Easy Methods To Spray Latex Paint
The fastest way to get the smoothest finish with latex laten spuiten paint is to make use of an airless paint sprayer, which you can lease for less than $100 a day. (Different sprayers are less costly but require you to thin the paint to a precise consistency.) As you comply with these spraying guidelines, you'll want to wear a disposable respirator and cover anything within the neighborhood that you don't need paint droplets to land on.
Prime the sprayer. Match the gun with the proper-sized tip (see TOH Tip, below). Then stick the sprayer's siphon tube in a clean bucket of paint, and fill the sprayer, hose, and gun in keeping with the instruction manual.
Set the pressure. Turn the sprayer's pressure-adjustment knob to the lowest setting advisable by the paint manufacturer. Hold the gun 12 to 14 inches away from a scrap piece of cardboard or paper and spray a test line with one uniform stroke of your arm. If the paint spits out of the gun or thin lines seem above and under the primary stream, the pressure is just too low. Flip the knob up slightly and test-spray another line. If the coverage is just too light or there is numerous overspray, the pressure is just too high. The pressure is just right when the paint flows evenly out of the gun in a single stream.
Spray the edges. Hold the gun tip 12 to 14 inches away from and perpendicular to the edge. Apply the spray in one fluid motion in order that an equal quantity of spray goes past the top and bottom edges, as shown above.
Spray the faces. Hold the gun tip 12 to 14 inches away from and perpendicular to the face of the door or cabinet frame. Using the same smooth, uniform motion as above, overlap every pass by 50 percent. Flush out the sprayer. On the finish of each day's spraying session, remove and brush-clean the gun's tip and spray guard. Stick the siphon tube in a bucket of clean water, and pump the water via the sprayer, hose, and gun right into a waste bucket, in response to the instructions within the manual. Proceed flushing until only clear water comes out.
TOH Tip: You'll find the specs for a gun's tip size and sprayer pressure for the paint you want to use within the technical data sheets on the producer's website.
