Earlex Spray Station HV5500 HVLP

Comments about Earlex Spray Station HV5500 HVLP :

While working with a friend we used his Earlex system to finish a set of custom-made walnut cabinets. The finish we achieved was nothing short of remarkable. It was those results that caused me to purchase my own system. I can't wait to put mine to work. Great Product...Great results!

Comments about Earlex Spray Station HV5500 HVLP :

So I have used this on all kinds of finishes. I spray mostly water borne/based finishes, but have used lacquer and shellac. I have also sprayed some oil but probably won't again more because I love water borne/based. It also sprays latex paint well. You do have to thin it a little but that was something I knew I was going to have to do. As for the air hose the problem is that it does not swivel at the gun. I fixed this by going to a friend who is a machinist and had her make me a swivel that fits the gun and the hose.

Comments about Earlex Spray Station HV5500 HVLP :

I bought the sprayer to finish guitars. It comes with a 2mm needle assembly and was supposed to include a 1.5 mm needle assembly, however, that was missing and was not sent later even though I told the customer rep about it. The only adjustment on the gun is the orientation of the fan-shaped spray pattern and the trigger travel. I am used to using a double action spray gun that I can control. This gun, with the 2mm needle assembly literally slings huge amounts of thinned lacquer at the guitar. Since I can't adjust the width of the spray pattern I won't be doing any sunbursts with it. I think I can still use it for staining the deck and painting the garage door.

Comments about Earlex Spray Station HV5500 HVLP :

Perfect. I love it!!! I have used it for cabinet boxes and cabinet doors. baseboards, quarter round, chair rail, bookcase, doors, picnic table, shelves, etc.

Comments about Earlex Spray Station HV5500 HVLP :

Awesome product use it for everything that needs paint, polyurethane, lacquer, acrylic water based finishes.

Comments about Earlex Spray Station HV5500 HVLP :

I've used many HVLP sprayer guns from various companies including porter cable, kobalt. Most sprayers working on compressor has problems on thick paint or latex finishes. And parts have a lot of hidden corners and holes, so it's very difficult to clean the sprayer up. Due to this reason, just spraying the paint thinner is not enough to clean up the remenant in the gun and it builds up in the corner and causes clogging later. However, this sprayer is really easy to clean. I don't see any corners that hard to reach and all parts have flat surfaces. Also it's very powerful that I could spray exterior latex paint easier than any other HVLP guns. Very good for the fine finishes too. One problem. When I hook up air hose to the gun, it comes out easily when the motor running, so it needs improvement to hold it tight.

Comments about Earlex Spray Station HV5500 HVLP :

This is a great sprayer. I got the same think at [@] for $80.00 less. It's the same sprayer.

Comments about Earlex Spray Station HV5500 HVLP :

I have a cabinet I want to spray paint, so after researching different HVLP sprayers I decided to go with the Earlex HV5500 because it seem like sprayer that could handle a variety of finishes for a reasonable price. I'm using General Finishes milk paint for my cabinet. They claim the paint can be spray straight from the can and maybe it can but not with HV5500. I really had to thin down the paint to get any thing out and what did come out was irregular and runny. The flat surface I'd sprayed the paint on had to be brushed out. I'm glad I didn't start a vertical surface. I have used high pressure sprayers in the past so it not like I never used a sprayer before. I will not try spraying paint with the HV5500 again. Should the HV5500 not be able to apply clear finishes to my satisfaction, then I'll try to sell it and recoup some of my money. So far I not happy with my purchase. I hope I can get some use out it so it will not be a total bust.