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    Question about shooting metallic/pearlized paints

    Seems no matter the brand of paint, the pressure or the gun I use Eclipse or Neo it is a royal pain to spray. Even when I cut it with water or thin it I run into a clogged gun and it takes longer to paint. Any tips or is it just a fact of painting? Thanks

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    Re: Question about shooting metallic/pearlized paints (Mark Perry)

    Not sure of your needle sizes as I run 2 different sizes in my eclipse however with the eclipse for me the .5 shoots pearls and metallics the best, it's kinda the nature of the beast with waterbase paints

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    Re: Question about shooting metallic/pearlized paints (Ky Z21)

    <table width="90%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=center><tr><td>Quote, originally posted by Ky Z21 &raquo;</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Not sure of your needle sizes as I run 2 different sizes in my eclipse however with the eclipse for me the .5 shoots pearls and metallics the best, it's kinda the nature of the beast with waterbase paints</td></tr></table>

    I am still so new to pianting I am not sure what the needle size is. It is whatever came on the gun when I bought it. Thanks for the info.

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    The siphon feed eclipse comes standard with a .5mm needle/tip. The gravity feed has .35mm needle/tip. I pull the needle back out of the tip just a little and turn the pressure down some to spray metallic paints. those are the hardest paints to spray in my experience.

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