Your Choice Of Coatings And Viscosity - Apollo Sprayers PRECISION-5 Instruction Manual

4.2 Your Choice of Coatings and Viscosity

Extremely thin, watery or light bodied fluids such as inks, aniline dyes and oil stains can generally be used straight from t he
can. RTS or Ready to Spray water based finishing products are formulated to be used straight from the can without thinning
with a 3 stage or larger turbine. Most other coating products will need to be thinned anywhere from 10% to 50% depending
on the available air pressure of the turbine model and the properties of the coating selected. (see chart below).
Chart A Turbine Performance
Turbine Size
3 STAGE
4 STAGE
5 STAGE
Using Latex (Emulsion) Paint
Although your turbine spray system is best suited to spray Class A Finish coatings such as lacquers, enamels, urethanes,
varnishes, waterborne and water base etc., you can spray latex (emulsion) house paint if you follow a few simple rules. First , it
is generally necessary to thin latex (emulsion) paint. This will vary from as little as 10% to as much as 50% depending on the
model turbine you are using and the quality of the paint used. Second, it is necessary to use a larger nozzle and needle set
in the spray gun (2.0mm or 2.5mm). It is recommended that a latex (emulsion) paint conditioner like Floetrol®, be added to aid
flow-out. These products are sold at local paint stores.
Chart B Nozzle, Needle And Air Caps For 7500 Series Spray Guns
Tip/Needle Size
0.8MM (.029)
1.0MM (.039)
1.3MM (.051)
1.5MM (.059)
1.8MM (.070)
2.0MM (.079)
2.5MM (.098)
Sealed Air Pressure
7.0 PSI
9.0 PSI
10.0 PSI
Application
Inks, Dyes, Stains, extremely thin viscosity fluids,
Water based finishes
All purpose, thin lacquers, thin enamels, Water based
finishes, Automotive, Marine, Airplane finishes
All purpose, thin lacquers, thin enamels, Water based
finishes, Automotive, Marine, Airplane finishes
Catalyzed lacquers, Conversion Varnish, Primers,
Water based finishes, Automotive, Marine, Airplane
finishes, Varnish, High Viscosity B
OR C Industrial Coatings, Urethanes, Enamel,
Catalyzed lacquers, Conversion
Varnish, Primers, Automotive,
Marine, Airplane finishes, Varnish,
High Viscosity Industrial Coatings,
Urethanes, Enamel
Thinned Latex (Emulsion) Paint, Multispec, Heavy
Primers, Butyrate, Nitrate
Dope, C High Viscosity Industrial
Coatings
Thinned Latex (Emulsion) Paint, Multispec, Solvent
adhesives, Wax based strippers
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Coating Types
Low-Medium Viscosity Materials
Low-High Viscosity Materials
Low-High Viscosity Materials
Air Cap
A
B
B
B or C
C
C
D