Choosing the right Titan HEA (High-Efficiency Airless) tip is crucial when aiming for high-quality airless spray painting standards. With Titan HEA, spray efficiency is improved, which is perfect for numerous painting applications. The following guide discusses the details you should look for when purchasing the most suitable HEA tip for yourself.
What Are Titan HEA Tips?
Titan HEA tips have been designed to minimize paint waste from overspraying and at the same time provide a more controlled and diffused spray pattern. This is ideal for both amateur and professional users as these operate at lower pressures compared to conventional airless tips, ensuring a smoother finish while also reducing the wear and tear on the equipment used.
Decoding Titan HEA Tip Numbers
Like a variety of other sprayer tips, Titan HEA tips have a system of numbers that indicate the capabilities of the tip:
- Fan Width: The first digit on the number indicates half the width of the fan pattern (inches) assuming you are spraying from 12 inches from the surface of the material. If the first digit is a “3”, then it means a width of 6 inches.
- Orifice Size: A set of two numbers indicates the orifice size or, to be more precise, the diameter in thousandths of an inch. The dimension of a tip’s orifice determines the paint flow; for example, a HEA tip with a specific type of designation “313” has an orifice of 0.013 inches with a fan width of 6 inches.
Understanding this system ensures that you select a tip that matches your expectations in the best possible manner.
Consider Your Painting Project
The nature and category of the project you are working on should be the first criterion to consider in your HEA tip selection.
- Small and Detailed Work: As furniture, trims, touch-ups, etc., are considered detailed work, smaller fan widths and orifice size tips should be employed to prevent overspray.
- Large Surfaces: The bigger the project, the wider the fan width and orifice size of the tip that should be used; for example, in the case of walls, ceilings, and exterior locations.
- Thicker Coatings: Heavily thick materials like latex paint, enamel paint, and primer may also require tips that have oversized orifices to ensure that there is sufficient flow.
More importantly, choosing a tip appropriate to the nature of the project ensures thorough and adequate application.
Does it Fit the Kind of Sprayer to Be Used?
There are many types of Titan HEA tips compatible with different airless sprayers. Please ensure that the tip you intend to use matches your sprayer’s pressure rating and flow rate. Trying out a MIST tip that is not meant to be used may lead to a poor spray pattern or, worse, damage to the equipment.
Choosing Based on Coating Material
Each type of coating material requires specific reversible tip sizes with dimensions, broad or common, for many sizes and, in the case of some, narrow:
- Thin Materials: If stains, varnishes, or sealers are being used as coatings, die heads with a smaller orifice of 0.011 – 0.013 inches are more appropriate.
- Medium Materials: The recommended tip sizes for general paints and primers are medium and measure from 0.015 to 0.017.
- Thick Materials: Heavy or fire coatings that could be elastomeric have larger orifices ranging from 0.019 to 0.021 and these tips can be selected for such materials.
It is important to achieve a professional finish and for there to be a consistent flow of materials, there must be a tip size that fits the material that is used.
Test Before You Make a Mistake
To further cater to your needs and to provide you with the highest level of comfort and assurance, ensure that the HEA tip is tested on a small and barely visible section. If you are seeing that the results come back as unsatisfactory, try altering your technique or switching to a different-sized tip, or if you are already using one, prevent the organization from wasting time and money correcting mistakes while ensuring the greatest efficient output.
Conclusion
To achieve results at a professional level, it is very important to select an appropriate Titan HEA tip for your airless sprayer – so please remember to give the number accompanying each tip some context as it conveys a meaning. Furthermore, depending on the type of project you are embarking on the material to coat yourself with, and even whether or not your sprayer is compatible, there is a lot that goes into making the decision. Lastly, carrying out regular check-ups and routine maintenance would increase the lifespan of the tip, as well as its overall performance. With a suitable Titan HEA tip, any painting job can be done precisely and in no time.