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Advantages of Smaller Tips: Control and Reduced Overspray

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Best Airless Spray Tips for Exterior House Painting | ExitFlex Speedy-6 Explained

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Due to the issues with larger tips, the presenter eventually transitioned to using a 515 tip. He finds the 515 much easier to control, especially regarding overspray. He provides an example of spraying on a windy day, where controlling overspray is crucial to avoid getting paint on unintended surfaces, like a powder-coated garage door. He emphasizes that since switching to the 515 tip, he has never had an overspray claim in his career, even on windy days.

Goal: Recognize the benefits of using appropriately sized (often smaller) spray tips for better control and reduced overspray.

Tools and materials

  • 515 Spray Tip — Main tip for exterior body spraying
  • Crocodile Cloths — Cleaning overspray off surfaces (though the goal is to avoid needing them)
  • Paint — Applied to exterior surfaces

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that said, I eventually graduated back down to a 515. A 515, it's so much easier to control overspray. Today's a windy day. I don't want to get overspray on that door, otherwise I'm going to be getting crocodile cloths and cleaning it off. That's a powder coated door that we're not going to be painting. I've sprayed with a 515, you know, on windy windy days, and I've never once had an overspray claim, you know, in my career. One of the other things you'll get with

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