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Understand the Benefits of Dual Tip Spraying

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Dual-Tip Airless Spray Extension – Pros, Cons, and What to Watch Out For

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Reflect on the benefits observed. The dual head tip extension effectively doubles the fan pattern width (e.g., two 515 tips combine to create a 12-inch pattern) compared to a single tip. This significantly increases spraying speed and coverage, making it ideal for large areas like siding, stucco, and especially ceilings. This method helps reduce overspray and paint fallout compared to using a single, larger tip (e.g., 1221 or 1219) which would waste expensive paints like Emerald Urethane. The Hyde brand extension is noted for its durability against bending and leaks, distinguishing it from cheaper, unreliable copies.

Goal: Comprehend the efficiency and cost-saving aspects of the dual tip setup.

Tools and materials

  • 515 Spray Tips Unspecified — Part of the discussion on optimal tip sizes
  • Dual Head Tip Extension Hyde — Providing the benefits discussed (increased width, reduced overspray)
  • Emerald Urethane paint Unspecified — Highlighted as an expensive paint where reduced fallout is crucial

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it. It's too hard. The [snorts] dual head tip extension. This came out quite a few years ago. It's a product um that Hyde produces right here. and a dual head tip extension. The way I use it is I put two 515 tips on here. What this does when you're starting to spray large amounts of siding, large amounts of stucco, long passes, and ceilings. This is where I really like it is ceilings. You'll take two 515s, add them together. Now you just doubled your fan pattern width and you can just spray a lot faster with um a fan pattern of about 12 in. And some of you might ask, well, why can't I just take that and put say a 12 whatever on this gun and have the same effect doing an exterior you there is no such thing as a 1215. I think a 1221 is the smallest or 1219 and that's thrown out a ton a ton of paint. Way too much overspray for me. Way too much uh lost paint transferred not to the surface on fallout. So with today's paints, I'm spraying emerald urethane. Really expensive paint. If you have a lot of fallout, a lot of oay, it's going to cost you a lot of money. So now I can get the same fan pattern width as with

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