SHalom fellow chiselheads!
I am thinking on getting a HVLP sprayer for spraying mostly varnish and some lacquer. Woodcraft of America has a "ready to use" total set-up spray station at a very good price. It is called the "Spray Station Pro 5000" by:Earlex. An English Company.
The salesman I talked with has one himself, and I told him it would be for Shallac and lacquers on musical instruments only and of course he said "this will work perfect"
He said the only drawback to this machine is if you are doing large jobs, said it is a "2 STAGE TURBINE MOTOR" which is plenty (he claims) for finish on a mandolin, yet said if you will be doing any heavy jobs a 3 Stage Turbine would be a better choice!
This whole set-up is a canister about the size of a vacume cleaner with
the air hose and gun, ready to use. He also said the gun is not a "cheezy" gun, said it is high quality.
I don't want to spend a fortune on this and this one is in my budget range. Anything would be better than what I have been using, either French polishing or spraying with a "cheezy" prevel sprayer and flat sanding her out! Either way is a lot of work and results are so so.
Have any of you guys seen this sprayer? Heard any pros or cons. IS 2 tubine enough? Thoughts and opinions welcome!
I don't want this thread to turn into a "which is better HVLP or compressor type" or who makes the best gun, I've read all of those threads.
Just wondering if you "pros" think this would do the job or would I be sorry and want to upgrade later. I know a lot of you have changed to HVLP and seem very pleased with the results, I'm not questioning the theory behind HVLP just the quality and muscle of this size system for instrument finishing! Thanks for any thoughts! JD
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