Sapphire 12" Titanium Wand-Design flaw?

[The Boot]

Purchased this wand on the fly. I was waiting for a Westpak but with material supply back up I decided to go with this one.
It has 11001's for the inside jets and 9001's for the outer ones. After changing out to 8001's on the out side it still has an overspray past the edge guards of at least 1" and the spray pattern is about 1" behind the rear of the guards.
Any thoughts on how to fix both problems? Anyone else out there dealing with this? FYI my SS westpak keeps all spray in side of the edge guards with no over spray at the wand head.
Hope I didn't just waste 1K for this by jumping the gun.

 

[hogjowl]

You’ll get all the standard suggestions that don’t work.
Throw it away or sell it to a Matt and move on.

 

[The Boot]

You’ll get all the standard suggestions that don’t work.
Throw it away or sell it to a Matt and move on.

Maybe I should sell it to Mikey. On youtube he claim's that it's the best wand ever produced. lol

 

[hogjowl]

They’re just this weeks advertiser

 

[Mikey P]

8002s are fine.

Want full retention?, get a Bonzer, idiot

 

[Mikey P]

The overspray is only really noticed with the brush glide which raises it up an 1/8-in off the floor

 

[Mikey P]

Even the almighty devastator oversprays the same amount..

 

[hogjowl]

Even the almighty devastator oversprays the same amount..

No it doesn’t

 

[Mikey P]

You're blind

 

[The Boot]

Even the almighty devastator oversprays the same amount..

Interesting, my old heavy stainless westpak doesn't have any over spray. Even with the 9501's the overspray was at least 2". The spray pattern is 1" behind the rear of the side guard. It appears there is no way to adjust to eliminate either problem.
If this wand is the best wand ever then I'll take a WestPak Titanium inferior wand any day now. Should have listened to my gut and waited for the WestPak. Any body in the market for a slightly used "best wand ever". Endorsed by the every knowing Mike on youtube but wait there's more I'll even include a holed glide at no charge. lol

 

[Cleanworks]

Interesting, my old heavy stainless westpak doesn't have any over spray. Even with the 9501's the overspray was at least 2". The spray pattern is 1" behind the rear of the side guard. It appears there is no way to adjust to eliminate either problem.
If this wand is the best wand ever then I'll take a WestPak Titanium inferior wand any day now. Should have listened to my gut and waited for the WestPak. Any body in the market for a slightly used "best wand ever". Endorsed by the every knowing Mike on youtube but wait there's more I'll even include a holed glide at no charge. lol

Your jets are too small. Go to 1.5's or 2's. They won't atomizer as much. A little over spray can be a good thing.

 

[BIG WOOD]

Atomizer is a big word

 

[Mikey P]

For the life of me, I cant recall who Boot is, but hes obviously a larry lunchpail.

 

[Cleanworks]

Atomizer is a big word

For Georgians.

 

[hogjowl]

Your jets are too small. Go to 1.5's or 2's. They won't atomizer as much. A little over spray can be a good thing.

Overspray is NEVER a good thing

 

[Nomad74]

Overspray is NEVER a good thing

I like butter overspray. But I won't go into it.

 

[hogjowl]

Don’t turn this into California anal.

 

[Hack Attack]

my ss12 doesnt overspray anywhere near that amount

 

[Mr Brightside]

I would like to buy this shit wand if you decide to sell it

 

[Trip Moses]

Purchased this wand on the fly. I was waiting for a Westpak but with material supply back up I decided to go with this one.
It has 11001's for the inside jets and 9001's for the outer ones. After changing out to 8001's on the out side it still has an overspray past the edge guards of at least 1" and the spray pattern is about 1" behind the rear of the guards.
Any thoughts on how to fix both problems? Anyone else out there dealing with this? FYI my SS westpak keeps all spray in side of the edge guards with no over spray at the wand head.
Hope I didn't just waste 1K for this by jumping the gun.

Did you turn your jets to hit the corner of the wand or do you have them shooting parallel with the vacuum slot.

 

[Mikey P]

Did you turn your jets to hit the corner of the wand or do you have them shooting parallel with the vacuum slot.

Lol.. probably not

 

[Mikey P]

 

[The Boot]

Did you turn your jets to hit the corner of the wand or do you have them shooting parallel with the vacuum slot.

Been there done that. I believe the main problem is that the spray pattern is at least 1 1/2" from the vacuum slot.
When adjusting to hit the edge of the corner the spray is almost to the bend of the wand.

 

[The Boot]

Lol.. probably not

That's the first thing you learn about over spray Mike.

 

[The Boot]

I should add that when looking at the wand from the side the jets are positioned parallel with the front of the wand.
No angle towards the front.

 

[The Boot]

Your jets are too small. Go to 1.5's or 2's. They won't atomizer as much. A little over spray can be a good thing.

FYI, Years ago I had 1's on my westpak 4 jet wand with no overspray. I currently use 1.5's on it. I am almost believing that this is either a design flaw or I got a turd.

 

[Mikey P]

I should add that when looking at the wand from the side the jets are positioned parallel with the front of the wand.
No angle towards the front.

Post some pictures, it's entirely likely that this thing was assembled incorrectly

 

[Cleanworks]

FYI, Years ago I had 1's on my westpak 4 jet wand with no overspray. I currently use 1.5's on it. I am almost believing that this is either a design flaw or I got a turd.

Chances are the manifold isn't set right. I don't seem to get any overspray with my westpak. Not noticeable anyway.

 

[Trip Moses]

I should add that when looking at the wand from the side the jets are positioned parallel with the front of the wand.
No angle towards the front.

You may need to bend the manifold bracket to get a better angle.

 

[The Boot]

Chances are the manifold isn't set right. I don't seem to get any overspray with my westpak. Not noticeable anyway.

Right, never had any issue with my westpak with over spray. This is the first wand I've used that this has been an issue.