can you spray latex paint through this tip?
1595911
Yes, I was able to spray latex paint straight from the can with no thinning. A light touch of the trigger is required, or you will wind up with too much paint on the object being painted.
1595912
I recently successfully sprayed latex exterior paint with both the 311 on smaller surfaces and the 515 on a larger surface. I had less success spraying an interior/exterior latex polyurethane with the 311 tip. It sprayed in a very mottled (spotty) pattern . What tip would anyone recommend or it my technique ?
1595913
No, The 311 Tip is for very thin product such as stains. Latex is a very heavy product. If not thinned you would need the 517 Tip. If the latex is thinned you could get away with the 515 but would have to make sure its thinned correctly.
281118
I don't think so. Graco made the spray tips as built into the plastic, screw-on tip assembly. In other words, it's the exact same tip, you just cant remove it from the housing. Makes you have to buy more tips!
653735
This is a .4mm tip and should be able to handle any airbrush formula. Just don't mix the formulas-you'll end up with a cement like residue in your gun. The stylus Temptu sells for their silicone formula is a 3.5mm.
1245610
I believe that there is a newer model that can spray 'hot" , or flammable liquids such as lacquer or poly. But yes, this will spray any liquid with the consistency of latex paint.
2158079
As long as you use spray shields and cardboard along with normal masking you will be fine. Keep pressure low and use correct tip.
1922900
No you don't. I have had latex paint sit in it for two hours. I wrap the tip with a soaked rag water and kept it away from heat and sun.
1424204
Tried to paint with a brush, it does not work the holes are so small the paint fills in.Supposedly you can spray but I did not try.
644480
No. You can only adjust the tip. It does contribute to the distance , and how wide it sprays.
1879340
You certainly can. Just make sure you use the proper tip and filter. Also make sure, if you have ever used the sprayer for latex, you clean it extremely well with water, pump the water out of the system, then flush the entire system with laquer thinner. Otherwise the laquer thinner will turn any residual latex into a gummy sludge. The best bet is to have seperate sprayers for latex and laquer, or at the least change hoses between.
1887403
I use this gun almost exclusively for oil based polyurethane. I tried using it with latex paint and was not impressed. The paint has to be thinned down so much that multiple coats have to be applied. I also had a problem with the paint gumming up at the atomizer. I've seen where others have used this gun with latex, but my experience was negative. Good luck to you.
226005
YES! This is really a thin paint or stain sprayer! It will spay latex but it seemed faster to just roll it on unfortunately. Well built gun though!
3249
I haven't tried spray paint, and I don' know what the consistency would be like (how wet). But because a simple magic marker will soak through, in my opinion, I think spray paint would soak through the paper, too.
1586683
Hello. I've used it over dry painted acrylic surfaces for art, but not on latex.
1345507
Yes you can. However, the single action of the brush will only allow you to change air pressure and the amount of paint being shot out. Using a double action brush will allow you to change line variance and spray pattern during the process of painting.
1784115
You can. There's a little bent straw in the paint well that feeds the paint. You need to have enogh paint in the well for the straw to be submerged in paint when painting above you.
1978963
With thinner products you simply turn the pressure to a lower setting and use a smaller size tip. You always match the tip size to the material you are spraying. For instance a thin oil-based transparent stain may spray well with a 408 or 508 tip. A latex would be more likely a 515 or 517. The last two numbers of a tip size represent the size of the orifice the paint will project through - measured in thousandths of an inch. So a 508 has a hole .008" in diameter compared to a 517 with a .017" hole - more than twice the size.
1508340
I think you could in a pinch (small area) if the latex was thinned down. However, that much water may degrade the quality of the paint. I sprayed automotive paint with it and it worked quite well.