Christi, here's my recommendation. Take the guard with spray tip off the handle. When you squeeze the trigger, you should get a steady stream of paint out. That tells you the machine is primed and ready for spraying. Ensure the tip seal/washer is in the guard. Screw the guard onto the gun, don't tighten all the way. Insert the spray tip ensuring the spray tip goes all the way in. Tighten the guard onto the gun. Directions say hand tighten, but sometimes you can't get a good enough grip to get it tight enough so use a pair of pliers to aid in tightening it. Don't need to over do it on the tightening. If this didn't fix your problem, inspect all the parts and surfaces to make sure they look serviceable. If still not working, flag a painter down that's working in your neighborhood and offer him $20 for a quick 10 minute class on the sprayer. If he can't put it into operation and have it spray properly, then it probably has a manufacturing defect somewhere. Plus you gave the painter lunch money for 10 minutes of his knowledge. Hope this helps.

Great question. Short answer, I don't know. I'm familiar with the ED655 and I would say that machine gives you greater control on what pressure the liquid will be moved through the line at then the Titan 1700. The Titan 1700 system is designed to operate at 1,000 PSI. I do NOT believe the number 5 on the system corresponds to 1,000 PSI and the number 1 is 1/5th of that (200 PSI). I believe the numbers represent a range from just below 1,000 to just above 1,000 PSI that allows you to adjust the spray pattern based on tip size, hose length, and viscosity of paint you're using to achieve the optimal spray pattern.

It's best to understand what the TIP numbers mean, then you decide what will work best for your situation. I say this because you can spray a water based latex paint with a 517 or a 311, paint just comes out differently. First number on a tip is spray radius when held correct distance from wall. So a 517 will produce a 10" spray pattern. You overlap 50% during passes so you're covering 5" every pass. The next 2 numbers are orifice size, in this example it would be .017". Larger the number, larger the orifice size, the more paint will come out. The data sheets for products normally specify what size orifice works best for that product. Hope this helps.

I don't believe so. The manual didn't mention anything about a rebuild kit, so I doubt it.

The pump is replaceable on the 1500 and I believe this 1700 as well.

Good luck and if you have any questions, be glad to help.

Julio, best of luck my friend and knock it out of the park.

Good question, I think you'll only use a quart of paint or less to paint a front door or other small project, but I found that I need the 1 gallon paint can to be half filled with paint to have peace of mind to prime and paint a small project like a door. The intake with filter end needs to remain submerged under paint but not right up against the bottom. I think trying to do this with a quart of paint would be risky; don't know what would happen if an air bubble gets in the line and if you'll get spits. I look at it this way, if you end up having to buy a 2nd quart, then you've spent the money for a gallon the way they price things. So buy the gallon, make sure it's sealed properly, in a few years when you use it again just stir and strain and you should be good. By the way, like the handle. Spent 26 years in the Army myself; you guys were/are life savers.

Hey TSW, if your sprayer is working properly, it sounds like you have the knob in the downward position (prime position). When it is in that position, it will run continuously with fluid being sucked up the intake hose and expelled out the smaller return hose. If you rotate the knob clockwise 90 degrees so it is pointing towards the front of the sprayer, it should run until pressure is built up in the hose with spray gun attached then shut-off. If that is not occurring, then I would say it isn't holding pressure....then I'd call Titan support line. I've talked with them on 1 or 2 occasions and they are very helpful. Good luck!!

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I have not used a gun extension with this unit; however, the Operating Manual that came with the sprayer lists 2 gun extensions available for purchase, a 12" (Part # 353-709) and 24" (Part # 353-710) tip extension.

Not sure if you can tell from the video or are familiar with Florida stucco construction, but both the shutters and trim are also stucco. They just raise, lower, or smooth over the profile of the stucco to achieve a contrast. Because it is done like this, the easiest thing to do is go back with a 4" roller and paint the white areas. If finer work is needed, a brush is used. Thanks for the question.