anyone with experience with wagner's spray guns

[black_labb]

hi guys, when i bunnings the other day i noticed wagner had some spray guns that had a built in compressor, and more to my notice was they had some high volume low pressure (hvlp) systems that seemed pretty good looking. im looking to finish guitars with this, as i have a friend who wants a black finish on the electric guitar i am making them.

has anyone had any experience with the systems? they seem pretty reasonable for what they seem to do, compared to a compressor and a decent gun ect. but when it is all built into one product i get a bit worried. is the thing reliable and give a good finish, or would it be something that would break after a few uses?

here is a link to the one im looking at. http://www.wagnerspraytech.com.au/portal/color_w_55_en_au,86325,59414.html it is the smallest unit in the range, and comes to around 150$ from memory. i am only looking to do guitars, which dont take too long to do. the building of a guitar takes a while to do so i dont think the thing would be used more than once every couple of months on average (that once would include a number of coats as expected)

i am not sure what i will end up spraying, but it may be nitrocellulosse like most guitars, but it may be polyurethane or something else. id like something that is quite versatile, which these guns seem to be.

so does anyone have any experience. does wagner have a good reputation? i dont know much about spraying so the fact that this system is simple is a plus, buy i am willing to learn.

thanks

luke

[rat52]

My advise would be not to buy until you have seen a demo as they do require some setting up.

I have worn my 1st gun out and am on my 2nd. This is because I spray mainly acrylic (water base)

They work better on enamels but whatever you use thin the paint and apply more coats and don't let the pot get empty as it will spit drops.

[black_labb]

could you elaborate on what you mean by setting up? do you mean that putting together the nozzle and paint pot somewhat difficult?

how would you rate the product to a reasonable paint gun with a separate compressor? is it easier and quicker to set up due to the fewer parts and attachments? is it easier to get the correct flow rate as unit is all together?

i just watched a promotional video online, which made everything look very eaasy (as they always do) seems that the system even has a gadget to determine how thin or thick the paint is by timing how long it takes the finish to run out of a special funnel. cleaning also seemed to be easy, by just soaking the parts in a solvent. is there anything that i overlooked that should be considered in my quick overview?

when you say the first gun wore out, what kind of use was it getting? was it the compressor within the gun that wore out, or was it things like valves and such inside?