Choosing and Understanding Spray Tips

To help determine how thick of a coating you’ll be able to spray, it's important to understand the fan-width and orifice-size of a spray tip.

Four Tips for Mixing and Pumping Field-Mixed Stucco Basecoats

Understand the different stucco mixing methods, the importance of stucco mix ratio, and the benefits of using a mortar mixer for your stucco mixing needs.

Selecting the Right HVLP Needle Nozzle Set

Basics of Airless Spraying

How to Minimize Air Motor Freezing

Using the same basic principle as household refrigerators, air motor icing or freezing occurs when air is compressed and then is rapidly depressurized.

Insulating Attics and Rim Joists with Spray Foam Insulation

The advantages of spray foam for attic and rim joist sealing and insulation.

Concrete Surface Prep Part 3: Grades of Roughness

How much surface profile is sufficient for various types of concrete coatings and overlays?

Concrete Surface Prep Part 1: Unsound Concrete

How does the blaster know when he’s achieved the specified surface profile on concrete?

Characteristics of Popcorn Ceiling Texture

While some say it may be on the decline, Popcorn ceiling texture, also known as "Simulated Acoustic", is still a very common finish.

Characteristics of Orange Peel Texture

Before spraying an Orange Peel texture, it's important to understand the characteristics of this trending ceiling texture finish.

Characteristics of Knockdown Ceiling Texture

Knockdown and Splatter finishes are associated with a consistent round-droplet pattern on the surface with a final smoothing step.

Euclid Chemical Pump Recommendations

Euclid Chemical materials were field tested with Graco pumps to help you understand which pump best matches-up with which Euclid product in a variety of mortar applications.

Flooring Contractors Pour Your Own SLU

Flooring contractors continue to seek ways to increase profits while reducing time and labor costs; and pouring their own self-leveling underlayment (SLU) has become a trending solution.

50,000 Square Feet Of Slu In One Day

A five-person crew accomplished this lofty task by utilizing today's pumping equipment

Reactor 3

With the new Graco Reactor, you can control your spray foam system–drum to gun–and spray with unmatched precision using automation, data-driven tool and analytics.

How to Bid Spray Foam Jobs

Bidding spray foam jobs is more than just price per square foot. Learn about understanding your competition, avoiding discounts, protecting profits, and more.

How to Apply 500 Mils of Epoxy Material in a Single Coat

Q&A with Warren Environmental, a material manufacturer that is outfitting their approved applicators nationwide with leading edge trailers that extend the life of critical water infrastructure.

New Plural-Component Sprayers Deliver High-Flow Capabilities

Learn how the latest sprayer technology is driving labor savings, reduced maintenance, and improved overall quality

HoldBlast Vision Test Results

HoldBlast Vision was tested with using an EcoQuip 2 Vapor Abrasive Blaster on a steel surface mixed at a 2% solution - see the results.

Getting Around The Labor Shortage By Maximizing Efficiency

Utilizing machinery in place of work traditionally done by hand is an optimal solution for overcoming the labor shortage in the construction industry, enabling companies to take on more jobs and in turn increasing profitability and efficiency.

Gear Pumps vs. Piston Pumps

Which pump technology is best for handling the challenging spray parameters and conditions present when spraying foam and polyurea?

7 Strategies for Selling Spray Foam

Learn about seven simple strategies that'll help you sell more spray foam insulation jobs.

How to Select an Airless Sprayer for Industrial Coatings

Equipment selection is critical to the successful application of industrial coatings - understand what you need to consider when choosing and airless sprayer.

Applying High Solids Coatings with Short Pot Life

Italian sandblasting and coatings specialist, Civardi, was looking for a solution to apply high-solids coatings with a short pot-life

True Dustless Blasting is a Myth

Know the facts: there is no such thing as dustless or dust-free blasting in surface prep

Questions to Ask When Building a Spray Foam Rig

Asking the right questions will make sure your spray rig is built to last

Automatic Internal and External Pipe Coating

A key to Italian Industrial Agency's (IIA) success in offering of automatic internal and external coatings was to strike a balance between cost effectiveness and productivity.

TerraThane Pipeline Trench Breakers Success Story

For pipeline pillows and trench breaks, TerraThane worked perfectly - it did the job on the slope and in the inclement weather, taking much less time than other legacy products to cure in place.

Reactor Gen 3

With the new Graco Reactor, you can control your spray foam system–drum to gun–and spray with unmatched precision using automation, data-driven tool and analytics.

Spray Foam Rigs - What You Need to Know

What size generator will you need? Which style trailer is best? What about safety equipment? Get answers.