Several reviewers talk about straining the paint. The Wagner sprayer says it has a built in filter. How do you strain the paint?
1648555
The Graco unit has 3 filters that do a good job but it is still a good idea to strain, especially if the paint container has been opened prior.
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Ask at A paint dept. in <Lowes etc.> FOR a "paint filter" to strain your paint thru before you put it into your paint sprayer. Usually made of paper & cone shaped with a fine mesh filtering base. You pour your paint THRU it incase there is any impurities in the paint that may clog up the sprayers nozzle. Sort of a "save a hassle" thing AS in the middle of spraying and the sprayer clogs up THE paint WILL just driddles out. YOU will then have to stop and open the clogged spray < can be messy > nozzle to continue your project.
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no we don't strain the paint. since I ordered this we have painted close to 10000 sq ft with it, works great
546231
Here is what I do:Fill with water and screw sprayer back on With the squeeze bottle in the upright position (sprayer facing up), place a finger over the air hole (to keep water from spraying when bottle is inverted)Position sprayer as neededRemove finger from air hole & squeeze bottle for stronger stream
1232171
I use a bottle brush or you can open the filter at top and use air spray it works well. I take it outside if I use the air spray.
1245350
Prep, prep, prep! we love our Wagner paint sprayer. we have had good results.
2261925
Paint is held in its original can. U put the u shaped hose into the can and it sucks it up. U can even use a 5 gallon bucket.
913121
The unit is plastic and you adjust the spray with turning the nozzle. Very easy to adjust. I had a Wagner years ago and it has those interchangable nozzles and was horrible to clean. This sprayer almost cleans itself. Just load with water and spray....totally clean in just couple of minutes.
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my experience with this filter and lacquer paint is not good. you will need a cartridge filter w/charcoal to be effective against any higher concentrations of paint vapors.
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When the remaining paint in the bottle dries up, simply add a touch of hot water to it, a little at a time and stir it with a round tooth pick till it starts to mix, but better yet and much more efficient, I tape it to a vibrating tumbler I have to clean my dirty, fired pistol brass. It's already water based anyway so you can't hurt it with water.
545623
The nozzle has to be there. This sprayer acts like your finger and evenly distribute the paint. I redid my wheels n they look professionally done. Just make sure the nozzle is pointed in the opening of the sprayer.
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this is just a spraying head not an electric self contained sprayer. You need a compressor and need to probably thin paint. Craftsman??? I used this for one job and worked. Other then that just another tool in the box.
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I don't know what you are comparing it to, but there are several things that can effect overspray. Wind, distance from the object you are painting, angle of spray, etc. that being said, I found the Wagner to have a reasonably focused spray pattern. I would spray on a calm day and practice on some cardboard with your distance and speed of spray to get it just right.
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It may be possible the nozzle has blockage or it may be the cap is not tightened correctly. It may also be a washer is missing, it's hard to see. I had a problem with the sprayer dripping when I wanted to drain the sprayer into the canister. The problem was I didn't relieve the pressure by removing the canister before squeezing the trigger. That was the only problem I had. I can't give you a more technical assessment, if you are like me, I tend to peruse the instructions, so did have to go back and read them carefully. I'm sure you've thought of most of these things but good luck. I liked It may be possible the nozzle has blockage or it may be the cap is not tightened correctly. It may also be a washer is missing, it's hard to see. I had a problem with the sprayer dripping when I wanted to drain the sprayer into the canister. The problem was I didn't relieve the pressure by removing the canister before squeezing the trigger. That was the only problem I had. I can't give you a more technical assessment, if you are like me, I tend to peruse the instructions, so did have to go back and read them carefully. I'm sure you've thought of most of these things but good luck. I liked
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you must thin it to get it to spray correctly. Use the recommended thinner and be sure to strain it into the sprayer.
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You can strain it thru a natural paper coffee filter and it will be fine. Hope that helps.
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I have used it for both. If you will be doing a lot of painting I would suggest buying extra filters, as the fine aerosol mist of the spray paint will clog the filters over time.
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I found the sprayer very easy to clean with warm soapy water after using latex paint. I used a spray shield to limit the amount of overspray.
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The sprayer is advertised to do the project that you describe, but my experience was similar to that of other respondents. It will likely be more pain than gain to set up the sprayer for each stage of your work and then flush it and prepare it for the next. I too gave my sprayer away for free. You don't need an air compressor to.use the sprayer. However, if you do have a compressor, you can get a genuinely useful spray attachment and you won't need to have anything to do with Wagner's sorry product.