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Distinguishing Graco Green (Fine Finish) and Blue (RAC X) Tips

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The presenter explains the difference between Graco's green and blue spray tips. Green tips are designated as 'fine finish' tips, ideal for projects like cabinetry, furniture, and interior trim where an extremely smooth, fine finish is desired. Blue tips are standard RAC X tips used for general applications like exterior houses, interior walls, and ceilings. He notes that while most paint manufacturers recommend a 517 tip for exteriors, his team often uses a 621 tip due to its wider fan width, which allows for faster painting and better coverage.

Goal: Identify the specific uses for Graco green fine finish tips and blue RAC X tips.

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  • Graco Blue RAC X Tips Graco — General painting applications on exterior houses, interior walls, and ceilings
  • Graco Green Fine Finish Tips Graco — Achieving an extremely smooth finish on surfaces like cabinetry, furniture, and interior trim

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we use, we actually use the green tip or the blue tip. The green tips by Graco are actually all fine finish tips for any fine finish work. And we use these for all of our cabinetry, furniture, and interior trim work on houses where you want a extremely smooth fine finish um paint job. On any exterior houses or interior walls and ceilings, we actually use the Graco blue rack tips. And the sizes that we use on all of our exteriors is typically a 621 or a 517. Most paint manufacturers actually actually recommend a 517 tip, but we found that for the majority of our painting, a 621 actually functions better because it actually covers better. Um, it actually makes it so we can actually paint a little bit faster because the fan width is wider. On all of our interior trim, we in cabinetry, we use a fine finish tip and we actually use the size a 210 tip or a 310 tip. On the exterior finish with the blue tips, they're 621s or five 517s. And the numbers I'm actually referring to are three-digit numbers. And they refer to the fan width in inches. So if

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