I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
ask.
Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
experience.
Thanks,
Richard
Richard wrote:
> I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
> ask.
>
> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>
> I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
> woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
> experience.
Those things ought to be outlawed. Bunk!
Richard wrote:
> I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
> ask.
>
> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>
> I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
> woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
> experience.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
Richard,
DON'T DO IT! I recently tried two different models in a row. Not their
cheapest either. These (so called) tools are total crap. Better off to
rent a good quality sprayer.
Chuck
On Dec 31 2006, 9:06 pm, "Richard" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
> ask.
>
> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>Thanks for all the thoughtful replies.
I was considering a $99 Wagner handheld job. I am getting a new
storage shed and buying something like this is about as cheap as
renting a real sprayer. (They claim it will pull unthinned latex out
of a can- is that believable?) Maybe I should just roll it on the
old fashioned way. This shed will have an outside paneling that has
grooves running down it every 6" or so and I thought spraying would get
primer and paint into the grooves better than a roller. Lazy Richard!
Richard
Richard wrote:
> I was considering a $99 Wagner handheld job.=A0=A0I=A0am=A0getting=A0=
a=A0new
> storage shed and buying something like this is about=A0=A0as=A0cheap=A0=
as
> renting a real sprayer.=A0=A0=A0=A0(They=A0claim=A0it=A0will=A0pull=A0=
unthinned=A0latex=A0out
> of a can- is that believable?)
Mine wouldn't.
--=20
It's turtles, all the way down
Richard:
I have one of those Wagner Paint Crew sprayers - used it in late 2004 to
paint my whole house inside and out with it....worked fantastic.
Here's a link so you can what I'm talking about:
http://www.heartlandamerica.com/browse/item.asp?PIN=24189&DL=GAW1&
That's a lot cheaper than when I bought mine 2 yrs ago too....
vr
Jesse
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
> ask.
>
> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>
> I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
> woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
> experience.
Bought 2 Wagner power rollers, 9 years apart. Both were crap. Lasted about 4
rooms each. Wouldn't recomend anything that company makes
Chuck wrote:
> Richard wrote:
>> I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
>> ask.
>>
>> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
>> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
>> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>>
>> I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
>> woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
>> experience.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Richard
>
> Richard,
>
> DON'T DO IT! I recently tried two different models in a row. Not their
> cheapest either. These (so called) tools are total crap. Better off to
> rent a good quality sprayer.
>
> Chuck
>
I"ve seen a lot of naysayers about Wagner. I read those reviews after I
bought mine. I had bought it to do some interior painting of what was
effectively an empty house, or almost new construction.
After some screwing around with the settings, I painted about 5 rooms
with it, walls and ceilings. It was a bit of a PITA to clean, but it was
very fast and put down an even coat of paint. I wouldn't bother with it
for smaller jobs or jobs where there was a lot of furniture in the room.
If I had to do it all over again, I'd do the same thing. It put the
paint down in about 1/10 of the time it would have to roll. The quality
of the coat was better than any rolling I've ever done.
Is it a piece of quality machinery that will last a lifetime? Not on
your life. After I was finished the inside, I tackled the exterior and
the main spring in the piston broke. Parts are unavailable in Canada,
and I finished that job with a roller.
But I had no complaints with it for the inside stuff. It was worth what
I paid for it and then I considered it gone.
Tanus
--
This is not really a sig.
I have had two Wagner sprayers and the last is still stored somewhere under
my work bench! Terrible results! Bought the Rockler $99.00 hvlp rig (also
one for my son-in-law) and have had great results with it (for it's intended
purpose). Recently painted all the exterior trim using thinned latex on my
house and couldn't be more pleased.
Bill
"Larry Blanchard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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Richard wrote:
> I was considering a $99 Wagner handheld job. I am getting a new
> storage shed and buying something like this is about as cheap as
> renting a real sprayer. (They claim it will pull unthinned latex out
> of a can- is that believable?)
Mine wouldn't.
--
It's turtles, all the way down
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> how do you like it?
Junk. Don't even think about it.
Wagner makes several prayers including handheld airless which are junk.
Larger airless sprayers that are ok to good and handheld hvlp whichare good
and larger hvlp systems that work well. Which ones are you interested in?
I have used their handheld hvlp with great success as well as their larger
airless systems. The handheld airless guns are mostly junk.
cm
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
> ask.
>
> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>
> I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
> woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
> experience.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
> ask.
>
> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>
> I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
> woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
> experience.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
As with most Wagner paint products, OK out of the box, use it, throw it
away. More costly in time to clean than it is worth. If it is not "factory
clean" much less than desirable results.
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
> ask.
>
> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>
> I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
> woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
> experience.
>
Mine does a good job with semi-transparent stain. Solid stain is beyond its
capacity; but perhaps there are better models that will do solid stain, or
even paint.
Boy am I tired. I just tried to read my post and noticed all the
typos....midnights almost here:-)
cm
"CM" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Wagner makes several prayers including handheld airless which are junk.
> Larger airless sprayers that are ok to good and handheld hvlp whichare
> good and larger hvlp systems that work well. Which ones are you interested
> in?
>
> I have used their handheld hvlp with great success as well as their larger
> airless systems. The handheld airless guns are mostly junk.
>
> cm
>
>
> "Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
>> ask.
>>
>> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
>> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
>> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>>
>> I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
>> woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
>> experience.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Richard
>>
>
>
On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:06:51 -0800, Richard wrote:
> I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
> ask.
>
> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>
> I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
> woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
> experience.
Depends on what you want to spray. For clear finishes Rockler has their
economy HVLP on sale for 80 bucks (of course it goes on sale a week after
I pay a hundred for one at Woodcraft). Works quite nicely. It's reputed
to have trouble with latex--I haven't tried it with that--but with lacquer
it's OK--any problems I've had were mine and not the gun's--it took me a
while to get it adjusted.
Note to lurkers, that 80 bucks is for the entire unit including the
turbine, not just a gun that needs a compressor. Last time this was
discussed I saw some confusion on that point. At that price it's a real
bargain for the occasional user.
--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)
Richard wrote:
>
> On Dec 31 2006, 9:06 pm, "Richard" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
>> ask.
>>
>> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
>> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
>> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>> Thanks for all the thoughtful replies.
>
> I was considering a $99 Wagner handheld job. I am getting a new
> storage shed and buying something like this is about as cheap as
> renting a real sprayer. (They claim it will pull unthinned latex out
> of a can- is that believable?) Maybe I should just roll it on the
> old fashioned way. This shed will have an outside paneling that has
> grooves running down it every 6" or so and I thought spraying would get
> primer and paint into the grooves better than a roller. Lazy Richard!
>
> Richard
>
Thanks for the review. I had seen these sprayers before and had wanted
to post the same question. -G
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
> ask.
>
> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>
> I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
> woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
> experience.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
If you are into small projects, investigate compressor driven airbrushes,
Aztec and Plasshe (sp.?) are names in the field. Standard sized compressor
driven spray guns are also a possibility, Lots of options, relatively easy
to clean.
Tom
I used it to do my deck with stain, works ok on horizontal, but vertical
most of the stain bounces back off. JUNK.
"Richard" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
> ask.
>
> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>
> I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
> woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
> experience.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
And if you don't like the sprayer, try their bottom-line power roller. We
borrowed a pretty new one a couple of years ago and after one wall went back
to hand rolling. Spent too much time chasing leaks. Cleanup was also worth
a wall or two worth of time.
RonB
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> RE: Subject
>
> RUN, don't walk away from that POS.
>
> Lew
In article <[email protected]>,
"Chuck" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Richard wrote:
> > I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
> > ask.
> >
> > Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
> > how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
> > etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
> >
> > I know this isn't what is usually considered woodworking but I know
> > woodworkers do a lot of things and many of you have a lot of varied
> > experience.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Richard
>
> Richard,
>
> DON'T DO IT! I recently tried two different models in a row. Not their
> cheapest either. These (so called) tools are total crap. Better off to
> rent a good quality sprayer.
>
> Chuck
I've got a Wagner sprayer. I use it exactly once a year, for the same job:
spraying 2 quarts of anti-fouling paint onto the bottom of my boat. Been
using it for about 10 years now. I've got the flexible extension nozzle,
which is great for getting all the odd angles (i.e. I bend it up about 60
degrees to get underneath).
As somebody else mentioned, yes, cleaning it up takes longer than doing the
job.
Richard wrote:
>
>
> On Dec 31 2006, 9:06 pm, "Richard" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
>> ask.
>>
>> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
>> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
>> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>>Thanks for all the thoughtful replies.
>
> I was considering a $99 Wagner handheld job. I am getting a new
> storage shed and buying something like this is about as cheap as
> renting a real sprayer. (They claim it will pull unthinned latex out
> of a can- is that believable?) Maybe I should just roll it on the
> old fashioned way. This shed will have an outside paneling that has
> grooves running down it every 6" or so and I thought spraying would get
> primer and paint into the grooves better than a roller. Lazy Richard!
>
> Richard
Richard,
Rent (or buy refurbished/used) the real sprayer. I've got a Wagner 9150
(full size - uses 1 or 5 gal cans) and always seem to have a use for it.
It'll pull about anything out of a can, too, including some really gummed
up stain I had lying around. It's just a bit of a pain to clean (but
necessary unless you want to rebuild every time you use it).
--
Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer
Do a DAGS
This topic has been discussed several times on the rec. I am sure you can
find plenty of information/opinions on the Wagner sprayer. As for me my
advice is to save your money. The Wagner will not handle unthinned latex.
"Michael White" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Richard wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Dec 31 2006, 9:06 pm, "Richard" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> I have been reading this digest for awhile. Now I have something to
>>> ask.
>>>
>>> Anyone have experience with a Wagner paint sprayer or similar? If so,
>>> how do you like it? Will it spray something besides vertical walls,
>>> etc? Is there a better one for small jobs?
>>>Thanks for all the thoughtful replies.
>>
>> I was considering a $99 Wagner handheld job. I am getting a new
>> storage shed and buying something like this is about as cheap as
>> renting a real sprayer. (They claim it will pull unthinned latex out
>> of a can- is that believable?) Maybe I should just roll it on the
>> old fashioned way. This shed will have an outside paneling that has
>> grooves running down it every 6" or so and I thought spraying would get
>> primer and paint into the grooves better than a roller. Lazy Richard!
>>
>> Richard
>
> Richard,
>
> Rent (or buy refurbished/used) the real sprayer. I've got a Wagner 9150
> (full size - uses 1 or 5 gal cans) and always seem to have a use for it.
> It'll pull about anything out of a can, too, including some really gummed
> up stain I had lying around. It's just a bit of a pain to clean (but
> necessary unless you want to rebuild every time you use it).
> --
> Michael White "To protect people from the effects of folly is to
> fill the world with fools." -Herbert Spencer