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    dumb fluid nozzle question

     



    ok i just got an HVLP gun and it says it has a .055 tip. is this equivalent to a 1.5?
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    That's a 1.4 tip. .055" = 1.397 mm
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    iite thanks man
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    If that's a Harbor Freight 43430 purple gun, it will require 40 - 50 psig at the gun to to spray well, regardless of what the instructions say. This is my experience as well as many others on a different forum.
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    Yes, 1.4 and that is a good size. Irelands right too, we have one of those that I use to spray primer with and have sprayed color with it before too and you have to turn the air pressure up on it pretty high for some odd reason.
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    You have to turn the pressure up on that gun because the nozzle design doesn't atomize the paint as well as some other guns.
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