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Fine Finishing Tips

Fine Finishing Tips

Fine Finish TipsYou can create amazing fine finishes with both airless and air assisted airless equipment, but the finish you get depends as much on the spray tips you use as it does the finishing equipment itself. The pump controls the PSI and the high pressure hose delivers the spray coating to the gun; however, the paint flow rate and spray pattern you get is dependent on the spray tip you use, therefore, it is vital that you choose the correct size tip to get the fine finish you want when applying lacquers, stains, latex, and similar light to medium-weight products.

When using an airless paint sprayer, you can’t get much finer of a finish than with Graco flat fine finish tips like our 63-509 airless paint sprayer tips. Providing a large variety of fan pattern and orifice sizes, applying the spray coating to your light-weight and delicate products will be a piece of cake, and the finish will be flawless.

Fine Finishing Tips, Preferences and More

Of course, professionals have different preferences for equipment and some work with both airless and air assisted gear while others exclusively use air assisted airless finishing equipment. While it is sometimes difficult to work with stains and dyes when using air assisted gear, it is still very effective for getting a high-quality finish with other lightweight products; especially if you use recommended fine finish tips designed for use with air assisted airless equipment such as the Graco pin spray tip, Kremlin double notch air assisted airless tip, and Binks fine finish spray tips, just to name a few.

Whether you use one type of paint spray equipment or both, you will find the ideal paint spray tips for any job at KM Coating, Inc. We have made it our mission to provide all of the expendable accessories you need to deliver top-quality finishes and keep your equipment working great. That means, in addition to fine finish tips of all sizes, you can get couplings and adaptors, paint filters, and even customized hose. You’ll always get the best results with airless and air assisted accessories from KM Coating.

Airless vs Air-Assisted Airless – What’s the difference

Airless vs Air-Assisted Airless

It’s just like it sounds! Airless sprayers use high pressure fluid, typically at pressures over 2000 PSI, to produce atomization. Airless paint spray application is often used for new houses and renovations, bridges, sports arenas, water towers, ships, and storage tanks just to name a few. Depending upon what pressure you are spraying at, either our contractor hoses or industrial hoses will suit your needs perfectly. Plus, with the ability to offer custom lengths, you can get the exact high pressure hose needed to solve your fluid dynamic needs.

Airless vs Air-Assisted Airless

Air-assisted airless application, on the other hand, uses air to aid in paint atomization and pattern formation, allowing for application at pressures 20-40% lower than airless paint sprayers. The benefit of less pressure in air-assisted airless is two-fold; first, there is less wear and tear on your finishing equipment, and second, a softer spray produces a finer finish. Air-assisted airless paint spray application is commonly utilized for doors, shutters and metal finishes; really anything that requires an unbeatable quality fine finish result.

Regardless of your desired application, KM Coating offers quality high pressure hose, spray tips, and accessories to get your job done. For those looking for airless application, our tungsten carbide flat paint spray tips, such as Graco spray tips and Wagner spray tips, are an inexpensive option that can be used for a number of applications and for applying a broad range of coatings materials. Perhaps our reversible tips, which permit the user to easily clear clogs by spraying in the reverse position, will better suit your needs. Either way, you can’t go wrong with these quality spray tips.

If you desire the finer finish of air-assisted airless application, our collection of air-assisted airless tips are for you. We carry a variety of air-assisted airless tips, including Kremlin spray tips, Graco paint sprayer tips, and Binks air assisted airless tips, just to name a few.

The good news is that the same hose can be used for airless and air-assisted airless spraying. Whether you require textile-braided hose for excellent flexibility, or wire-braided hose to ensure 100% conductivity, we can meet your needs. And as you may have guessed, our paint spray hose can be purchased in a variety of sizes and lengths. Plus, all of our hoses have excellent resistance to paints, solvents, chemicals, and oils, so you should feel confident that you are purchasing a high-quality product.

Graco Air Assisted Airless

Graco Air Assisted Airless

Graco air assisted airless equipment has a reputation for offering the best performance when you are dealing with products that require soft sprays and delicate, fine finishes. When you go to the expense of investing in the Graco name, it only makes sense to use spray guns and spray tips made specifically for the gear to maximize the quality of the finishes you get. In addition, regardless if you require the Graco premium or super fine finish pre-atomizer versions for your air assisted airless sprayer, you can always find the right paint spray tip to solve all your fluid handling needs.

Graco Air Assisted Airless

When it comes to Graco air assisted airless equipment, you can’t do much better than the KX23-25FBE airless paint sprayer hose. This 3/16” ID by 3500 PSI flexible high pressure hose is ideal for your air assisted airless finishing equipment as it is both lightweight yet durable. Also the Graco pin 63-611 spray tips are available in a wide selection of sizes and spray patterns. Designed specifically to work with your quality air assisted airless Graco guns, using these fine-spray tips are the best way to attain a range of spray patterns using soft spray atomization. That is an essential element you’ll appreciate when working with fluids such as polyurethanes, stains, varnishes, or many water-based products. You’ll also love the choices you have in degrees, sizes, and fan patterns offered by the 63-611 Graco series spray tips.

We Carry Graco Air Assisted Airless Equipment

KM Coating, Inc. takes pride in carrying the best of the best spray tips, hose, couplings, adaptors, paint filters and other accessories for Graco finishing equipment. Making it easier and more affordable to do your job is our goal. KM Coating will even customize low or high pressure hose for your Graco gear, cutting it to your specified length and configuring it with the fittings you need. We know it can be frustrating to hit a roadblock on a job when accessories need replacing, and using inferior parts is not an option. You’ll save time and money and always have the tips and accessories you need when you shop KM Coating.

Kremlin Air Assisted Airless

Kremlin Air Assisted Airless

Kremlin air assisted airless double groove spray tips are tailor made for use with your Kremlin XCITE or MVX air assisted airless guns. Working with a variety of spray coatings including water-based products, polyurethanes, two-component products, varnishes, stains, or similar materials, it only makes sense when you choose these air assisted airless guns to have the tips on hand that will optimize the finish and minimize maintenance. The Kremlin 63-554 air assisted airless spray tips are available in a range of sizes and useful for achieving beautiful spray patterns with fine finishes, even at substantially lower pressures. Plus, being able to successfully use lower pressure means very little product bounce back.

Kremlin Air Assisted Airless

The KX23-25JIS air assisted airless paint sprayer hose has just the right amount of pressure and is ideal to safely work within the surface treatment industry. This 3/16” ID, 25 foot high pressure hose will solve all your fluid handling needs. What’s more, using lower pressures and pairing these hoses and double groove spray tips with a top-of-the-line Kremlin air assisted airless gun, will help to cut down on maintenance, as well as extend the life of your gear. Lower pressures are easier on the equipment in general, but they also make for lighter, quicker cleaning after use. With less wear and tear on your guns and tips during and after use, you can count on everything to last longer and work better, producing quality finishes you can be proud of.

Kremlin Air Assisted Airless Hose and Spray Tips

You can find the KX23-25JIS high pressure hose and 63-554 spray tips as well as a huge selection of sizes of Kremlin air assisted airless spray tips at KM Coating, Inc. We also carry the accessories you will find indispensable for your Kremlin brand equipment such as micro tip filters, which serve as both a filter and pre-orifice when you require finer atomization. KM Coating even has the specialized hose you need for low pressure jobs, and we offer it all at discounted prices. KM Coating has all the accessories and expendable items you need to maintain your professional Kremlin air assisted airless equipment.

Air Assisted Airless Equipment

Air Assisted Airless Equipment

Air assisted airless equipment offers the best and most fine finish results around within the paint spray industry. Developed almost half a century ago, air assisted airless equipment works using a fluid nozzle much like a typical airless spray setup, which partly atomizes the spray coating. The atomization is completed using small quantities of compressed air through an air cap. The resulting pattern is a quality finely atomized spray coating each and every time.

Air Assisted Airless Equipment

Achieving the best quality while using lower air pressures are the more common reasons professionals choose air assisted airless equipment. It’s called a soft spray, and it is much more efficient in creating a fine finish spray coating than your typical airless paint sprayer. On top of the quality finish the equipment provides, the lower pressures will put less wear on the equipment. It’s also useful for doing a thorough job of spraying into nooks, crannies, and creases without a lot of bounce-back. That means less cleanup after each job. The biggest drawbacks to air assisted airless gear are the problems that can occur if you don’t master the skill of using it. Many operators find it easy to use too much air pressure and fluid if they don’t carefully control their technique, which defeats the purpose of using air assisted airless equipment.

Air Assisted Airless Equipment – Small Tips and Clogging Problems

Also, with the small tip sizes that are typically used with air assisted spray equipment, clogging can be a problem. However, KM Coating carries fine finish tip broaches that makes unclogging easy. These spray tip cleaning needles help to keep your air assisted airless tips operating at peak performance. In addition, we offer the TRIA Pro45 as an upgrade to your air assisted airless spray gun turning it into a reversible spray tip system. The turn of a tiny knob is all it takes to reverse the spray to get rid of blockage without having to remove the tip. Shop KM Coating, Inc. online as we carry the accessories you need to make the most of your air assisted equipment.

Graco and Wagner – Quality Airless Paint Sprayer Finishing Equipment

Graco Airless Sprayer, Wagner Airless

Graco and Wagner are both respected companies and the leaders within the surface treatment industry. Both companies offer great airless paint sprayers, air assisted airless finishing equipment and other finishing accessories, such as paint filters, spray tips, live gun swivels and much more. Both the Graco and Wagner pumps use similar hose products with either NPSM female swivels or NPT males permanently crimped on the high pressure hose. Each company has their own similar private labeled products; however, they each name them differently such as Graco Blue Max hose or Wagner Paint Crew hose. But hose, for the most part, are interchangeable and will certainly solve your fluid handling requirements.

CONTRACTOR HIGH PRESSURE HOSE

A number of factors go into which particular high pressure hose to choose from, but a key decision depends upon which airless paint sprayer you are using. The more common sprayers are around 3300 PSI, so the most popular items are on the contractor specials page, with the PX24-50FBE being the most popular hose sold by both companies. Many units are sold per year as a great number of contractors, individuals and large companies use both Graco and Wagner for their fluid dynamics requirements.

INDUSTRIAL AIRLESS PAINT SPRAYER HOSE

For the higher PSI pumps, the 50 foot hoses are the most common. For around a 5000 PSI pump the industrial specials page would hold all the high pressure hoses you would need.

If you require a little extra pressure with your industrial spray equipment, our heavy duty hoses will be exactly what you require.

AIRCOAT AND AIR ASSISTED AIRLESS HOSE

Most professional painters require a slightly smaller diameter hose with their air assisted airless paint sprayers. This will give the painter a lighter and more flexible high pressure hose to work with. The two options below will be ideal for air assisted airless jobs.

ESSENTIAL ACCESSORIES

Live gun swivels are a huge seller and each spray gun should be upgraded with one. Graco has realized the importance of a high pressure gun swivel which is why they offer several options and sell thousands in a given year.

Graco is the industry leader for supplying contractors and others with industrial and air assisted airless products and supplies. They’ve been around forever and have well-made products that continue to produce the best results. Although Graco is larger, both companies offer great products that are very closely related and interchangeable with one another. Both Graco air assisted airless equipment and Wagner paint spray equipment are top of the line. We sell the parts that compliment their equipment. Or, you’re looking for replacement parts such as tips, swivels, hose, etc… shop online for parts and accessories at KM Coating.

Airless Spray Equipment

Air Assisted Airless, Airless Paint Spray Hose, Airless Spray Equipment

Airless spray equipment has several advantages when used correctly over traditional methods of brushes and rollers. Not only will it saves you time and money but airless spray equipment will help to ensure a high quality finish, regardless of the size of job or the type of spray coating you are applying.

Of course, even with specialized efficient equipment such as airless sprayers, terrific results also depend on mastering technique. Even though the equipment can do its part to help control overspray, holding the sprayer at the optimal distance from the surface is essential. If you hold it too close, too much product will be applied in a small area and holding it too far away requires to many passes to completely coat the surface with material. Either way, you are wasting product and reducing the efficiency of your airless spray equipment.

Airless Spray Equipment

Quality Airless Spray Equipment from KM Coating

There are other elements that will affect your technique and how well your jobs turn out. For instance, in addition to holding the sprayer the proper distance, you also need to keep it at a 90 degree angle to the surface to avoid uneven coverage and product waste. You need to time when you squeeze the trigger, starting to move the gun a split second before you trigger. Also, with airless equipment, more is not necessarily better. Crank the pressure control down as low as possible without creating “tails.” Not only will you get a more even and consistent finish, but using low pressure instead of maxing it out will reduce wear on the equipment and accessories.

Unfortunately, it’s not possible to completely eliminate wear on hose, tips, couplings, filters and other elements. When you need to replace consumables, you can save time and money by coming to KM Coating, Inc. We offer discounted prices on the best products so you can get the best results to solve all your fluid handling requirements.

Finishing Equipment

Finishing Equipment, Industrial Spray Painting

You can have top of the line finishing equipment, but quality accessories are also necessary to ensure a professional finish every time. There is a short list of names in the surface treatment industry that are synonymous with quality. If you lay out the cash on equipment by Graco, Binks, Exel North America or Wagner, to name a few, you know you have an airless or air assisted airless sprayer that was designed to deliver the best possible results. The equipment itself, however, can only go so far, operating at the pressure you need for the jobs you do. The rest comes from the hose, couplings and adaptors, and spray tips that you use with your finishing equipment.

Top of the Line Finishing Equipment at KM Coating

In addition to using durable tips made from tungsten carbide and other tough and hard-wearing materials, it’s essential that you have the right tip for the job. Products such as stains, varnishes, and lacquers require a fine tip and, depending on the project and the fluidity of the product you’re using, flat tips or even reversible paint sprayer tips will work well.

Finishing Equipment

While you may understand why quality sprayer tips are required for finishing equipment, maybe you haven’t paid as much attention to the quality or type of hose you use. However, the results you get depend just as much on using the right kind of hose for the job, and making sure it’s sturdy and long-lasting. Look for hose that is reinforced with woven high-tensile stainless steel, brass-plated carbon steel or polyester textile fiber and equipped with polyamide or Teflon cores.

Whatever your airless accessories needs are, you will find the tips, couplings, hose, and other items you need at KM Coating, Inc. We can even customize hose to your specifications, cutting it to the ideal length and configuring it based on your requirements. KM Coating has the top quality accessories you need to get the best results.

Airless Paint Spray Hose

Airless Paint Spray Hose

At first thought, airless paint spray hose may seem like a minor accessory not worthy of much notice. However, considering that it is the passage through which the product travels, it is an element that deserves as much attention as the spray tips, filters, and even the airless equipment itself. Everything plays a part in ensuring the high-quality finish you want to deliver, and making sure you use durable, well-built hose is as important as choosing top brand equipment, hard-wearing tips, and quality paint, stain or other product.

Airless Paint Spray Hose

Quality airless paint spray hose is as essential for getting excellent results as it is for ensuring safety. A flimsy hose may be inexpensive, but it will also be poorly made. It could spring holes or split, which could cause injury and possible poisoning if the product you are spraying gets injected beneath your skin. Opting for a quality, well-made hose is the best defense against possible injuries as well as providing optimal conditions for perfect results on any job. It is great to choose hoses that are single or double reinforced with sturdy materials such as brass-plated carbon steel and have tough exteriors made from polyurethane. In addition, you should also check to see if the high pressure hose you buy is tested to ensure it will resist both cold and hot temperatures, flame, ozone, scraping and grazing, and impulse.

Airless Paint Spray Hose – Whatever Length and Fitting You Need

If you are looking for high quality hose, you’ve come to the right place at KM Coating, Inc. We carry tough, durable hoses for all applications from low pressure to high pressure, PTFE hose, and more. The hose from KM Coating adheres to strict industry standards, including international regulations. Plus, KM Coating will be happy to customize hose for you to any length and fitting configuration.

The New 79-201 Industrial Swivel – Total Rotational Mobility

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The 79-201 Industrial Swivel is an essential accessory for getting the high-quality results  you want from your high-tech industrial spray gun. Made with stainless steel with teflon seals, nothing but the finest materials that will keep you on the job.

79-201 Industrial Swivel

Ideal for painting any industrial job including bridges, metal roofs, ships, stadiums, arenas, storage tanks, pipelines, water towers… or any big job you have! We also offer a large variety of heavy duty hoses suitable for a range of pressures compatible with the 79-201 Industrial Swivel.

KM Coating also has high pressure, fully stainless steel  Y-blocks. Shop now at KM Coating and you’ll find one of the best online selections of air assisted and air assisted airless finishing products. Custom length Industrial hose, couplings and adapters, filters and filter housing, many types of spray painting tips (flat tips, reversible tips, air assisted airless tips, and much more)