| hing is for sure if you are going to be a paint technician | | | | needle and allows the paint to flow. |
| then how good you are at it will all depend on how well | | | | If you are using a gravity gun. The amount of fluid |
| you learn to operate your spray guns. They are the | | | | dispersed is controlled by the viscosity of the paint. |
| tools of the trade and can mean the difference in your | | | | The flow is also determined by the fluid tip as well as |
| being an excellent paint technician or a poor one. Not | | | | the needle adjustment. As a rule of thumb, the gun |
| only must one learn the various techniques involved | | | | should be almost fully open. With pressurized fluids, air |
| with the spray guns there is also a must have | | | | pressure also affects the flow. |
| knowledge to be gained in how to maintain the spray | | | | Equipment Set Up |
| guns to keep them in their optimum working condition. | | | | Knowing how to work with atomization is the key to |
| You can have all the techniques mastered but if your | | | | the proper set up. The combinations of the variants |
| gun is not operating properly then in won’t | | | | must be just right. For example the exact blend of the |
| matter about your techniques. | | | | right nozzle with the correct pressure settings |
| You have to visualize what the spray gun is doing | | | | combined with fluid flow and fan width all the way they |
| when in operation such as taking tiny droplets of paints | | | | are suppose to be determines the outcome. Ideally, for |
| then breaking these droplets down into thousands of | | | | the standard guns try and use only enough pressure |
| small particles. What gives the spray gun its ability to | | | | to give you the best atomization and spray pattern. |
| do this is its nozzle set. This is the air cap, paint needle | | | | If you are new to the world of spray painting the best |
| and the fluid tip. There are variables that determine the | | | | advice in the beginning is keep it simple. In other words, |
| size of those thousands of droplets of paint. It will | | | | use a type of spray gun that is going to do the job |
| depend on the viscosity of the streams of fluid as well | | | | you need it for. There is no need to purchase a spray |
| as how much surface tension is present. The reason | | | | gun that has a lot of additives to it if you don’t |
| you don’t get a steady stream of paint running | | | | require them. On the other hand, if you are going to be |
| out is because of the compressed air at the nozzle. | | | | using your spray gun on a regular basics then you |
| Getting on to the techniques of the gun when you | | | | may want something a little more advanced, as you |
| slightly apply pressure to the trigger the air valve | | | | will likely need it as you venture into your paint jobs. |
| opens. With a little more pressure, it opens the fluid tip | | | | |