this g thread right here what if i have a f threaded 11 16 gun can i use all these tips on a f threaded 11 16 gun so you can the only difference between these guards is the threads on them and them threading onto a gun so now this would thread onto this bedford guard would thread on to an f-threaded 11 16 gun and any tip is going to go into that guard so you can run i guess i got to clarify that not any tip that's back to the kicker a graco rack x tip will not fit in either of these guards it simply won't fit in any standard

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