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Whip Hose Options and Pressure Settings

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The presenter explains the difference between a standard whip hose (which he created to his own specifications) and a pencil whip. A standard whip hose is typically 3 to 5 feet long, made of a softer, more flexible material than a metal-braided hose, and has a smaller diameter. This flexibility prevents fighting the hose, reducing fatigue. A pencil whip is an even smaller diameter hose suitable for lighter coatings, while standard paints require larger diameters. He also details the ideal pressure settings for the interfed roller: about 500 PSI at the roller head, playing around with settings to find the right feel. Too much pressure will cause spitting and a messy application.

Goal: Understand different whip hose types and optimal pressure settings for the interfed roller.

Tools and materials

  • Airless Sprayer Titan — Providing pressurized paint
  • Pencil Whip Hose — For lighter coatings, offers smaller diameter and increased flexibility
  • Standard Whip Hose — Connecting the main hose to the spray gun, providing flexibility
  • Titan HEA Gauge Titan — Monitoring pressure at the pump

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it's not a metal braided hose and which makes it a lot softer more flexible on the diameter as you see smaller so it flexes and bends and you're not having to fight your hose and stuff and so once again less fatigue at the end of the day by putting on a whip hose this is a standard whip that um i created you know specifically to my specs i also have a pencil whip that's even smaller diameter and softer that i like in certain situations also it's got a smaller inside diameter so you can't spray heavier coatings with a pencil whip but all the interior and exterior paints we use uh not elastomeric coatings we typically spray them right through our pencil whips here's a little handy little tip so i was off the lunch just used a brush baggie ziploc baggie by brush baggie to cover my inner fit roller so it won't dry out you want to make sure you have that thing covered you got to say there's um i've used other manufacturers rollers that do the same thing one's called a pressure roller and that one this one takes and feeds out the paint consistently across the entire roller a lot better the other one it feeds it out towards the the end of the roller um pretty heavily and the end of it um whether it's not attached it wouldn't get very much paint to it so um i come to like the titan inner fed roller better because it has more consistent paint feed throughout the entire roller you want to you don't want to have your pressure up too high because it'll spit the paint out really hard so you want it pretty low yeah i got the pressure i'm running once again about 800 psi at the pump it's about 500 psi at my gun here and so you'll play around with it and eventually get the right feel for what you want but all the ones i've used

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