Wagner Paint Sprayer

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Got some "painten" projects coming up and thinking about getting one... Anyone here taken the plunge, or are there better ones available?

And advice on using them?
 
What ya spraying?

I always liked the airless sprayers that you just put the pickup tube right in the 5 gal bucket rather than fill a cup.
 
Tools said:
What ya spraying?

I always liked the airless sprayers that you just put the pickup tube right in the 5 gal bucket rather than fill a cup.
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Wood shutters, some doors, and exterior wood window and door frames..... all the tedious messy work..

As for what you mentioned, I can rent on of those when the time comes...
 
I’ve had a Wagner in the past and it’s fine for smaller work, to include painting the walls of a 3 car garage, if a bit small in omboard capacity.

I upgraded to a Graco Magnum Project Plus that let’s you siphon straight from the can or bucket as well as providing a much expanded offering of tips and haven’t looked back.
 
I bought the Graco Magnum that suctions from a 5 gallon bucket when I owned apartments. It's amazing how fast it can cover square footage.
I asked my apartment manager how he liked it after I bought it and gave it to him to use. He said "do you remember the first time you paid for a hooker? It was worth it right? That's how I feel about that sprayer."
 
Used one back in the ‘80s to paint a house. I stood on a platform attached to the loader bucket, and my grandpa moved me to a new spot when it was time. Worked great!
 
FORANE said:
I bought the Graco Magnum that suctions from a 5 gallon bucket when I owned apartments. It's amazing how fast it can cover square footage.
I asked my apartment manager how he liked it after I bought it and gave it to him to use. He said "do you remember the first time you paid for a hooker? It was worth it right? That's how I feel about that sprayer."
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So basically, that sprayer gave him the clap?
 
Watch the overspray. I found the prep work to protect the non-wanted-to-be-painted areas was more time consuming that just rolling it on.

They are fast, but messy.
 
I have a small Wagner also. It works great for small jobs except for the unforgivable design flaw that predisposes the paint jug to falling off the sprayer and spilling paint everywhere.
 
Sac Arrow said:
So basically, that sprayer gave him the clap?
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With a hooker you're not paying them for the fun, you're paying them to leave when your done.. :):cool::p:D

FORANE said:
I have a small Wagner also. It works great for small jobs except for the unforgivable design flaw that predisposes the paint jug to falling off the sprayer and spilling paint everywhere.
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Thanks
 
Needing to paint my house I picked up the Harbor Freight airless unit with not very high expectations past that one job but I have used the heck outta that thing since including full interior paint, new cabinet build, and fence stain and the thing sucks up eve thing from sludge paints to stains...just drop the pick hose in a 1 or 5 gallon can and spray, no dilution.

Key to any sprayer longevity is cleaning and storage as well as using proper tip for paint and application type...even the best sprayer brand is gonna turn to crap if you don't property clean and store it which can be meticulous and a bit tedious. There are tons of YT videos on cleaning techniques.

https://www.harborfreight.com/airle...H-f6tjJ990ZNqPFGKOZzqe3toszahvgBoCu2YQAvD_BwE
 
I have a new Graco Magnum X7 sprayer that I bought 10 years ago and haven't used yet, lol. One of those situations where I had a ton of walls to paint but never could find the time to prep all of the rooms at once. So I ended up rolling them over the years and never using the paint gun. I do have to do an exterior paint job soon, so it will finally get the cobwebs dusted off of it. I have used the Wagner powerpainter-style units once or twice long ago. They worked ok, but having to refill that tiny paint jar gets taxing, and doing anything vertical (like ceilings) becomes almost impossible because it will start sucking air when held at extreme angles. The airless units that siphon from the paint can/bucket won't do that and don't care what orientation you hold the spray gun.
 
I used one of those little handheld airless sprayers back in the 80's to spray a few things. I remember it being more like a fogger. Big billowing clouds of paint...overspray everywhere!
My most clear memory was the 1966 Ford Bronco I was driving at the time. The teel flat-paneled dash and door panels needed painting, so I pulled out the seats, masked it off what I couldn't remove and fogged the interior. I had so much paint in my nose hairs for a good week or more after that! Paint job probably looked DIY but was certainly great for that truck.

I probably didn't have the thing dialed in right, or the paint wasn't thinned properly..... I feel like I had no idea what I was doing.

fast forward a couple of decades....bought one of those larger home paint sprayers that have been mentioned....the drop a hose in the paint bucket type.
That thing works great. I remember no significant overspray problems and it sprays a wall fast and easy. The only complaint I had is that it's not great for small-ish jobs. It takes a lot of paint just to fill up the hose, and even though you can recover a lot of that paint when cleaning it after the job, there's still a lot of wasted paint in the process. When we moved to my new house, that was relatively new and didn't need painting, I stored that thing up in my garage attic. It's still there today, probably ruined from the heat.
 
Honestly, for the various jobs you mention, I think a turbine based HVLP fits the bill the best. With a comprehensive nozzle and tip set you can spray anything from lacquer to contact cement…

I’ve painted a single small model airplane up through 90 doors and their frames with mine.

Unthinned latex no problem, and covers beautifully. Since the air is compressing rather than uncompressing moisture isn’t an issue. Also, since it’s warm, the finish tacks up quicker.

Water based, oil based, epoxy. Don’t need a big bulky compressor, just a normal 15 amp 110 volt circuit. Kinda pricey but super versatile.

Unless you’re painting a house or barn, then ya need airless, or super budget minded, then a harbor freight hvlp conversion gun, highly recommended.
 
I've wanted to try one of those HVLP sprayers.
I didn't know it would spray unthinned latex house paint!
 
Tools said:
What ya spraying?

I always liked the airless sprayers that you just put the pickup tube right in the 5 gal bucket rather than fill a cup.
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Those are great for bigger jobs, like a whole house. I've got one and I've used it for that sort of thing. But the amount of paint you waste in the tubes and machine that have to be cleaned out are just too much for a door or two.

A smaller airless (like Wagner) is great for that sort of stuff-particularly if it's got texture or slats.
 
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