MP 170, MTK, Which tip? .9mm, 1.1mm or 1.3mm?

Thank You,

scott

I have been using a Wagner turbine HVLP gun. I found the 1.3 mm tip to work very well for MTK, MP 170, as well as MP 182. I have mixed all of these exactly as the PPG spec sheets state, and aside from having to switch to a slower hardener with the 182 when the temperatures climbed above 85 this summer, I have not encountered any problems (other than my technique . . ). It depends I would think upon what pressure your turbine puts out. Mine has a 3 stage turbine that operates at 6 psig. Hope this helps.

Paul

I have no idea what the differences are, if any, on recommended tip sizes between turbine and regular compressed air spray guns. Certainly you ought to be able to use the same tip size for both the epoxy and the MTK. They are not that much different, viscosity wise. I use one tip size on my regular spot gun and it does fine on both products. In most instances for typical automotive type primers and paints, one tip size will suffice as a "general purpose" tip - at least it used to before the advent of hvlp. My only suggestion is to review the instructions that came with your turbine setup. There should be some guidance on tip sizes there, if indeed, more than one size is provided or offered. If you don't have the instructions, see if the manufacturer's website has a manual for your model that you can download.

Rod

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