I have a 1 quart spray gun. Does anyone know how much water to mix to thin out the paint .?

Answer 1

Thinning latex paint helps the spray gun provide a better spray pattern. Generally manufactures of paint recommend thinning by no more than 25%. 1 cup of water to 1 quart of paint. Us the least amount of water posible to recieve a good spray pattern. This may take some expermentation. Good Luck!

Answer 2

Try straining the paint instead of thinning it. That will usually work. Mixing with water is not the best way to go unless you thin the entire container. It's very hard to get the exact shade the next time you need to use the same color.

Answer 3

it all depends on what type of paint and what you are going to paint, and how thick the paint is to begin with. anyways, put the paint in a jar or can for mixing purposes, add water to latex, paint thinner to oil base paint, and with a mixing stick, mix it till the paint runs off the stick at a nice rate...it really is trial an error process, UNLESS it is on the paint car how much to think it out...don't make it too thin or it will run...good luck PS, you can always add more thinning agent, but you can take it out, you would have to add more pain

Answer 4

Hopefully, you still have the instruction manual. It should have a viscosity cup that you use to measure the thickness of the paint that will work with the gun. You pour the paint into the cup and "time" it for proper thickness/thinness.

Answer 5

You do,nt use water use Furanal to thin water based paint for spraying Most paint stores Or even HOMMER,S Depot have it

Answer 6

First of all, you could read the instructions that came with the spray gun. Wow. What a concept.
Second, why would you want to thin out the paint?