Good product, easy to use and clean.

I purchased the HV2500 to paint louver closet doors in our house, 18 panels. These panels were stained. A good primer coat, and a nice finish coat was all it took. I had never used a HVLP paint sprayer before. I found the HV2500 easy to use and clean. You have to really mix the paint well after thinning for a nice even spray. The doors came out marvelously! There was a problem with shipping. The paint canister was bent. Amazon sent out a new unit really fast. The return process on line was quick and easy to use...no problems. The second unit arrived slightly damaged again. This time a small rubber caster was broken off on the turbine. I was able to fix that myself. I think the cardboard box packing needs a new design. The price was great. I opened a new Amazon charge, received $50 off, free shipping...wow how cool is that! I tried to paint flat wood doors, that project did not come out so well. Your really have to spray lots of paint for a good coat finish. Hand painting is better. I am planning to use the sprayer on the deck this spring. One more thing, being new to spray painting, the spray goes everwhere, I rigged up a spray booth in the garage with heavy duty plastic drop cloths stapled to the beams. I covered everything I could. Happy painting!^M

great hvlp sprayer

we've been waiting to purchase an hvlp sprayer and have been experimenting with much more pricey outfits (1,000-2,000)We were in a pinch and decided to buy this outfit because we needed one asap. we figured it would hold us over till we could get one of the outfits we had been looking at purchasing. what a surprise! this is a great hvlp. we've used it numerous times now. no hassle to set up. no hassle to use. no hassle to clean. the hose is great for getting behind larger pieces and the spray flow is perfect to use with lacquer or poly. (although the 2 stage won't accomodate paint) we are so happy with it that we are going to stick with this one!

Great bang for the buck!

I have tried HVLP conversion guns in the past...Well, cheapy ones and was left dissapointed. A bathroom project that consisted of spraying a significant amount of Urethane and a bathtub with Acrylic polyurethane was on my list so I needed an HVLP and decided I wanted a turbine. Not wanting to invest alot of money I did a tremendous amount of research and decided on the HV2500. Although it is only a 2 stage unit I was satisfied with the specs and decided to give it a try. This unit comes with a fine and general fluid set. For an affordable $15 I bought a thick coatings fluid set should I attempt latex.^M
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I used the Fine fluid set for the clear urethane which came out fantastic with great atomization and no runs. For the white Acrylic Polyurethane on the bathtub I used the general fluid set with satisfactory results. I got some orange peel but I blame that more on lack of experience than I do the HVLP itself. I need more practice spraying and getting the settings just right. The gun is reasonably easy to clean and should last a while so long as your not using this commercially. The unit comes with a 25' hose which is great to afford you the ability to keep the unit far away from the spraying vacinity and since they sound like vacuum cleaners the farther away the noise the better.^M
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Overall if your looking for a decent HVLP with good parts availability at a really good price, give the HV2500 a try. It may suprise you.