This is extremely helpful thankyou. I have the exact same gun and it's been sitting on a shelf for a few years because I was afraid to try it with latex. You've shown me it will work great so my project can finally get moving!
You can also take off the piece under the spray cap, just use channel locks to get a good grip. That way you can fully clean the inside. When my gun (same one) was new, I sprayed Behr Premium Plus with about 6% water added and it came out like a factory finish for my kitchen cabinets... great stuff.
I like to cut by 15% water and 4 oz Flotrol her quart. For a gallon that’s roughly 20 oz water and 16oz of flotrol. I also spray with a 2.0 tip and higher than normal psi. It atomizes beautifully
Wish you would have given more important info than thinning paint. It would have been helpful to know the nozzle size you used or how about the air pressure? That's what would have been helpful.
only use demineralized water for thinning never put tap water in your paint gun if you value it at all . For cleaning gun a 50 50 mix of ethenol and demineralized water can also be used both cheap Also a 1.8 to 2.5 tip is wise for house paints or even 2.8 for thicker
@@MrAndreybond Theres MANY people who used the HF gun with 1.4mm tip with latex paint.. they simply thinned it out.. Floetrol isnt thinner but helps tone down the viscosity like a paint thinner.. So what everyone uses is water or a Windshield Washer Fluid.. the blue stuff.. some just mix that into the latex paint or add water to it as well.. Works like a charm from what ive seen in the videos.
You can thin the HELL out of Pittsburgh ultra. I seriously cut it 1/3 water to get a cheap airless to spray it. It dried fine. Had to do thin coats as it was ofcourse watery.
I actually drilled out the 1.4 mm tip with a 5/64" drill bit, to bring it to 0.078" or 1.98 mm . There wasn't enough material around the hole to go larger. If I could have found a 2.25 mm tip that was for sure compatible with the gun, I would have used it and gotten much better results I think.
Pro Tip, If you stand your doors up to paint & you have used to much water to thin down the paint >> The Water WILL settle down to the bottom of the door & swell up the wood @ the bottom. Bet
High volume low pressure is considered anything 10 psi or less with 15 or more CFM. With HVLP spraying CFM is the important number. It’s opposite with High pressure low volume spraying.
@@drnickriviera8270 not going to lie I’m really new to this and what you said confused the shit out of me. I’m sure what you said is right. Just goes to show I really don’t know anything about this stuff and need to watch more videos
You can...but you would have to take a break every 30 seconds to build up air again and your pattern would not be consistent as it lost pressure and flow. If you can't rent an airless sprayer, a handheld electric sprayer would be better than this with a small compressor IMO.
One wall?? I'd never, ever, spray one wall. If concrete, deep nap roller on a 6' extension pole. Anything else, normal nap. If inside the house drywall, videos on how to learn to cut in like a Pro, and roll it, same extension pole. See trick about clear caulk to seal behind tape for perfect lines at baseboards. Spraying is for things like cabinets, or an airless like Harbor Freight has for a whole house.
30 gallon 2 HP 7.3 CFM at 40 psi compressor. The air capacity at 40 psi is what matters as long as its above the sprayer's air use you can run continuously.
Wrong Info Please, Go Read in Google When You Donot Know About Something ....One Person Make This a Wrong Vídeo and Everybody Now Copy Him ....Doors Use Acrylic Paint and latex paint will Peeling In The Future.
The term "Latex Paint" is a technical misnomer nowadays. It's just a carryover from the past. If you look at paints, they nearly all say "acrylic-latex". It'd actually be difficult to find legitimate latex paint in stores so no worries.
Peeling is a matter of inadequate preparation, not the type of top coat you use. If you don't prepare the surface properly, that's entirely on you. Acrylic-latex paints can last decades if done correctly.
Yes it is. This is a gravity fed HVLP as opposed to the suction type. Both are HVLP, they just differ in the way the deliver the material. One using the air pressure to pull the paint up thru a tube, the other literally just uses gravity to allow the material to flow down and the air pressure then atomizes the paint.
Mark, I believe what may have thrown you a curve ball is the gun connecting to a standard air compressor. I'm sure that over the last two years, you've already figured this out. Modern HVLP guns come in two flavors, connecting to a turbine, or connecting to a standard air compressor. Either way the connection happens the air going through the gun is at relatively low pressure (usually somewhere between 6 and 26 PSI) at a high volume of air. I wish more people would speak to others with respect instead of just laughing at, or demeaning someone because they didn't quite have an understanding of something. We all are learning every day. Those who think they are an 'expert', are oftentimes only that in their own mind.
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This is extremely helpful thankyou. I have the exact same gun and it's been sitting on a shelf for a few years because I was afraid to try it with latex. You've shown me it will work great so my project can finally get moving!
Sensational video! Quick yet informative. Needless to say, good latex coverage with an HVLP gun is equal parts art and science. You nailed it. 👏
Awesome results. Now you get my doubts out and I will start using my HVLP gun to paint with water base paint... thanks
You can also take off the piece under the spray cap, just use channel locks to get a good grip. That way you can fully clean the inside. When my gun (same one) was new, I sprayed Behr Premium Plus with about 6% water added and it came out like a factory finish for my kitchen cabinets... great stuff.
Did this video start to give anybody else anxiety?
What an info packed video. Thank you. Very much appreciated
I like to cut by 15% water and 4 oz Flotrol her quart. For a gallon that’s roughly 20 oz water and 16oz of flotrol. I also spray with a 2.0 tip and higher than normal psi. It atomizes beautifully
WOW ! that is a lot of water. !5% should only be using 10 Ounces of water or 568 ml. to thin with a 2.0 mm tip..
One key point. When you clean any equipment after water based paint. Latex, acrylic etc. Use denatured alcohol. Don't get it on your skin
Don’t get the da on your skin? Latex? Or the mixture? Which is worse?
@@reble_uwu3405 don't get the denatured alcohol on your skin
@@surviveamerica thank you!
Wish you would have given more important info than thinning paint. It would have been helpful to know the nozzle size you used or how about the air pressure? That's what would have been helpful.
Informative video, thank you. But when editing, please eliminate the load buzz on the sound track. That almost killed it. 😁
Great strait forward video. Thanks
When mixing you want it to at 5 seconds go from stream to drips on paint stick.
only use demineralized water for thinning never put tap water in your paint gun if you value it at all . For cleaning gun a 50 50 mix of ethenol and demineralized water can also be used both cheap Also a 1.8 to 2.5 tip is wise for house paints or even 2.8 for thicker
For a 9 dollar gun? I’d rather just throw it out after the first use!
The HF gun he used has 1.4mm tip, which is too small for latex paint. I was looking into it as well since it could be a great disposable gun.
@@MrAndreybond Theres MANY people who used the HF gun with 1.4mm tip with latex paint.. they simply thinned it out.. Floetrol isnt thinner but helps tone down the viscosity like a paint thinner.. So what everyone uses is water or a Windshield Washer Fluid.. the blue stuff.. some just mix that into the latex paint or add water to it as well.. Works like a charm from what ive seen in the videos.
Tsp. Good suggestion. I’m familiar with it but wouldnt have thought to use it for this.
Nice, exactly the video i needed.
I agree. I’m new to using a spray gun and this helped a lot.
Thanks great job
You can thin the HELL out of Pittsburgh ultra. I seriously cut it 1/3 water to get a cheap airless to spray it. It dried fine. Had to do thin coats as it was ofcourse watery.
What size tip? 2mm?
I've sprayed Behr Premium Plus with 6% water strained into a new gun (same as his, Harbor Freight). Kitchen cabinets came out factory finish.
@@brianmi40using only water and no other additives for thinning?
Why spray a door with feaux wood grain finish? Just roll that sucker with floetroled paint.
Can you get by with a pancake compressor?
If you're painting a pancake size only.
Hi there. what was the size of your tip in your HVLP gun?
I actually drilled out the 1.4 mm tip with a 5/64" drill bit, to bring it to 0.078" or 1.98 mm . There wasn't enough material around the hole to go larger. If I could have found a 2.25 mm tip that was for sure compatible with the gun, I would have used it and gotten much better results I think.
@@gameoflife7235 why do you think larger nozzle is better?
@@tehdreamer Because a larger 1.8 tip is a standard manufacture recommended tip size for thicker latex paints.
Pro Tip,
If you stand your doors up to paint & you have used to much water to thin down the paint >> The Water WILL settle down to the bottom of the door & swell up the wood @ the bottom. Bet
My door didn’t and I used more water
Have watched several videos and no one seems to address what psi to set compressor for hvlp? Thanks.
I think I started with 30 psi. Might need to be tested with depending on the paint viscosity to get the best results.
High volume low pressure is considered anything 10 psi or less with 15 or more CFM. With HVLP spraying CFM is the important number. It’s opposite with High pressure low volume spraying.
@@drnickriviera8270 I spray 25 psi with hvlp that's what's recommend on the gun
@@drnickriviera8270 not going to lie I’m really new to this and what you said confused the shit out of me. I’m sure what you said is right. Just goes to show I really don’t know anything about this stuff and need to watch more videos
Nice JOB Bro!! What size compressor did you use??
A 30+ gallon compressor is likely needed to make enough flow to keep spraying.
What size compressed did you use?
Can I use a pancake 6 gallon air compressor (harbor freight Ofcourse) to paint a wall with this gun?
You can...but you would have to take a break every 30 seconds to build up air again and your pattern would not be consistent as it lost pressure and flow. If you can't rent an airless sprayer, a handheld electric sprayer would be better than this with a small compressor IMO.
One wall?? I'd never, ever, spray one wall. If concrete, deep nap roller on a 6' extension pole. Anything else, normal nap. If inside the house drywall, videos on how to learn to cut in like a Pro, and roll it, same extension pole. See trick about clear caulk to seal behind tape for perfect lines at baseboards. Spraying is for things like cabinets, or an airless like Harbor Freight has for a whole house.
What is TSP?
Think trisodium phosphate. It's good at degreasing and general heavier duty cleaning.
I wonder if part of your spraying and rusting issues might have to do with the price of the gun?
Nah it’s the lack of oil
@@reble_uwu3405 or cleaning since im assuming he has the newer model and that one doesnt have the wrench anymore for some reason
What size compressor are you using
30 gallon 2 HP 7.3 CFM at 40 psi compressor. The air capacity at 40 psi is what matters as long as its above the sprayer's air use you can run continuously.
8 of 32 is 25% ...
Right-o. So, up to one of those quart bottles of Floetrol Flood per gallon... I needed this vid to check my setup - THANKS @Game of Life 😷👍
Floetrol says to mix 8 ounces with a quart or 32 ounces. This makes a total of 40 ounces of liquid of which 8 is Floetrol. 8 divided by 40 is 20%.
Wrong Info Please, Go Read in Google When You Donot Know About Something ....One Person Make This a Wrong Vídeo and Everybody Now Copy Him ....Doors Use Acrylic Paint and latex paint will Peeling In The Future.
The term "Latex Paint" is a technical misnomer nowadays. It's just a carryover from the past. If you look at paints, they nearly all say "acrylic-latex". It'd actually be difficult to find legitimate latex paint in stores so no worries.
@@gameoflife7235 The use of latex ended in the 1950s. Taken over by acrylic.
....learn how talk you.....me thank.
Peeling is a matter of inadequate preparation, not the type of top coat you use. If you don't prepare the surface properly, that's entirely on you. Acrylic-latex paints can last decades if done correctly.
Fuck Google.. his video is correct.
Great video but that is not an HVLP gun like your title says
Hmmm...might want to inform Harbor Freight of that!
Yes it is. This is a gravity fed HVLP as opposed to the suction type. Both are HVLP, they just differ in the way the deliver the material. One using the air pressure to pull the paint up thru a tube, the other literally just uses gravity to allow the material to flow down and the air pressure then atomizes the paint.
Let's check...
High Volume ✅
Low Pressure ✅
@@ragtop63 LMFAO 🤣
Mark, I believe what may have thrown you a curve ball is the gun connecting to a standard air compressor. I'm sure that over the last two years, you've already figured this out. Modern HVLP guns come in two flavors, connecting to a turbine, or connecting to a standard air compressor. Either way the connection happens the air going through the gun is at relatively low pressure (usually somewhere between 6 and 26 PSI) at a high volume of air.
I wish more people would speak to others with respect instead of just laughing at, or demeaning someone because they didn't quite have an understanding of something.
We all are learning every day. Those who think they are an 'expert', are oftentimes only that in their own mind.