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<blockquote data-quote="Munkul" data-source="post: 7697615" data-attributes="member: 73308"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/airless-paint-sprayer.345934/page-2#post-7695780[/URL]</p><p></p><p>I went with the cheap, DIY grade Wagner. It works great, I have to say. I've put 20l red oxide through it and 20l alkyd gloss last night. It's a huge, huge step up from 600ml gravity air spray guns I was using, and I wouldn't go to a pressure pot setup after experiencing airless. Absolute game changer, once primed up on a 20l tub of paint you can put down paint as fast as you can move, without stopping until it's all gone!</p><p>I'm using xylene as thinner and cleaning solvent.</p><p>You can tell its a DIY pump setup. It's a piston pump though, and does cope with the paint OK. I thinned the gloss paint slightly and it sprayed as nice if not nicer than I could ever get with the gravity gun, but a heck of a lot faster!!</p><p>If the 350m packs in, I'll seriously be looking at something with a better pump. The spray gun and hose that come with the 350m are perfectly fine, really quality bit of kit IMO, it's just the pump that leaves me wanting. At least you can get spares for them easily.</p><p> I'm glad i didn't buy it for the brand new price, I think the Graco GX 21 would be a better choice, the pump looks a lot more robust and has more power.</p><p>Or, of course, step up to a bigger pump unit altogether.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Munkul, post: 7697615, member: 73308"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://thefarmingforum.co.uk/index.php?threads/airless-paint-sprayer.345934/page-2#post-7695780[/URL] I went with the cheap, DIY grade Wagner. It works great, I have to say. I've put 20l red oxide through it and 20l alkyd gloss last night. It's a huge, huge step up from 600ml gravity air spray guns I was using, and I wouldn't go to a pressure pot setup after experiencing airless. Absolute game changer, once primed up on a 20l tub of paint you can put down paint as fast as you can move, without stopping until it's all gone! I'm using xylene as thinner and cleaning solvent. You can tell its a DIY pump setup. It's a piston pump though, and does cope with the paint OK. I thinned the gloss paint slightly and it sprayed as nice if not nicer than I could ever get with the gravity gun, but a heck of a lot faster!! If the 350m packs in, I'll seriously be looking at something with a better pump. The spray gun and hose that come with the 350m are perfectly fine, really quality bit of kit IMO, it's just the pump that leaves me wanting. At least you can get spares for them easily. I'm glad i didn't buy it for the brand new price, I think the Graco GX 21 would be a better choice, the pump looks a lot more robust and has more power. Or, of course, step up to a bigger pump unit altogether. [/QUOTE]
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