The smallest size requires an airless sprayer that sprays paint at least 47 gallons per minute.
Airless paint sprayer tips sizes.
The size of the airless spray tip you need depends on the type of paint you are spraying.
Take that same number in front and multiplying by 5 will give you the fan width when the spray gun is held perpendicularly 25cm from the surface.
When reading a tip it usually will be marked in the following way.
There are also older style flat tips available.
If you multiply it by 2 the result is the approximate fan size when the tip is about 12 from the surface being sprayed.
As a general guide these are the recommended airless tip sizes.
009 013 oil based paint.
The fourth character first number 5 in this case is used for the fan size.
The fan size and the orifice size.
015 019 heavy latex.
Airless sprayer tips by graco come in many sizes as well as two barrel widths rac x tips fit graco blue guards only rac 4 and 5 tips fit the orange guards and most other brands of airless sprayer guards.
The fan width is measured in straight inches and is calculated from orifice out to the edge where the fan ends so the actual coverage area is twice that distance.
It is important for their functionality and lifespan that you always take the time to properly clean after use.
It s the combination of fan width and orifice size that.
Most spray tips are identified by a three digit code.
This means that for our above example a 515 airless spray tip will produce a spray pattern fan width of 25cm 5 x 5 25.
Airless paint sprayers get the job done quicker but they also require more cleaning and aftercare.
013 015 latex paint.
Graco manufactures airless spray paint tips for elastomeric paint that range from 023 to 027 thousandths of an inch.
Lets use the ltx515 as an example as it is one of the most common tips for spraying latex paint.
Spray tip orifice sizes are normally measured in thousandths of an inch.
The first number when multiplied by 2 tells you how wide of a fan the tip will create when sprayed at a distance of 12 inches from the surface.
The second two numbers are the orifice size of the tip in thousandths of an inch that determines how much fluid will leave the spray tip.
So this tip has an approximate 10 fan when the tip is 12 from the surface to be painted.
The first digit is half of the fan width the 5 in 517 equals a 10 inch spray fan width 5 x 2 10 the last two digits are the size of the tip opening in thousandths of an inch the 17 in 517 means the tip hole size is 017 inch.