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Spraying technique
Wrong
Right
1. When working outdoors,
pay attention to the wind
direction.
2. Begin by test spraying
on a piece of card to set
the correct spray pattern
and feed rate before starting
to spray the object to be
coated (settings described
in next section).
3. Hold the spray gun
perpendicular to the surface
to be coated and at
a distance of 10–30 cm.
4. Begin spraying outside the target area and move your arm in a smooth motion
from side to side or up and down.
5. Move the spray gun evenly cross-wise or up-and-down, depending on the spray
pattern setting.
6. Let each pass of the spray jet overlap by 4–5 cm.
7. Do not interrupt the spraying action once inside the target area.
8. An even movement of the spray gun results in an even surface quality.
9. Varying the distance or spraying angle will lead to the formation of mist,
resulting in an uneven coating.
10. Finish the spraying motion outside the target area.
11. Do not operate the spray gun until the paint cup is completely empty. If the spray
gun can no longer feed coating material to the nozzle during operation, there will
be an interruption in the spraying resulting in an uneven finish.
12. If either the nozzle or air cap are soiled, they should be cleaned with the appropriate
thinning agent.
Settings
Spray pattern
• Turn the spray pattern control knob (5) all the way backwards for a round pattern.
• Turn the knob forwards to increase the spread for an ellipse pattern.
Fluid volume
• Turn the fluid control knob (6) clockwise to reduce the fluid output.
• Turn the adjustment knob anticlockwise to increase the fluid output.
10–30 cm
