Spray Gun Patterns:

1. Guns can be adjusted to round or oval patterns.
2. Top-heavy pattern caused by partly clogged horn holes, obstruction on top of fluid tip, dirt on air cap seat or fluid tip seat.
3. Heavy bottom pattern caused by partly clogged horn holes, obstruction on bottom side of fluid tip, dirt on air cap or fluid tip seat
4. Heavy right side pattern caused by partly clogged right side horn holes, dirt on right side of fluid tip, or clogged air cap right jet.
5. Heavy left side pattern caused by partly clogged left side horn holes, dirt on left side of fluid tip, or clogged twin cap left jet.
6. Heavy center pattern due to low setting of spreader adjustment valve, low atomizing pressure, or paint too thick; with pressure feed, paint pressure too high for atomization air, or paint flow in excess capacity of cap, too large a nozzle for paint used, or too small a nozzle
7. split pattern due to improperly balanced air and paint; reduce width using spreader adjustment valve or increase fluid pressure.

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