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Purge Extension & Final Pressure Check

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How To Use a Paint Sprayer.

What happens here

After attaching the extension, it will still contain water or protector fluid from the initial priming. Point the spray gun into the discard bucket. With the prime valve in the 'spray' position (upwards), depress the trigger to spray out all the remaining water/protector until a consistent stream of paint emerges. Avoid spraying directly at the bucket wall to prevent splash-back; instead, spray downwards, allowing the fluid to curve along the inner wall. Once paint flows consistently, indicating no more air or foreign fluids, release the trigger. Perform a final check: ensure there are no leaks around any hose connections, confirm the product is flowing correctly, and verify the pressure is set to your desired level. Now, attach the appropriate spray tip, and your sprayer is ready for use.

Goal: Purge all remaining water or protector from the extension into the discard bucket, then activate the spray gun to ensure proper paint flow and pressure.

Tools and materials

  • Airless Paint Sprayer — Operating the sprayer for purging and final checks
  • Discard Bucket — Collecting purged fluids
  • Spray Gun with Extension — Directing purged fluids

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so now what he's going to do is he's going to spray all of the water protector that's in this hose into that discard bucket and you don't want to shoot it directly at that wall because it's going to splash back you want to spray down and let that water or product curve down along the wall of the bucket as soon as he sees paint starting to come out of here he's going to move that he'll let go he'll move it right to that can and then you'll squeeze the trigger again but you don't want that pressure to build up it's going to splash stuff back at you okay so move it pretty quick and then it's important that we run the paint through the line for a little while to make sure we've got all the air out so similar to when we were using this and we would run it about 10 seconds we'll run that about 10 to 20 seconds and then you can let go and then we always do a final check we make sure we're good on product we make sure we don't have any leaks around our hoses anything like that that we've got the pressure set to go now all we need we'll throw the tip on for whatever we're spraying and we're good to go there you have it how to operate an air to sprayer great explanation john what do you think reagan you think you can handle it now yeah pretty simple pretty straightforward so there you go a couple of things i was just telling reagan that are most important one make sure you've got the buckets that's pretty key and then where we see guys make mistakes is one they don't run enough product through when they're priming or bringing paint to the gun so you got to make sure you run that 10 to 20 seconds so there's no air in in the line and then just make sure your pressure's set where you need it to be those are kind of the three things that we're really looking for because what does that air in the line do the air in the line is going to create spit so it's going to be uh create clogs so you're you know especially using an extension you're going to get big spits you're going to have an erratic spray pattern or you're going to not have enough pressure if your paint has some debris or things in that it's not going to have enough pressure to throw the the stuff through the filter yeah even though you have an extension your extension is going to give you spits but having air inside the pump is going to give you a lot worse spits so there you have it hopefully you've enjoyed this video if you have please consider giving

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