So I can with just one movement of the ladder I can do two sections. This is a 20 4T extension. Typically 24 in 24 ft would be pretty long. Um that would be something new. Um, so 24 I typically spray with anywhere from a 24 inch to a 30 inch extension on all the exteriors I do. So I'll show you what it looks like just spraying, you know, without an extension, without a a dual head tip extension or a spray wand. So I'm going to have to bend over when I'm doing my footings. I'm going to have to bend over and spray. This would be my typical method spraying. And now I begin, you know, spraying my siding. I'm going to be, you know, spraying logical start and stop. So my logical start and stop would be that point, this point, and that point right there. So you'll that's um typically how most people just start out spraying. Most people learn that way. So I'm going to get an extension. I'll put the extension back on and I'll show you what it looks like. Got my cardboard shield holder. I don't have to bend over nearly as much. So, just going to come along here. So, I got way better reach bending over like this with a gun. You know, as high as I can reach is right here. So, this is high as I can spray before I have to start getting on the ladder. So, I'm going to show you what it looks like spraying this log. My logical start and stops are right here. Now you can see right here my reach. I'm just standing here. I don't have to take, you know, all these steps, you know, cuz I got an extension. I can reach this whole distance with this extension. I still see people, you know, on social media not even using a spray extension at all. So, when you purchase an airless sprayer, it comes with typically a 50 or 25 ft hose. It comes with a gun and um and then your gun comes with a tip and a guard. I'll say, you know, one of the pluses to this, you get no spits. So, uh, the longer the extension you put on, the more spits you get and the heavier the spits are with an extension. So, no extension on, uh, no spits typically. The drawbacks, you're closer to the kickback, closer to the chemicals, the silica dust that is being applied to the surface. The other thing is reach. I have to bend over to start my footings. And then once I get on a ladder, I'm limited reachwise. As far as I can reach, you know, with the gun is all I can reach. So, I'm going to end up having to move my ladder more times. I'm going have to go up and down the ladder more times. I'm going to be bending over more. So, you're just at the end of the day, you're going to be more fatigued. Just over the life of a career, you're going to be more fatigued and just worn out. It's harder on your back, it's harder on your shoulders, harder on your elbows. And so I adopted using extensions early on in my career on the advice of an elderly painting uh painter who had been painting for over 30 years. He said, "If you don't use an extension, you're going to end up paying the price down the road. I learned how to use them, and they just made me faster and more efficient as a painter." It's pretty rare that I ever have, you know, no extension on. And there's going to be either a 6-in extension and then anything, you know, um, on top of that. On this side right here, I literally can do this whole side probably with three extensions. I I've been known to add extensions together. So, I keep quick release extensions, um, thread on extensions, and then I'm anywhere from 30 in down, and I have multiple of each size. So, I absolutely love extensions. There's a big benefit to them. So I can with just one movement of the ladder I can do two sections. So that kind of gives you an idea, you know, what it looks like, the advantage of an extension.
