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Assess Paint Viscosity

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What happens here

Reflect on past experiences with exterior paints. The presenter notes that a previously used 'Duration' exterior paint required significant thinning (half a quart to a quart per gallon) to spray effectively. If the current paint exhibits similar issues, it suggests its high viscosity is overwhelming the sprayer's capabilities, leading to pressure drops and poor atomization (fingering).

Goal: Determine if the paint's thickness (viscosity) is the cause of pressure loss and fingering by considering previous experiences with similar paints.

Tools and materials

  • Exterior Paint (Emerald Rain Refresh)

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I'll show you over here. Um, what happens when you pull the trigger and hold it, it completely loses pressure. Now, it starts to thin out like really bad. So, what you need to do is you need to thin out the paint. And so, this option, um, I'm going to read the TDS, see if Emerald Rain refresh if it recommends thinning it out. I don't like

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