Super Finish Max HVLP Paint Sprayer - 450 Watts, Model# C800971.M

This is more of a "lessons learned" than a review. I'm an experienced, DIY painter - not a professional, but I have painted easily 10k sq' in my lifetime. Switching to a sprayer was not as user friendly as you think. I watched a few YouTube videos and read some blogs to get a "real life" review of using a sprayer, and that was really helpful, but there were still thing that were not covered. I'm going to try to capture my "lessons learned," and write my review at the bottom. In no particular order: 1. Buy two extra containers. It's handy when you are painting a room, and you may have two colors for the room or the trim, or primer and paint, but instead of emptying them, and cleaning them, you can just put a lid on them and screw them back on the sprayer - just make sure to stir/shake. The third container is to use when you are cleaning the sprayer (more on that later). 2. Yes, you do have to screw on a full container of paint on to the sprayer - it's awkward, and I always was afraid that I'd drop it, but I didn't. I suppose that you could put the container on a surface and spin the sprayer around on top - the cord is very short, so that is possible, but seemed more awkward to me, so I lift the container up to the sprayer and turn it to secure. 3. You don't need a viscosity cup, but you do need to buy good paint. This model claims that you don't have to thin the paint. I didn't - I bought Benjamin Moore primer and paint. I got good coverage with the paint using the larger (red) nozzle. I had to experiment on how to hold it and the flow. Ceiling paint is made to be thicker to avoid drips, so I was nervous about that. I did find that it was "spitting" instead of spraying. I made sure that the intake valve was on tight - but it did not resolve it. I ended up dry-rolling the paint after I sprayed it so it wouldn't look like texture. I think it was worth it. So far, I've used the BM Fresh Start Primer, Ceiling, Aura Bath and Spa, and an old gallon of Pratt and Lambert Redseal, and they have all sprayed very well. 4. Make sure that you tape down any drop cloths or plastic covering items that you don't want painted. The sprayer creates a blowing that will move even a heavy drop cloth when you get near to it. I laid a drop cloth in a closet to protect the floors, but when I got near the baseboards, the sprayer would blow the drop cloth away. It's pretty powerful 5. I bought the fast cleaner kit, but I failed to realize that our kitchen faucet has a sprayer head, so it won't work with it. It will have to wait until we have garden hose weather. 6. Get a good face mask. You *will* breath in the fine particles, and that is really bad for you. A bandana or a cloth mask doesn't cut it. I started out wearing an N95 that I have due to the pandemic, but I switched to this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0915XFDN5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 when it arrived. 7. Speaking of the dust - yes, there's overspray, and yes, it's more than you would think. I mentioned that I sprayed a closet, and I had laid a drop cloth. When I sprayed over the door frame, the door was open. I found paint spray 5-6' away. Also, when I finally sprayed color on the walls - I had cut in the edges, thinking that I could spray within the edges - not possible. The overspray sprayed on my nicely painted ceiling. I don't know how professional painters do this - my husband works in the trades, and he says that all the painters he sees still roll everything. Well, it's true that with rolling you have more control, but it definitely takes longer. I guess you could do your ceilings last and tape and drape 1-2' of your walls, that's how much you'd need for the overspray. 8. You can do ceilings - I wasn't sure how this would work since the directions very specifically tell you to keep the sprayer parallel to the wall at all times. So, that would mean tipping it on it's side to do a ceiling, that's exactly what you do. Point the intake tub to the back of the sprayer so that when the container is on, and it's pointed upwards, it will be pulling from the paint that has moved there. Ok, here's the review part: Overall, I like it, and I will use it a lot. I'm already excited about painting some other rooms and hallways in the house. The price is fantastic. You can't get a painter to show up for $100. Is it better than brushing and rolling? For some things, yes. But, there's a lot of the same work if you were brushing or rolling (some would say more). One of the things that I hate about painting is all the waste. So much paint down the drain as you clean brushes, rollers, paint trays. Well, it's not too much different with the sprayer. You have to empty and clean the container (if you are going to save the paint in it, make sure to wipe around the threads so that the cover doesn't stick), you have to clean the sprayer and it's parts, and you have to clean any other miscellaneous brushes or painting paraphernalia that you still use. I think the sprayer is a little less wasteful, if that's all you have to use, but I found with painting a room, I still needed a brush and a roller and a edge pad and a roller tray - so, in some ways the waste was double. But, that brings me to the use of paint by the sprayer. I was warned that the sprayer uses more paint. I can't say that has been my experience. I got paint for my bathroom ceiling, the guy said that I should be able to do it with a quart. I put the whole quart into the sprayer, but ended up with a quarter of it left. I did use 1.5 gallons of primer on 2 closets and a bathroom (including ceilings - we are doing a renovation, so it was new sheetrock). I think that seems reasonable. I also wonder - if you feel you have to thin the paint, aren't you going to get more out of gallon? Anyway, time will tell, and I'll try to update this if I feel like it's a real paint hog. You still have to do all the prep. Thoroughly clean any surface that you're painting, and you'll want to tape/protect areas from overspray, you'll still have to cut in and around edges. It doesn't eliminate that. So far with my experiences, I feel that the sprayer really excels on trim and doors. I sprayed a door using BM Advance, and the finish looks like it was done in a factory. I know that it's 85% the paint, but the sprayer gives it a sheen, and no brush strokes! I also painted some indoor shutters, and there's really no other way to paint shutters than with a spray gun - so much easier with better result. I am very happy that I purchased this. It has already returned the investment 100%, and I will use it many times and recommend it to my friends and family.

This Homeright paint sprayer is amazing! It’s very reasonably priced, lightweight and easy to use as there’s only one dial for adjusting the amount of paint coming out. It comes with a container, brush for cleaning, a very small tool for changing the tips and 3 different tip for use depending on the finish you want. Cleaning the head is no hassle, it’s just what needs to be done. My tips are, use a basin, a tiny bit of Dawn and warn water. Keep all parts in the basin to prevent losing them. I have used this sprayer refinishing my kitchen cabinets and I also do furniture refinishing so I now own three of these paint sprayers. I keep the containers loaded, one with primer, one with paint and one with my topcoat. I even have a few extra container with other paint stored within for future projects. In fact, I love this sprayer so much that I ordered one to be delivered to my mom and one delivered to my best friend. I would absolutely recommend this sprayer to others. I’ve included pictures of some of my projects using this sprayer.

I was a little scared to use this. I have never used a paint sprayer before. Using it itself scared me and also cleaning it scared me too. I have a small bathroom cabinet painting project that I wanted to do. So I practiced on a piece of cardboard and it actually wasn’t too bad. Adjusted the flow and there it went. I used zinsser cover stain primer diluted ( I know, it says not to but I did anyway) to 40 sec on their viscosity cup which I purchased it separately. Viscosity cup had its own directions for different kind of paints, primers and etc. so I followed that instruction to the T. So I sprayed it on sanded surface and I sprayed it very thinly at first. But found out that zinsser cover stain sands very nice and fast. So after sanding the first coat to smooth finish, I sprayed it again very thick next time. It was hard around corners where it gets the spray multiful passes over. The trick I found was that you spray past the corner so that corners don’t get as much paint sprayed. Then it got easy. I did all this with red sprayer tip. Then I used SW emerald trim paint in semi gloss and sprayed it with green tip. I also cleaned the tip with wet paper towel every time I stop spraying to prevent from clogging. When I was spraying primer, it wasn’t as perfect finish. But SW emeralds paint sprayed very nicely. I think because that paint was settling flat after spraying and it gave a much better finish. I sanded in between coats on all primers and paints. I got the nearly perfect finish and it feels like velvet. I am satisfied with this purchase. It sprayed so fast. You may want to build a clean dust free plastic tent like area where you can spray it tho. Make sure it’s dust free as much as you can. This blows a lot of air around when it’s on and dust flies everywhere. Make sure to use sticky cloth to clean before spraying. I did a lot of prep work and I think essentially, that’s what made it work the most. Cleaning was awkward at first but after the second time, it got easy. I used dish soap to clean and it came with a little brush cleaner to clean the little spaces. Don’t forget to wear a mask. I forgot to wear it once and inside of my nose hair was all covered in primer! And have a bucket ready by where you paint to have a quick access to run the machine with water. I did it as quick as I could so that paint doesn’t get stuck in the machine. Also I lined the cups with plastic ziplock bags and it did fine with spraying. But if you use one bag multiful times, they rip and leak anyway. I ended up not using the ziplock bag after the second coat of primer. I just put a wrap on top then closed the lid and kept it like that and it worked for the next time. I just mix the paint gently before spraying again. I would use this sprayer for as long as it runs. Oh! And spraying thick with this sprayer is not to hold it in one place for a longer time. Instead I spray it light and have a multiful light passes not stoping at the edge but pass the edge to not have too much paint at the edge. So the question is, is there a nicer sprayer? Probably. I’ve noticed the fine mist sometimes have a thick drop here and there. It was easy to sand it btw. Is it possible to get a factory like finish on cabinet doors with this sprayer? It’s hard and tedious work but yes you can if you do all the prep work combined with this sprayer. I do want to give a very nice expensive one a try when and if this one dies.

Has anybody from UK managed to use the sprayer with adapter plug? As it is at the moment it's unusable with U.S plug. Any help or advice much appreciated.

Esta pistola de pintura llevo casi 8 meses usándola y es EXTRAORDINARIA. Soy entusiasta DIY y la he utilizado con pintura acrílica base agua, pintura para madera con poliuretano base agua y primer y funcionan extraordinariamente bien. Recomiendo comprar el kit de puntas adicionales. Su limpieza es muy simple y aunque la pistola viene integrada con la boquilla esta viene sellada y no hay problema que se moje porque el motor y partes eléctricas vienen selladas a prueba de humedad. La relación costo/beneficio es de lo mejor que hay. He probado otras marcas como Wagner y definitivamente me quedo con esta

I love this paint sprayer gun. I am using it to paint my kitchen cabinets and I love the results. The finish is perfect, there are no paint splashes like with other guns I tried, easy to use. Cleaning is a bit challenging as you cannot disconnect the motor part when cleanings so you need to be careful not to get it wet. But I didn't mind about it and would recommend it!

Me pase buscando cual me convenía mas para pintar muros en casa, ya he tenido este tipo de pulverizadoras pero de mas bajo precio, la desventaja de las otras es que tienes que rebajar mucho la pintura y por lo tanto dar mas capas, ademas de que las mas baratas salpican gotas medianas que te manchan el piso y otras cosas al rededor, aparte de que son propensas e taparse mas fácilmente porque limpiarlas no es tan fácil. Después de ver vídeos y comparar con otras marcas me decidí por esta ya que aunque cuesta el doble o triple que las económicas, pienso usarla continuamente, para mi sorpresa estoy muy contento con el resultado, para pintura vinilica en muros no tira ni una sola gota, y la dilusión la hice solo al 20%, es decir la pintura estaba casi espesa y trabajo de maravilla, estoy muy contento ya que si me ahorro mas de la mitad del tiempo que tarda una persona con el método tradicional de rodillo y brocha, lo que si recomiendo mucho es tener un trapo húmedo mientras se maneja la pistola para poder limpiar lo que se llegue a manchar con la casi invisible briza que escapa de la misma, es decir que la briza alcanza aveces la pistola y al terminar de trabajar tu pistola esta con una capa muy finita de pintura, pero con el trapo lo vas limpiando para que siempre este reluciente y bien presentable para usarla de nuevo.

This product comes with 110 Watt and does not work in Uk or Europe. I have bought a adaptor, but still does not work.