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Select Needle, Nozzle, and Cap for Finishing

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How to Set Up an HVLP Spray Gun for Furniture Refinishing: A Step-by-Step Guide

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Tools and materials

  • 1.3 Needle & Nozzle Set Apollo
  • Apollo HVLP Caps (various types) Apollo
  • B HS Gold Cap Apollo
  • 2K Polyester Finish Aqua Coat
  • Emerald Urethane (Sherwin Williams)
  • Benjamin Moore Advance

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and nozzle setup so they go together the 1.3 needle and nozzle and then I use the BHS cap the gold cap so the BHS cap is a high solids cap so a high solids product so that's a combination now there's you can use larger needles and nozzles if the products are thicker or smaller needles and nozzles if the small if the products are thinner you like um lacers and stuff thicker if you're using over-the-counter products like Emerald urethane or Benjamin more advanced you if you get stuff that's really thick you would have to start to thin out your product you know possibly you know if you're using a 1.3 needle and nozzle set but for the products I use been uh using this same needle nozzle set for years and never had to actually you know use anything different right there so that's a little bit about needles and nozzles so when it comes to setting up your gun too so I'll just give you a little handy little tip right here so I'm going to release my gun you can see my um intake tube with the screen on it it's facing forward so it's coming down and facing forward you can have it facing in a lot of different directions and actually adjust that you would loosen this up right here and then you would be turn this top right here so I typically I'm spraying you know when I'm spraying down as you start to tilt it down you know the product you're you would actually start if you really low on product you would start to have air right here it's facing towards the back you could end up sucking air and no product would come out so you'd want it to be facing forward as you're spraying downward so a lot of it is just downward you're

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