Spray Tech

How does spraypaint come out of a can?

It was not until 2010, when I started to analyze how paint comes out of a can because spraycans I was buying was clogging and I wanted to know more about how paint comes out of a can, caps, and nozzles.

Besides the pressure based on how much CO2 is put into a spraycan, below shows different patterns and distribution on how paint comes out of a can using certain cap/nozzles.

Back in the 1980ʻs, the "Flat Stream" mode of how spraypaint comes out of a spraycan was the only option. The Universal Cap & Standard Caps flow with this same usage.

For Hollow Cone spraying, cap/nozzles of the NY Fatcap, LegoCap, and AstroCap all use the distribution of this type of spray pattern.

For Full Cone spraying, cap/nozzles of the SkinnyPro, PinkDot, and several other caps that have a fatter spray work in this manner. Also spray guns with compressors work in this same manner of "full cone" or "full line" patterned spraying.