QTech Q-Tip Ultra Fine Finish Airless Spray Tips (108-626)

QTech Ultra Fine Spray Tips are precision engineered and designed to deliver exceptionally smooth, high quality finishes with a range of coatings. Unlike standard spray tips, their specialised design focuses on optimising atomization and pattern formation to produce an incredibly even, defect free surface. They offer a consistent, high-quality finish for a wide range of professional painting and decorating applications where a superior aesthetic is paramount. This also makes them ideal for cabinetry, kitchen resprays, trim, furniture, and doors.

So what are fine finish tips?

In a conventional tip, the paint is atomized once. In a Fine Finish Tip, it's atomized twice. It's this that gets that fine finish, even when working at lower pressures. With a little practice you can achieve total control, with virtually no overspray. The coating is partially atomized within the tip before it even exits, leading to a much finer and more uniform spray pattern upon exiting the final orifice.

Key Features

• Tungsten Carbide Construction - QTech Contractor tips are manufactured with exceptional precision in the USA, using QTech's own formulated tungsten carbide. This material is exceptionally hard (boating 93 Rockwell hardness), making them higly resistant to wear and tear.
• Precision Orifice - The orifice of the spray tip, measured in thousandths of an inch, precisely controls the amount of fluid that flows through. A larger orifice allows more coating to pass through at any given pressure, making it suitable for heavier, thicker coatings. Conversely, thinner coatings generally require a smaller orifice.
• Fan Width Control - The fan width, measured in inches, indicates the approximate width of the coating applied in one pass. QTech Contractor tips are available in a comprehensive range of sizes, allowing for optimal tip selections based on the specific type of work and coating being undertaken.
• High Pressure Rating - QTech Contractor spray tips are designed for heavy duty applications, boasting a maximum working pressure (MWP) of up to 5000psi / 345 bar, making them suitable for demanding spay tasks.
• Reduced Pressure Requirement - While capable of handling a range of pressures, these tips usually perform optimally at slightly lower pressures than standard tips. This helps reduce overspray and achieve a smoother finish without excessive force, and means less wear and tear on pistons and packings.

QTech Contractor Spray Tips are a premium choice for professional painters seeking durable, high-performance airless spray tips that deliver consistent, high quality results, enhance productivity and offer long term value

Getting the Tip Right

(Using a 518 tip as an example)

The fan width is measured in inches. When spraying approx. 10 inches from a surface the fan width will be double the first digit e.g. any tip starting with a 5 will have a spray width of approx. 10 inches. Depending on the pressure and coating used, the actual width may vary by up to 2 inches.

The orifice controls the amount of fluid that flows through the tip and is measured in thousandths of an inch (18 = 0.018"). The larger the orifice, the more coating that is applied for any given pressure and operatives hand speed.

What tip size should I go for?

Very much down to personal choice, but here's a few guidelines. The first digit of the tips number relates to the fan width. So if it's 1, you'll get a 2" fan. 2 will give you a 4" fan, That bits easy. The second and third digits are the size of the orifice in thousandths of an inch. For instance 12 is 0.012". Some paint manufacturers will give you a guide on this on the back of the tin or in technical data sheets. Most coatings on trim/woodwork you should be using a 10 or 12. For QTech Ultra Fine Finish Tips we'd recommend a 210 which will give a 4" fan, so well suited to most trim. For standard emulsion paints a 516, or 518. is ideal.