HVLP vs Airless vs Conventional Spray Guns 

This guy was awesome. Could tell he was nervous but did a great presentation of clear information!

He's not kidding about the safety issue. I got tagged by an airless with the tip flipped to jet while clearing a clog. Thank goodness it was latex paint because during the half second or so my finger was in the stream it forced paint through the skin, muscle and tendons and painted the bones. My finger literally filled up with paint internally. I ended up requiring surgery and spending a week in the hospital. Then it was rehab and all that. I've never gotten the mobility, strength or accuracy in my hand back to where it was before the accident and I lost almost 2 months of work too. I'm never going to have the feeling, strength or dexterity that I did previously but it's OK because it could have been even worse Had the paint been oil based my finger would have required amputation. As it was they had to cut all the meat off the bone to wash it out clean paint off the tendons and out of the joints. I now use a tough leather glove on my support hand whenever I adjust the tip, fiddle with the gun itself or I'm cleaning it. Turning the machine off does nothing to protect you since they can hold FULL pressure (thousands of PSI potentially) at the gun indefinitely and you have no way to look at a sprayer and know that it's safe. Treat it like an actual firearm. The injuries are treated as such by doctors due to the damage being so similar to gunshots. It's called a High-Pressure Injection injury AKA "The Liquid Bullet". In addition to the trauma cause by the pressure the type of chemical being sprayed plays a major role in the damage. Oil based product injuries will require amputation almost every time while water based amputation is still 2/3rds of the time it's better than always.

Currently taking my Nace one and wanted to rehash some things we ran through rather quickly in class. Very helpful, thanks for the video!

Thanks a lot for this explanation! Your videos on painting are one of the best ones out there!

I really appreciated this video. I now feel I have a decent understanding of the three different options.

Keep the videos coming please. Your explanations are thorough and articulate.

Thanks for this video! I want to try to restore old furniture and saw a great deal on an airless sprayer but from this video recognise that it's probably not the tool I need.

Great info, thanks - now i know which one to use - air rather than airless

Great information. Nice to see the engineering department give a presentation instead of the marketing/sales guys.

Thanks! Great helpful comparison!

Not many talk about safety of the sprayers. Good point! Great demo!

Thank you for your time and sharing your knowledge. Very helpful

Great video, helps you know exactly what you want.

Thanks!! So comprehensive.

Great job explaining and showing the basics

Really good educational video, on sprayer types. I like airless for big, large surface work, but HVLP for interior work like trims. Rhe HVLP, when thinned with a paint leveler, can give great finish.

Great info. Thanks for this thorough comparison!

Great Vid, very informative. Right to the point.

Rock on Brother! Thanks for the great info and good video! have a beer before the next video ;-)

i want to thank you..this 3 spray is mistery that cannot understand...but now clear👍👍

Great video my guy. Appreciate the information. Peace and love

Helpful, thanks. More videos?

Thank you for the very informative video!

i hope you will do more videos. very interesting!

Thanks for sharing 🤙

Great video!

Really appreciate your video. I purchased a few items from your company for my older binks spray equipment a few weeks ago. You totally helped me out with information on my binks 2001 pressure pot setup. Would enjoy a video on using viscosity cups to set paint consistency. THANKS

Thank you for this video, I saw a HVLP + Conventional paint gun kit at Home Depot, and I couldn't tell what the difference, this is well explained. 😂

Well explained 👍 Thanks

HVLP & Airless noobie. This was an informative and very thorough presentation. Thank you! Good job :)

Amazing 🤩 well explained

Thanks

Good job

Great Info

What a good comparison video. Did you ever try to paint on plastic or acrylic sheets? Which would you recommend for best glossy finishing?

Informative video 👍🏻

Good video.

I`m looking for advice on which sysem is best for wood products - I`m semi retired and doing small gardens projects from bird tables, planters etc to wooden garages. Thanks

I dont comment or like videos normally or ever really. I did both here. props!

Thank you for your video well said: I have a question, im painting my impact front door garage and gates, I have a lvlp oir gun and a airless, im using a latex what gun should I use 1 .3 tip on lvlp gun thanks

Can you show us the difference between HVLP, RP and HTE guns?

Hey, is an airless system suitable for spraying adhesive?

From what I've seen with HVLP guns , the fact that you have to make twice as many passes means you aren't really saving that much more material plus you increase the chances of tiger striping on metallics .

1) Do you trigger the gun on and off at the beginning and end of each stroke? 2) Do you keep the gun the same distance from the part while spraying or do you 'fan' the gun? For spraying a cabinet door as an example. Thanks.

Excellent video? Does an HVLP with more stages, (2 stage vs. 4 stage), offer better transfer efficiency with less overspray? Located near Philly!

I have never used any of these 3 types of paint sprayers before. I only used the one in spray cans. Which one should I buy if I want to paint a cabinet and would want to achieve similar smoothness of a car paint? Should I buy the one with air compressor, or the one without air compressor? What do you call the one with air compressor? (HVLP, or conventional?) Thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks for your video. Which type of spray gun you recommend for painting a trailer? What about a fence around a big property?

Really clear, informative video. Thanks for the information.

Maybe someone will help me with this scenario. I have a wagner 350m (airless system) but I am a little disappointed with the power of this device, I have to dilute the paint a lot (more than 15%) to get something out. I have to paint my house (150m2) and maybe "mopping wall" and I was wondering if I could not use my 150 liters compressor with a pressure pot and HVLP gun? Is it a good idea? Is it a valid solution? Thank you for your answers

I have a simpler turbine HVLP sprayer that apparently has no adjustment for air pressure; is that normally a critical adjustment to tailor it to the specific painting situation? The air volume is pretty high all the time so it's not much like an airbrush where you could control both the air pressure and the paint delivery volume

With regards to a system like the apollo pro spray 1500 hvlp, could you increase the tip size in order to spray the likes of upol raptor bed liner? For example do you think a 2.8mm tip could work?

I'm going to be restoring an old smoker pit with rustoleum high heat paint. The paint is very thin, almost watery, so I don't think any thinning will be required. Which type of gun would you recommend for this project?

so how much does CFM matter when the compressor motor is not on? Isn't a tank a tank?

What about LVHP? or LVLP ?

Air less for better control used Graco green tips low pressure

around 3:00 you said you cant use a fine finish with an airless? You sure can! I use 210, 310 and 410 fine finish tips with my Titan to spray primers and latex lto do trim, cabinets and casings all the time. looking at trying the HVLP machines just to reduce lacquer over spray as it stinks a house out so bad. what I use now though is just an Impact airless with a 2-413 tip for precat.

He may have trouble with speaking to an audience, but I bet he does a bad ass paint job

Air less spray tips 208 or 210 or 310 Graco LP green tips

I always thought HVLP was a whole system of hardware, like the gun and the turbine - but you seem to be implying that it is just a gun type that can be hooked up to any old air compressor (albeit with the caveat that it needs to be able to maintain a minimum CFM for an extended time). Have I been thinking wrongly this whole time?

Hi i am looking for a sprayer to do my internal walls quickly but still get a better finish than a roller? Hvlp or Airless?

I'm new to all this so I don't know anything about sprayers. Which one is a compressor used sprayer? I'm thinking about painting my double sizero garage that has old, oxidized aluminum siding. I was originally thinking about an airless but now I'm confused.

Nice video! - Would be nice if you talked about safety too.. (Respirator/ventilation etc)

How many homeowners have compressors that put out 20 cfm,,,it would have to be 2 stage,,,so the hvlp guns would be not a good choice,,but would give you the best finish,,,great!! Because my new compressor is 13 cfm at 40 psi,,,,and was 800 dollars,,,would have to pay 1200 for a 2 stage compressor..

What brand conventional sprayer do you use?

HVLP or conventional is for high quality jobs cabinets

First rule of spraying paint: never start spraying unless you're moving the gun or can.

Just a lil enthusiasm almost lost me at the beginning but great info

In painting cars hvlp paint savings is negligbile at most 1 cup per gallon so for car painting i would never recommend it . not worth how much you give up in the finish will stick with trans tech and conventional

I don’t recommend airless for anything that needs a fine finish. Automotive, millwork and cabinetry do not use an airless, stick with hvlp. You will waste gallons of paint as overspray if you take on large projects with an airless and it will cost you and the customer. Airless is only good for walls and ceilings and even then hvlp with a large pressure pot setup would still do it better.

i bleed on this brotha'

yah, conventional!

lol