Wagner XVLP FC3500

[Evanism]

Anybody have the Wagner XVLP and want to tell me if it meets their expectations, or do a review?

I'm finding myself doing a lot more spraying and painting of my kids furniture than I'd care for. It seems everyone wants me to do it for them. I've 3 good HVLP guns now with a big CFM compressor, but I still get a lot of overspray and loss. Its messy, stinky and don't really care for it (nor the job).

While researching this I found these stupid little DIY toys sold by "them" (i.e. the collective obscenity of hardware stores) and was curious what serious professionals use. This led me to Wagner, which sells some SERIOUS gear, and they were pushing the XVLP as a good solution.... Wagner Australia :: Product :: FC3500 XVLP (http://www.wagneraustralia.com.au/catalogue/professional/xvlp--hvlp/finishcontrol--finecoat/fc3500-xvlp-#/overview)

I'm spraying oils and undercoats. I hate waters based paints, they just don't sit flat. The paints are 90% Haymes and the odd can of oils from Taubmans (the Tradex brand).

So! Curiosity has me asking, has anyone acquired this beastie, and are they happy with it?

[Bob38S]

Don't have one but would also appreciate some info.

[simso]

I Have a Wagner flexio 585 for painting walls and fences, I'm not to sure it's specifications against the one you are looking at, but ist pretty average IMO.

for the problem your describing, have you ever considered a lvlp gun (low pressure low volume)

these guns run around 9-15psi, give a good finish dependant on quality of the gun and have minimalistic overspray.

To this end, what pressure are you using on your hvlp guns and what feed length of hose

steve

[Damienol]

I have the Flexio 990 and I have a love hate relationship with it.

When it works it is great however I seem to spend just as much time cleaning it so that it will work properly. I stop every 15mins or so to clean it out so that it wint blow chunks

[Bob38S]

I have the Flexio 990 and I have a love hate relationship with it.

When it works it is great however I seem to spend just as much time cleaning it so that it will work properly. I stop every 15mins or so to clean it out so that it wint blow chunks

Thanks for that.

Needing to clean every 15 minutes seems excessive, blowing "chunks" never shows up in the shop videos. They do appear, with the early airless guns, to be quite critical to get the thinning accurate.

I have cheated in the past, using a low pressure gun on a compressor and water based paint by using Flotrol from the Flood company as a thinner rather than water. Used it on a lattice box made to hide a hot water system. Worked extremely well. Only downside was that I had to unscrew and wipe down the spray nozzle occasionally, worked a treat.

My reason for investigating the Wagner is that I now have a 400 paling fence to do inside and out.

[rob streeper]

These smaller airless units really don't have the power to deal with high solids coatings. I've used an earlier version (10 years ago) of the Wagner airless units and it was ineffective and troublesome.
To effectively spray the high solids coatings you need a pump capable of > 2500 PSI and preferably over 3000 PSI, which pretty much dictates a 1 hp + machine.
I hear good things about the Graco 28V cordless (EXPENSIVE) and the Titan Flexspray but after having a very disappointing experience with their Capspray 115 I'll stick with my SATA NR95 with pressurized cup for jobs smaller than whole rooms.

[woodPixel]

This thread is quite ancient, but I'm curious if anyone has had any experience with the Wagner FC3500 XVLP or the Graco Ultra airless sprayers.

In my enforced downtime Im doing a bit of paint spraying (oil, waters, undercoat) onto MDF cabinets.... quite a bit of it!!!