Super Finish Max HVLP Paint Sprayer - 450 Watts, Model# C800971.M

This is more of a "lessons learned" than a review. I'm an experienced, DIY painter - not a professional, but I have painted easily 10k sq' in my lifetime. Switching to a sprayer was not as user friendly as you think. I watched a few YouTube videos and read some blogs to get a "real life" review of using a sprayer, and that was really helpful, but there were still thing that were not covered. I'm going to try to capture my "lessons learned," and write my review at the bottom. In no particular order: 1. Buy two extra containers. It's handy when you are painting a room, and you may have two colors for the room or the trim, or primer and paint, but instead of emptying them, and cleaning them, you can just put a lid on them and screw them back on the sprayer - just make sure to stir/shake. The third container is to use when you are cleaning the sprayer (more on that later). 2. Yes, you do have to screw on a full container of paint on to the sprayer - it's awkward, and I always was afraid that I'd drop it, but I didn't. I suppose that you could put the container on a surface and spin the sprayer around on top - the cord is very short, so that is possible, but seemed more awkward to me, so I lift the container up to the sprayer and turn it to secure. 3. You don't need a viscosity cup, but you do need to buy good paint. This model claims that you don't have to thin the paint. I didn't - I bought Benjamin Moore primer and paint. I got good coverage with the paint using the larger (red) nozzle. I had to experiment on how to hold it and the flow. Ceiling paint is made to be thicker to avoid drips, so I was nervous about that. I did find that it was "spitting" instead of spraying. I made sure that the intake valve was on tight - but it did not resolve it. I ended up dry-rolling the paint after I sprayed it so it wouldn't look like texture. I think it was worth it. So far, I've used the BM Fresh Start Primer, Ceiling, Aura Bath and Spa, and an old gallon of Pratt and Lambert Redseal, and they have all sprayed very well. 4. Make sure that you tape down any drop cloths or plastic covering items that you don't want painted. The sprayer creates a blowing that will move even a heavy drop cloth when you get near to it. I laid a drop cloth in a closet to protect the floors, but when I got near the baseboards, the sprayer would blow the drop cloth away. It's pretty powerful 5. I bought the fast cleaner kit, but I failed to realize that our kitchen faucet has a sprayer head, so it won't work with it. It will have to wait until we have garden hose weather. 6. Get a good face mask. You *will* breath in the fine particles, and that is really bad for you. A bandana or a cloth mask doesn't cut it. I started out wearing an N95 that I have due to the pandemic, but I switched to this: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0915XFDN5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 when it arrived. 7. Speaking of the dust - yes, there's overspray, and yes, it's more than you would think. I mentioned that I sprayed a closet, and I had laid a drop cloth. When I sprayed over the door frame, the door was open. I found paint spray 5-6' away. Also, when I finally sprayed color on the walls - I had cut in the edges, thinking that I could spray within the edges - not possible. The overspray sprayed on my nicely painted ceiling. I don't know how professional painters do this - my husband works in the trades, and he says that all the painters he sees still roll everything. Well, it's true that with rolling you have more control, but it definitely takes longer. I guess you could do your ceilings last and tape and drape 1-2' of your walls, that's how much you'd need for the overspray. 8. You can do ceilings - I wasn't sure how this would work since the directions very specifically tell you to keep the sprayer parallel to the wall at all times. So, that would mean tipping it on it's side to do a ceiling, that's exactly what you do. Point the intake tub to the back of the sprayer so that when the container is on, and it's pointed upwards, it will be pulling from the paint that has moved there. Ok, here's the review part: Overall, I like it, and I will use it a lot. I'm already excited about painting some other rooms and hallways in the house. The price is fantastic. You can't get a painter to show up for $100. Is it better than brushing and rolling? For some things, yes. But, there's a lot of the same work if you were brushing or rolling (some would say more). One of the things that I hate about painting is all the waste. So much paint down the drain as you clean brushes, rollers, paint trays. Well, it's not too much different with the sprayer. You have to empty and clean the container (if you are going to save the paint in it, make sure to wipe around the threads so that the cover doesn't stick), you have to clean the sprayer and it's parts, and you have to clean any other miscellaneous brushes or painting paraphernalia that you still use. I think the sprayer is a little less wasteful, if that's all you have to use, but I found with painting a room, I still needed a brush and a roller and a edge pad and a roller tray - so, in some ways the waste was double. But, that brings me to the use of paint by the sprayer. I was warned that the sprayer uses more paint. I can't say that has been my experience. I got paint for my bathroom ceiling, the guy said that I should be able to do it with a quart. I put the whole quart into the sprayer, but ended up with a quarter of it left. I did use 1.5 gallons of primer on 2 closets and a bathroom (including ceilings - we are doing a renovation, so it was new sheetrock). I think that seems reasonable. I also wonder - if you feel you have to thin the paint, aren't you going to get more out of gallon? Anyway, time will tell, and I'll try to update this if I feel like it's a real paint hog. You still have to do all the prep. Thoroughly clean any surface that you're painting, and you'll want to tape/protect areas from overspray, you'll still have to cut in and around edges. It doesn't eliminate that. So far with my experiences, I feel that the sprayer really excels on trim and doors. I sprayed a door using BM Advance, and the finish looks like it was done in a factory. I know that it's 85% the paint, but the sprayer gives it a sheen, and no brush strokes! I also painted some indoor shutters, and there's really no other way to paint shutters than with a spray gun - so much easier with better result. I am very happy that I purchased this. It has already returned the investment 100%, and I will use it many times and recommend it to my friends and family.

I am a small handyman/remodel contractor and this sprayer has been my most profitable tool so far. And It is now cheaper than the first one I bought. The sprayer is easy to use and the results are professional. I've painted dozens of cabinets, doors, hundreds of feet of baseboard and trim. I've sprayed stain and poly without issues (I do recommend getting the additional spray tips that are available for a finer spray when staining). Paint clean-up is always a pain but overall this sprayer is easy to clean. All the important parts disassemble for cleaning. During use, you will need to wipe the spray tip because paint can build up. No big deal. I haven't seen any sprayers that don't have this issue. I bough my first super finish max sprayer in 2020 and used it until my own laziness trashed the sprayer and now I am buying the same sprayer to replace it. All I will say is...Clean your tools after each use!! Final note...for best results, learn to thin and strain your paint/stain materials properly. Enjoy!

I have more sprayers than I should but needed a sprayer that can spray latex straight from the can that doesn’t leave excessive amounts of overspray or require minimum a gallon to use like my airless. Researched this one loves the price and appeared to meet my requirements so bought it. Needed it to spray a new exterior door and hold that I did! Was easy to setup, use and clean. Most importantly I was able to dial it in to spray a nice even finish. When done door looked factory sprayed. Highly recommend this but I do believe that you need some experience spraying to dial in the spray pattern but this is true for any sprayer so not particular to this one. When cleaning latex don’t spray water through it until after you disassemble then spray water through sprayer, this is fastest cleanest way to clean sprayer out. Update to my review, this sprayer just keeps amazing me after each use. I have sprayed this for several projects with the last few using Benjamin Moore Advance paint and all that I can say is wow! I built a bathroom vanity that I painted years ago by hand and it needed a refresh so knowing how excellent Advance paint is for this application i sanded everything down to a 400 finish. I have used this sprayer enough to know what setting works well for me and these doors and drawer fronts literally look like they came from a manufacturer. Sprays a nice even amount, easy to use and clean unlike many of my other sprayers. And has held up to dozens of jobs…hands down one of the best bang for buck out there.

So I had a pretty big job with 12 interior, unfinished slab doors that needed to be stained and sealed. I don’t do this enough as in regularly having this volume to treat that would justify a full commercial sprayer system and this job was big enough to not having the time or inclination to hand finish with a brush, sponge, etc... I was looking for a reliable sprayer that wasn’t going to create more work and be effective and reliable since it was going to take 3 - 4 days just to spray the top coat layers on that many doors and produce a good quality, finished product. I was working out of the client’s garage that I made a temp spray booth with plastic. This sprayer worked great, was reliable and repeatable across the layers to produce a good poly top coat on the doors. The poly that is used is an important factor as well so it’s only on the sprayer. I cut the poly, water based, 10-15% in the jar prior to spraying. It took a little testing to get the pattern consistency to what I wanted and to get the speed and overlap to match the conditions. The conditions were not ideal out of the garage with it being very dry mostly and afternoon temps in the mid 90’s. I was surprised for as late in the season to still be in those temps so thinning was absolutely necessary. I wrapped the nozzle with a plastic bag between spraying sessions and rotating stock. It was about 20 - 30 min. Before it was dry enough to rotate door stock. In those temps. I would then unscrew the nozzle and tip for a quick clean just before starting to spray the next batch. Test spray into paper or cardboard or something disposable to clear and adjust product volume and then back to the doors. I can see me keeping this one sprayer for sealants only and getting another for paint. Even if it was a throwaway at the end of the job it would have been worth it for the time savings. It finished strong so I plan on using for the next job. This can make even my smaller jobs easier, quicker and more consistent so I’ll be using it more often following this experience. Do practice if you’re not familiar with spraying and if you are familiar, practice on cardboard anyway. There’s a difference between spraying topcoats or paint from water and it will give you good experience on what to look for on consistency and seeing the spray for overlap. This was a challenge in the garage. One noticing was that there was a transition on the product control volume being sprayed that “jumped” from a too small a spread to a wider spread with more product right at that sweet spot for me. I wanted the spread only with a little less product ideally for my situation and ended up adjusting my speed to compensate to maintain the size of spread I was looking for. There were places that droopped some with the sealer where there was too much build up. Thinning and temp changes were at play as well. The application was easy, the sprayer was easy to use and understand how it worked, very easy to unscrew the nozzle and clean the tip while keeping product in the jar, and screw jar back to the bottom with the feed.l when refilling. The directions were included for suggested spray tips. This one had 3 different sized tips and 2 nozzle sizes. I do recommend this homeright sprayer. I ordered a second jar with lid which is handy for cutting product and securing with the lid until ready to use. Just can make it easier if spraying lot of surface area in a pass.

This sprayer is wonderful. I used it for the first time about an hour ago. I used 123 primer on a cube shelf. I recommend watching a few vids about it. It did "spit" a little and one vid I watched said to wipe the tip off, which I did, and all went fine. Here's a few tips. I used just a little water to thin the primer and seemed fine. Practice the spray first. Cleaning up wasn't too bad. Its not hard, but does take about 15 min the first time. I can see cleaning this getting easier and quicker with repetition. I used the green tip and during cleaning, the green came off. It was probably 10 min after using that I cleaned it, and it was thickening and trying to dry already. I can say the quicker it gets cleaned, the easier it is to do. I used the brush, and also a wet q-tip on the threads of the container. All in all, I am pleased. It was hands down faster and easier than either brush or roller with much less waste of paint product.

Usage: I painted my house (1500 SQFT Ranch), 3 car garage and shed with this thing. I never had any issues with clogging and spitting as some complain. The few times it happened was after I let the gun sit while I reloaded on paint. If you have to leave the gun sit between painting, just clean the goobered paint off the nozzle with a wet cloth and do a test spray at the ground before hitting the house. It took me about 3 weekends to finish the job mainly because were were testing out different colors, and avoiding weather. I recommend getting a second, maybe third canister. This way you can load up a few extra's to keep painting, or have someone around to run and get you refills. Getting up and down a ladder to reload took the most time. The temperature was in the high 80's to low 90's. We used VALSPAR SEASONPLUS paint from Lowes. With one canister I could cover about 7'-8' high and about 15 liner feet. Having those extra canisters will keep you painting. I did the bottom half of my entire garage in about 3 hours. Mixing: Get a smaller bucket, I think it was 2 gallon, and also a measuring bucket. I got them at Lowes, it made it easier to mix the paint and Flowtrol. It was impossible to dump paint from the 5 gallon bucket into the canisters. They also sell nozzles that fit into the 5 gallon bucket hole. Get one! The first few times you pour from a 5 gallon bucket, it don't have air flow and it glugs out. I had to squeeze the 5 gallon bucket between my thighs so it would force it out. Floetrol! In total I ran 7-8 gallons of paint using Floetrol every refill. I think I used about 1.5 gallons. https://www.amazon.com/Flood-FLD6-Latex-Conditioner-1-Gallon/dp/B003IF3FWE/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=flotrol&qid=1599163396&sr=8-2 Get a small mixer for your drill. I would add the Floetrol directly in the canister, then top off with paint from the small bucket. The mixer seemed to do the job well. You could shake it to mix, but just took longer. Beware! Don't let paint dry on the mixer, or when you go to mix another batch the paint flakes off and you have to filter it. I had a metal one, but found it was nicking up the bottom of the canisters towards the end. Might get nylon or plastic to avoid this. https://www.amazon.com/Shur-Line-06200-Gallon-Paint-Mixer/dp/B00004Z4H5/ref=sr_1_8?crid=1DY3AY2ZLZCQQ&dchild=1&keywords=paint+mixer+for+drill&qid=1599163682&sprefix=paint+mixer+%2Caps%2C218&sr=8-8 If you do get paint flakes, or just crap blowing around the yard in your paint, get some paint cone filters. I didn't need to use them unless I got stuff in my paint. I just bought some at my local hardware store. https://www.amazon.com/Micron-Paint-Strainers-Terberl-Filter/dp/B07V4WRJJG/ref=sr_1_6?crid=2E6DR8CBRRMNJ&dchild=1&keywords=paint+filters+for+spray+gun&qid=1599164102&sprefix=paint+filters%2Caps%2C225&sr=8-6 Cleaning: Don't bother with the cleaning kit, that was useless. I just used the nozzle on my hose, low water flow, and flushed until it ran clean. Then I would clean it out with the brush in my kitchen sink. It was very tedious, but I made sure EVERYTIME it was clean so I wouldn't gunk up my nozzle. I probably cleaned and used it 8-10 times. Other tips: I tried to fashion a guard to help from painting the eves, it was just cardboard on a stick. It got all flimsy and a mess so I abandoned it. I ended up painting 6-8 inches from the eves and went back with a brush to finish it off. They do sell spray shields, but trying to handle a shield, the paint gun, and balance on a ladder seemed impossible. If you have to use a ladder, don't over spray too far in one direction (right side for me.) I painted left to right. I would start out with the gun in my left hand, and then switch to my right after I passed the ladder. With the ladder leaning on the house, you'll leave little areas unpainted. If you lean and spray too far to the right, you won't be able to lean far enough back left to spray the missed spots once you move the ladder. Cut up an old T-shirt and wrap the ends of your latter to make little pads so if you do have to lean on painted areas it won't muck up the paint. I just duck taped them on. When loaded with a fresh canister, paint the lower 1-2 feet first. This is because you'll most likely have to point the gun down to paint this area. You'll find that as you run out of paint it will suck air when pointed down and mess up your rhythm leaving you to go back over spots. But with the lower half painted first, you can keep the sprayer level at all times. Affix the nozzle so it points towards the gun. This way it's easier to point up and not suck air. Make sure to affix the nozzle BEFORE screwing on a canister. This will avoid the WTF moments when the gun isn't spraying. If you point the gun up or down too far, or if it falls over, it will get paint up in the gun making it harder to clean. Don't leave the canister filled with acetone over night! It expanded the gasket in the canister, luckily it reshaped itself in a few days, but was still a little wonky.

I had hight hopes for this paint sprayer and really gave it a try, but after 2 hours of dealing with it, I just threw it away (pictured). The positives are that it was delivered quickly, instructions are good and everything is included for changing the spraying tips. That's about it. I read the instructions, change the tips to match the paint I was going to use (primer), and got to work. It did spray so painfully slow that it took forever to paint a small section. Then I decided that I would dilute the paint. Nothing changed. I had to go over a spot 2-3 times to not see the wood grain underneath. I wasn't painting anything fancy either, it was the inside of a shed, so I didn't need it look nice, but at the same time I didn't want to spend an eternity doing it. Well, had a continued with this spray gun, that would've been the case. After 40 min the paint started clumping at the nozzle and it started spitting small clumps of paint all over the wooden walls. I diluted the paint some more, to the point that once it was sprayed the wood was barely covered with any color. Now, I had to go over the same spot 5-6 times for a good coverage. When you take into consideration the weight of the sprayer and the time that it takes to do so, you are better off using a roller. This is exactly what I did.

For $96, at the time of writing this, it's not a bad deal. This is definitely not a commercial grade sprayer, but it doesn't pretend to be. It's a cheap, airless sprayer for quick household projects. Quick projects, mind you, not prolonged use. Cleaning is MESSY. I've tried a number of ways to clean it without getting paint everywhere, and I just can't figure it out. Also, it should REALLY pack with two reservoirs so you can switch between paint and primer, or two paints, or whatever, so you don't have to clean out the whole thing every time. My first project was painting my kitchen cabinets, and this made things go MUCH faster. Especially when I decided to do everything in one go. Cut down as many steps as you can, so you spend more time painting than cleaning. Second project, nothing but splatter. Same paint brand, thinned it with water the same, made sure it was all clean, non-stop splatter. Luckily, it leveled enough that you can't really notice it when dry, but was a mess while painting. Overall, it saved me a lot of manual brushing...but in terms of mess.... it's not cleaner, at all. You spray paint everwhere, so you have to be careful what you walk on, touch, etc. Cleaning it gets more paint everywhere. It's very noisy. If you paint the inside of cabinets, you'll get blowback, so you absolutely must wear a mask and goggles. And doesn't require a noisy compressor. So, I'm torn on my review....on the cabinets, it did great. Afterwards, less so...but still got the job done. But it was a messy job, and I'm not sure that the time saved on painting was really saved, given the amount of time required to clean everything.

Bought this close to a year ago and it has gotten a lot of use and not once has it let me down.. the paint comes out like butter but you shld thin it out no matter what the can says..ive used most furniture and cabinet paint and most say to just pour and go but this sprayer is best when thinned.. thin your paint and you shld get plenty of good use from this sprayer as i have..i have painted about 40-50 pieces of furniture and it still works flawlessly every time..awesome sprayer and great price..

Has anybody from UK managed to use the sprayer with adapter plug? As it is at the moment it's unusable with U.S plug. Any help or advice much appreciated.

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This product comes with 110 Watt and does not work in Uk or Europe. I have bought a adaptor, but still does not work.