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Identify Pressure Loss and Fingering

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What happens here

Begin by attempting to spray an exterior surface with paint, such as Emerald Rain Refresh. Pay close attention to the spray pattern. If the paint stream appears inconsistent, with visible streaks or gaps (known as 'fingering'), and the sprayer loses pressure rapidly, these are initial indicators of a problem. The video demonstrates this by showing a patchy, uneven coat of paint on a shed wall, despite the sprayer being set to full pressure.

Goal: Observe the paint sprayer's performance for signs of pressure loss and an uneven 'fingering' spray pattern when using exterior paint.

Tools and materials

  • Exterior Paint (Emerald Rain Refresh)
  • Surface to be painted (Shed wall)

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So, it completely lost pressure. So, I'm out here working with Emerald Rain Refresh, testing out a bunch of different options to, you know, spray paint on an exterior with. And I started testing it right here. And I've actually tested this thing previously with duration exterior paint and you had to thin it out about um at least a half a quart to a quart per gallon, maybe about a half a quart, maybe 3/4 of a quart. Is what happens is the paint is so thick, so viscous, it um loses pressure, starts to finger really bad. You can see right here, it's already fingering at full pressure. So um full pressure is number five. got from one to five right there. I'll show you over here. Um, what happens when you pull the trigger and hold it, it completely loses pressure.

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