Thread: Wagner XVLP FC3500

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

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

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

Originally Posted by 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

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.

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.

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!!!