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Good finish, pitting, and orange peel on same door

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I have a Titan 1500 controlmax and for the first time in almost 10 years of spraying I busted a seal after just 4 months. It was a huge pain to remove actually had the guard in 4 pieces before I managed to get the seal out. I tried cleaning it and putting it back in but it still leaks. I live in a backwards part of Canada and the only titan products I can get are tips without new seals. So I purchased a graco rac x guard and 417 tip(only one available)

I'm trying to finish a set of cabinets and the craziest thing keeps happening. On the same door I'll get a nice finish then 2 inches over I'll have pitting then 2 inches beyond that I'm getting orange peel. I've attached a couple pics.
I'm using Command paint thinned about 10% with distilled water, vegetable glycerin, and dawn soap( I've used this for 5 years with out an issue)
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You can use regular black Graco, asm or pretty much any other brand tip with your titan guard if you can find the. Anything but Graco racx tips.
417 is too big for command, it's like a firehose
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Why are you thinning command at all? It's already a ready to spray viscosity. The orange peel your seeing is from too large of a tip and not atomizing properly as well as your likely over applying product.
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FlawlessFinishRenos said:
I'm a pretty consistent sprayer. Same speed same overlap, and since I usually hang doors my passes are very fast. I'm getting a good finish(proper amount of paint), pitting(not enough paint), and orange peel(too much paint) on the same pass. I tried un thinned Command and Advance for a couple years and much prefer the finish from thinned paint. I've used it over a year on a cpl hundred kitchen sets and never had an issue. I'm not a fan of the extended open time, but like the finish better. I also find the thinned paint covers grain up better as well.

I also find with the 1500 since it only reaches 1600PSI that I have to spray un thinned command at 5. I like to spray about 4 so I have some wiggle room. Command base 4 is thicker than base 1
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Are you measuring with a wet mil gauge? Because it looks very heavy. What you describe are the results you'll get from command with a big tip. Command needs 410 or like 308.
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