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Selecting the Right Tip for Oil-Based Stains

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Oil-based stains are typically very thin. For such thin products, you generally want to use a smaller orifice size on your sprayer tip. If you're spraying a large area like a fence, a narrow pattern (e.g., a 3-10 tip) will take too long. Instead, select a tip with a wider pattern, like a 5-10 (a 5-inch fan with a .010-inch orifice). High-Efficiency Airless (HEA) tips are recommended for oil-based products because they produce larger droplet sizes, which helps to minimize atomization and prevents the product from floating away, especially on windy days.

Goal: When spraying thin oil-based stains, choose a smaller orifice tip. For large areas like fences, opt for a wider pattern, such as a 5-10 tip, potentially using an HEA tip to reduce overspray and product loss on breezy days.

Tools and materials

  • HEA (High-Efficiency Airless) Tips
  • Paint Sprayer Tips
  • Oil-based stain

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what kind of tip would I use to spray an oil-based stain so oil based stains are first off they're very thin so you're more likely not going to have your gonna we're gonna talk about orifices again the big orifice is so like a 5-second so a by 2:17 tip is you just gonna have a big hole like a big center hole so it's just gonna put out more products the thinner the product that the smaller the orth is sighs you should have so if I was spraying an oil-based product say on a fence I'm not gonna want a narrow pattern like a310 because it's gonna take me forever I'm gonna want a small orifice because it's then but a wider pattern so like a 5-10 probably yeah I probably this is again where like an AGA I think it's also a good idea because the droplet size is bigger so it's less especially with an oil product it's not gonna float away quite as much so you want a small - it depends on the application a small tip is good because you can control it but it's gonna a demise it more which means you may risk potentially on a breezy day losing some product versus like maybe an HEA you're gonna have a bigger tip but it's gonna be bigger droplets either way the whole goal is just to get product up usually you're gonna end up back brushing that oil based product in anyways and so we just it's a paint tip

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