HVLP

[TexasTimbers]

I thought we had a thread on this but scanned all 4 pages and found zilch.

I have been looking at these and am ready to get one. Although I will be using it exclusively for shop woodworking, I'm wondering how long it might take to spray some urethane on 1500 sq feet of exterior siding just once, not like a repeat thing.
I know an airless is more suited for it but I don't want to own another airless. Too much work waiting to happen to often. If I don't own an airless I have to hire big jobs done. ;) But to use the HVLP just once for an exterior siding job - weems plausible to me. Course I don't know that's why I am asking.

Any HVLP officionados have anything they wanna share I am all eyes.

[Burlkraft]

I been usin' an Apollo 3 stage HVLP for 6 years and wouldn't use anything else. I ain't ever used anything else, but this has worked so well, I never strayed........ ;D ;D ;D

I just got her a new gun and large and small cups fer her birthday....... ;D ;D ;D

[TexasTimbers]

So how much juice can you shoot widit ??? Would you take on a exterior siding job or is that a rediculous expectation for a shop sized piece of equipment.

[Gilman]

Going cheap you can get a 1 gallan pressure pot from harbor freight and then hook it up to your HVLP sprayer. 

[TexasTimbers]

Well I have one of those pot/canister things, I just don't want to have to refill it constanly. I was hoping for a whole system (not something that runs off my shop compressor) under $1000, well under preferably, that  has a significant reservoir. One gallonish.

[Gilman]

Just looked it up on harbor freight.

2 1/2 gallon pressure pot for 39.95

93119-1VGA


I don't know of a system with a gallon reserevoir.  Maybe someone else does :-\

[TexasTimbers]

If i hook that pot up to my canister gun, will it keep the canister full as I spray? If so I am going to order that thing that looks like a good solution if my gun will put out a good and consistent quality pattern that way.

That would mean a wet hose from the pot to the gun though. Not ideal and maybe not doable eh?

[Gilman]

You'd remove the pot and hook the hose from the tank directly into the gun.