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

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What happens here

The speaker discusses the variety of airless sprayer tip manufacturers, including Graco, Titan, Bedford, TriTech, ExitFlex, and Swiss Technology. He then addresses the newer "low-pressure" (LP) tips, which are designed to operate at lower PSI (e.g., 800-1200 PSI compared to his 2200 PSI with a TriTech T5). While LP tips are marketed for reduced overspray and increased tip longevity, the speaker shares his personal experience that they result in *more* overspray due to larger paint droplets (less atomization) and faster wear. He notes feeling paint "raining down" on him when using LP tips, particularly during overhead spraying.

Goal: Understand the performance characteristics and differences between various airless sprayer tip manufacturers and the effectiveness of low-pressure tip technology.

Tools and materials

  • Airless sprayer tips Graco — Various tips from different manufacturers for general comparison
  • Paint sprayer — Reference sprayer operating at 2200 PSI, used for comparison with LP tips
  • Exterior paint/stain — The coating being applied to the exterior surfaces

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there's Trit. Exit Flex now makes tips. uh Swiss technology over the years, you know, I've kind of like had my favorites of tips. Tips started graduating to low pressure tips and low pressure tips I typically run like right now I'm running a Tri-C T5 back there. I'm running at 2200 PSI. The low pressure tips are running around 800 to,00 1200 PSI. What they said is you're going to have less o overspray and you're going to have less tip wear. So, your tips are going to last longer. What I found is you had more overspray and I found that the tips would wear, you know, even faster. And the reason why I feel like there's more overspray when you have lower pressure, the atomization of the paint, the droplets are a lot bigger on low pressure tips. And what I notice is when I'm spraying with low pressure tips, especially overhead, um I feel paint raining down on me. So, I um like regular production tips, not low pressure tips. I like exit flex tips. I think they're spray their spray fan without fingering, no fingering, a

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