Tip prices

Can anyone recommend where they buy their Graco striping tips. We are now paying $40 to $42 each. Sherwin used to sell them cheaper but i have relocated to a new town and S&W here won't negotiate prices on anything.

these guys have good prices on machines and parts and will ship to you. Silverado Repair Services Haltom City, TX (Dallas/Ft.Worth) [phone removed]

Ditto.... great place for paint pump or water pump repairs and parts. Ask for Jessie. Here's a yellow page link: http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypMap.py?Pyt=Typ&tuid=16129403…

ASi can you get the SW store that you were buying at to ship to you? It would also help if you bought you striping paint at SW.. just my one-half cents worth...

Let me understand this. I have put over 1000 gal paint through 1 of my tips and it seems to still be putting out a good sharp line. 1000 gal @ 300 ft per gal. s 300,000 ft x .20 per ft. = $60,000.00 and we are looking to save 2 or 3 dollars on a tip? Same thing for the cost of paint. it takes a $3.00 change in paint price/gal. to cause a $0.01 in the price we have to charge. I suspose if one goes through 10 to 20 tips a year it could add up. Just my thoughts.

I buy my tips from Home Depot....about $21 each

Are you sure they are striping tips? House painting tips make an ok looking stripe but put exessive paint in the middle of the stripe and not enough on the edges.

oh man once made the mistake of using a black color tip for striping. Thats a big no no So I am back to the ol yellow tips

Saturday, I just bought 2-317's & 1-217 at my local SW. The price was 26.00 each tip. Talk to your sales rep.

\\\STRIPES/// wrote on Aug 13, 2006:Go to #7

Are you sure they are striping tips? House painting tips make an ok looking stripe but put exessive paint in the middle of the stripe and not enough on the edges.

oh yeah they are the yellow striping tips

Stripes is right about black tips, that is why a painter overlaps 50 % when painting objects with a black tip. Very often when we paint x walks or stop bars we use 1/8 hardboard as a straight edge and I will use black tips because we have a wide variety of them. Dwan if your getting 1000 gals. per tip , and still getting millage and coverage I would like to buy you a beer or two at Moose's Saloon for a Friday afternoon safety meeting with my guys.They change tips more than their undershorts.

Can I send my brother? The reason I ge such a long life could be because I only use oil base paint. Besides there is no ware within 1000 miles of me that sells them. Maybe someday I should try a new tip and see if there is a differance. Dwan

I get my tips from Franklin Paint, they are about 25 bucks each and they send them to your doorstep.

I'll check the prices at Franklin. As for the black tips, SW told us the difference is the LL (Yellow) tips have crisper edges. I bought a black one about 3 weeks ago as a last resort, and it worked fine for use, the overspray was way less than we expected, i think it could pass and it was 44 or $5 cheaper too. The edges of the line seemed to be fine. Next time we spray with it we will look harder.

j&k home depot does not sell striping tips. stripes is right line won't look right or hold up long.Airlessco has striping tips that fit Graco's head for around $20.00. They seem to last as long as others..

Dwan you having real good luck with you tips. You don't have any blowouts? All I use is oil also strain it and keep hoses clean and it seems like about 200 gallons is my limit on a tip. Alos worn tips really put down a lot more paint than a newer one would.

Dwan, All you have to do to check the tip for wear is..... While the machine is parked, quickly pull and release the trigger. If the pattern is oval (like the pattern provided by a house painting tip), it is worn. House tips will give a decent looking line but there is extra - unnecessary paint in the middle of the stripe. If you stripe with a worn tip or a black tip the the edges will wear faster than the middle. You can always go behind other stripers and tell what kind of tip they used if you look at the edges of the stripes. Sometimes even if the stripe is new, the surface of the middle of the stripe will have ripples and the edges of the stripe will be flat.

We buy our tips once a year at the pro show. Deal directly with the graco rep.You have to buy at least 6 tips but this year they threw in 3 tip guards free. We paid 15.00 per tip in April.

Cheney I think you have a misconception about painters overlapping because they are using a black tip. It makes no difference whether they are using an airless, conventional or hvlp, it is the proper way to apply paint. Quite frankly, I prefer using a black tip when I am spraying alot of stencils. Using a black tip for stencils gives you a more uniform overspray than a LL tip.

I like a 215 striping tip for handy man. At 3-4 ft, it covers just the open area and saves wasted paint on the plastic. I agree with you Rock on using a black tip for smaller stencils. I love 111 and 211's. You can even do 4" numbers/letters likety split at almost no material cost...faster than using $8 a can aerosol.