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- From: rstarr@pollux.svale.hp.com (Rob Starr)
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 16:23:17 GMT
- Subject: Re: HVLP - Airless - Air?
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- Organization: Hewlett Packard CPCD, Sunnyvale CA
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- In short, no, a compressor driven spray gun cannot be used to paint a house.
- There will be too much overspray and it will be too slow. To paint a house
- you will need an "airless" sprayer which is a high pressure pump (2500 psi)
- and pumps the paint (usually without thinning) through the gun. The airless
- sprayer will produce much less overspray and has enough pressure to
- get the paint driven into the surface for better adhesion. I recently
- painted a 1400 sq. foot building with a small airless unit easily in
- one weekend (included a prime & finish coat).
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- I also have an air compressor & they are indispensable. They are really
- two different tools for different jobs.
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- PS: If you can find a good salesperson at a good paint store, they will
- often spend some "quality" time with you & give you the whole story
- on paint sprayers, compressors, airless, etc.
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