Wagner Power Painter?
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I've had one for years that I bought at a yard sale. It's loud and noisey - really irritating. It doesn't atomize the paint very well, it kind of "spits" a large particle mist out. They can spray just about anything, just not very well. I've never had any problems with it, it's just never my first choice.
I use a HVLP siphion cup for painting metal or small stuff. I have a Wagner type small airless for painting latex on like my garden shed sized buildings. For a house sized project, I'll go down and rent a full sized airless for $50 and get the job done. Interior walls - any paint with a sheen needs to be back rolled anyway, so I just roll and brush.
I use a HVLP siphion cup for painting metal or small stuff. I have a Wagner type small airless for painting latex on like my garden shed sized buildings. For a house sized project, I'll go down and rent a full sized airless for $50 and get the job done. Interior walls - any paint with a sheen needs to be back rolled anyway, so I just roll and brush.
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Bruker:
Wagner Power Painters are good for spraying water based paint on your house, your fence, even your front porch swing. But it will do a lousy job on any kind of auto paint, regardless of type. You'd probably do a better job with a brush.
Don't ask me how I know.
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Wagner Power Painters are good for spraying water based paint on your house, your fence, even your front porch swing. But it will do a lousy job on any kind of auto paint, regardless of type. You'd probably do a better job with a brush.
Don't ask me how I know.
RussA
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As a painter I will tell you straight forward they are basically pieces of junk, as well as you get what you pay for meaning you need to spend atleast $400 to get anything in the painting market. Try gracco, speedaire, or titan if you want something of value and that works more than 2 minutes as well as puts out something of a quality paint job. I have never met anyone seriously making a living using wagner. Atleast one thing if you buy it but it from walmart so you can take it back when you figure out what a hunk of junk it is. Takes about 3 minutes of use.
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I have borowed a few, then made the stupid mistake of buying one. My last attempt to use it was about a year ago. I never cleaned the paint out of it. Still sitting there clogged with blue paint. I use it now as an expensive paper weight on a windy day.
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Originally posted by beeboy
When I had mine, I found I spent more time cleaning it after use than I saved in the first place. Got rid of it!
When I had mine, I found I spent more time cleaning it after use than I saved in the first place. Got rid of it!
How about the low end Wagner Airless sprayer that I see around town for $299? I don't need to earn a living with it, I just have a picket fence, garage doors and a shed to paint and I thought it might save some time- especially on the fence. I'd rather not rent one because I hate that pressure I feel to work fast when the rent is racking up!
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It's kind of the same story with the cheap airless sprayers. They really don't develop enough pressure to do a really good job. Don't use it for a while and you might spend half a day taking it apart, trying to figure out why it won't prime. Like Ghostgunn was saying you need to spend over $400 for a good cheap sprayer, (or over $1000 for one you'ld be happy with). Really, too much money for a weekend job.
One option I'd suggest you look into is a paint pot. They usually have a 1 to 3 gallon aluminum "pot" that you put the paint in. They have hoses that attach to it that are about 6 to 8 feet long with a sprayer head at the end. You hook it up to your air compressor.
I've used them and they're kind of in between an airless and a siphon gun in how they proform. I've opened them up enough to spray latex on house siding. They can also do a semi-fine oil finish. They don't cost near as much, (I'm sure they are inexpensive to rent). For a weekend job, every once in a while, it might be the way to go.
One option I'd suggest you look into is a paint pot. They usually have a 1 to 3 gallon aluminum "pot" that you put the paint in. They have hoses that attach to it that are about 6 to 8 feet long with a sprayer head at the end. You hook it up to your air compressor.
I've used them and they're kind of in between an airless and a siphon gun in how they proform. I've opened them up enough to spray latex on house siding. They can also do a semi-fine oil finish. They don't cost near as much, (I'm sure they are inexpensive to rent). For a weekend job, every once in a while, it might be the way to go.
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Originally posted by beeboy
When I had mine, I found I spent more time cleaning it after use than I saved in the first place. Got rid of it!
When I had mine, I found I spent more time cleaning it after use than I saved in the first place. Got rid of it!
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