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Understand Sprayer Spits with Extensions

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Paint sprayer tips. Spraying Without Getting Spits. Airless Paint Sprayer Instructions & Tips.

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The presenter begins by explaining a common issue with paint sprayers equipped with extensions: the occurrence of 'spits' or drips at the beginning and end of the spray pattern. This happens due to pressure fluctuations when the trigger is pulled or released. On smooth surfaces like doors, these spits are highly visible and undesirable. The core problem identified is starting or stopping the spray directly on the surface being painted.

Goal: Identify the cause of paint sprayer 'spits' when using an extension.

Tools and materials

  • 10-inch Extension
  • Paint Sprayer with Extension
  • RAC X Fine Finish 310 Tip

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Chris, the Idaho Painter. In this video, we're going to show you how we go about spraying a door and spraying this door. We got a smooth metal door. And if you start and stop spraying this door in the middle of the door or anywhere in the door, you'll get a spit because you got an extension on the gun. And I get this question, how do you eliminate the spits? When you put an extension on the gun, you're going to get a spit no matter what. And I always like spraying with an extension on my gun no matter what. So, I always got one on so I'm going to get spits. So, if I run into a situation where there's going to be a spit, that's critical that you don't see um I don't I don't start and stop spraying in the middle of that smooth area or the area where you would see a spit. I'm going to show you how we spray this door without getting a spit on it. So, there's multiple reasons why I use an extension. In another video, I explain that. And I got another video that you can watch that explains what causes the spit. But in this video, we're just going to show you how you spray this door without getting a spit

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