A Guide to Selecting the Right Tip
How do you select the right tip size for a texture you are trying to spray?
The charts below can serve as guidelines to follow when choosing a tip size. Also keep in mind that there are other elements that go into getting a particular texture such as the consistency of your texture, the volume of material flow, and the volume of air flow.
Round Tips
Round Tip Size Chart
This chart shows the all of the Round Tip sizes, from 3/16″ to 1/2″ and the typical uses for each size.
The chart can be used as a reference when choosing a tip size.
Round Tips are available for Pole Guns and Binks guns.
Fan Tips
Choosing a Fan Tip
Fan Tips are available for Binks guns. There are a variety of options. The biggest range you will find is in the AST Dot tips, so named for the physical dots in the tips that correspond to the tip size.
There are also a variety of Binks brand tips available. Dot tips and Binks brand tips are available here.
Changing Pattern Without Changing Tip Size
What if you have the right tip size per the charts above, but you aren’t getting the pattern you want?
The next thing you can do is manipulate your material flow and air flow settings. Start with your air flow settings at the gun. Open or close the air valve to change how the material is atomized as it is pumped out of the gun.
You can also change your material flow settings to increase or decrease the amount of material being sprayed to see if that helps get the pattern you are wanting. Most contractors set this between 3 and 5 at the material flow divider on the front of the tank.
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