The Easy Way to Adjust Your Spray Gun for Optimum Results
There is no magic number of “turns” rotations, or descriptions like: “¾ turn, half way, 4 times” to
adjust your spray gun for optimal use. Every gun differs, and solution thickness will always vary
from day to day.
Your goal is always a specific spray pattern width.
This will only change
slightly based on the viscosity (thickness) of your tanning solution, but you should never change
the desired spray pattern width output from the spray gun.
The proper way to use a MaxiMist spray gun is 4 inches away from the skin surface, with a 4-inch-
wide/long spray pattern (at its longest point). This will give you the optimum application, while
using the least amount of product (2-2.5oz per application, in two separate, back to back, coats of
1 oz. ea.) This will produce very little overspray, when the spray gun is used properly, with correct
application technique.
The easiest way to achieve this is:
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Hang an unneeded white cotton bath towel over a chair, cabinet or pin it to a wall. We
suggest you use this, as it will give you the best visual you will be looking for. (solution may
stain towel)
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Place a few ounces of tanning solution into your cup. (3-4 oz.)
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Adjust your spray gun to the closed position by turning the flow control knob, (located on
the back of the gun or the trigger) so when the trigger is pulled, no solution sprays out; we
call this “at zero”. No matter which pattern selection you use (horizontal or vertical), you will
always hold the spray gun 4 inches away from the towel.
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Attach the spray gun to your machine and turn it on
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Slowly begin to adjust your gun (using the flow control knob to open or release the solution
flow) so it begins to spray solution as you point it at the towel while pulling the trigger. Pull
the trigger quickly and let go. DO NOT MO
VE YOU’RE HAND, JUST POINT AND PULL
THE TRIGGER IN SHORT QUICK BURSTS IN ONE AREA.
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You will then see a line start to develop on the towel. The line direction will depend on the
direction you have your air cap set (this is on the front of your spray gun)
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It will either be a vertical or horizontal slightly elliptical line depending on your spray pattern
preference. (see below image)
