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Prime Sprayer and Attach Extension

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What happens here

Before spraying, prime the sprayer by running enough paint through the hose to purge any air bubbles. Failure to do so can cause the sprayer to 'spit,' resulting in an uneven finish. The painter prefers to attach a 6-inch extension to the spray gun for a more steady stream and less splatter, although he notes that any extension increases the chance of spitting. He warns that longer extensions (like a 30-inch extension) will increase spitting unless the starting and stopping points are moved off the surface.

Goal: Ensure the sprayer is ready for use and understand the effects of extensions.

Tools and materials

  • 6-inch Extension — Attaching to the spray gun to reduce splatter
  • Titan ControlMax Sprayer Titan — Spraying paint

What they say

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and ready to go here now i'm going to make sure i run enough of the paint through here that i purge any air bubbles you know out of the system if i don't get all the air bubbles out i'm going to get spits so i don't like to just spray out of my gun because it splatters really bad i like putting on a six inch extension and it shoots out in a nice steady stream that way i don't get a whole lot of splattering everywhere now i want to run that so i don't see any air bubbles coming out of here when i first pulled the trigger a bunch of air bubbles came out that's definitely going to cause spitting so now i can take this off and spray without the extension any type of extension is going to cause spit so if you have a six inch extension you are gonna get spits out of the gun so if you don't want any spits you need to take off your extension and go completely without an extension the longer the extension the bigger the spit is so when you're spraying like 30 inch extensions in even greater adding multiple extensions you got to be very conscious and aware of starting and stopping off of your surface so you don't get any spits with this product if it did spit i would assume it would level out pretty good so we're going to get ready to spray the vanity so i'm going to just get this

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