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Wagner Power Painter
$32.99 + $5 Shipping
Condition: New

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Wonder if it's cheaper to just go with vinyl or some other siding that doesn't require maintenance...

Great Deal but, to old of model for me.

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Power Painter reviews are average at best on Buzzillions.
http://www.buzzillions.com/x/s?N=4294811422&D=x&cat=&extra=all-product&Ntt=Wagner+Power+Painter

Are these safe to use indoors for painting?

I'm needing to paint four or five rooms in my house and this would save me a LOT of trouble if this works.

I always wondered how easy these things were to clean out after painting. Anyone know?

I had one of these 16 years ago, had to thin the paint so much to get it to work that everything I sprayed ran like mad - does anyone know if these are any better?

PAINT MY HOUSE!!

Well, you know what they say.. Go big or go home. Will this work with metallic paints? I suddenly decided that my garage, front door, car, and possibly lawn are not gold-plated enough. This will cut application time down drastically.

Honestly, on this item, you get what you pay for. Do you HONESTLY think you can get 2 DECENT sprayers for this price? Seriously... Google both of them, I'm pretty sure you will see it's ok for some jobs... But failboat for others.

What I'd use this for (because I've had 2 of them literally exploded paint everywhere) is for outside... On decks or fences....

I'll stick to a $100+ airless sprayer for inside or the old fashioned rollers (god they suck). LOL!

[geek]
First sentence of the description sounds very... Doctor Who. Very much like the series 2 finale, to be exact.

Watching the love of your life attempt to save the entire universe by throwing herself into a gaping tear in the fabric of reality that her powers had inadvertently created would be hard on anyone, even a superhero like you.

[/geek]

Paint's gotta be really thin to shoot through this thing and cleanup time pretty much negates any time saved using it to paint with.
Seriously, a cheap airless rig can put on 5 times more paint in a day than these toys can, and you can put it on without thinning it to water with an airless rig.

Trust me, you can roll it on faster.

Amazon link for the Wide Shot, $114.90:

http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Power-Painter-Backpack-Sprayer/dp/B000KKOKT2/ref=sr_1_11

Paint's gotta be really thin to shoot through this thing and cleanup time pretty much negates any time saved using it to paint with.
Seriously, a cheap airless rig can put on 5 times more paint in a day than these toys can, and you can put it on without thinning it to water with an airless rig.

Trust me, you can roll it on faster.

As a writer, I'm usually pretty darn impressed by the rapier wit and clever puns casually tossed into Woot's descriptions. Tonight? Somebody got really behind on their write-ups while they were busy reading comic books and they came out with this gem. Seriously, Woot? You can do better.

Here's the CORRECT 272045 Wide 5.4GPH (as woot is selling) and its reviews on Amazon. Syndil's link goes to a 7.2GPH model. Ace Hardware confirms 305 = 272045.

I got a Wagner sprayer at home depot on clearance and it's ok. More of a splatterer than a sprayer. Works ok for small stuff...I used it to spray ceiling cans for recessed lights and air return vents. Definitely wouldn't use it to spray walls. You'd constantly be refilling the little tank and you'd get a bumpy texture and quite a few drips.

These are trash... Your paint has to almost be like water to go through properly, and it WILL dry in the spray unit causing it to spray incorrectly. Then even if it sprays the way you want it to, it will run so much that you will need to trace it with a brush to even out the layers.

Nope... do not pass go... do not receive $100.00, nor an award for the paint project you looked forward to doing.

digitoast wrote:Here's the 272045 Wide 5.4GPH w/o case (as woot is selling) and its reviews on Amazon.

That's a newer model. ;)

NightGhost wrote:Product Website

Those look too nice. I'm thinking it's more like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Wagner-Products-315XXX-Two-Speed-Painter/dp/B00004TUCH

And if it's anything like the one I had, they're loud, messy, and slow. Painting by hand is much easier.

fyredriftwood wrote:Are these safe to use indoors for painting?

I'm needing to paint four or five rooms in my house and this would save me a LOT of trouble if this works.

Save yourself headache and buy a roller. By the time you mask the areas you don't want sprayed, thin the paint enough to get it to spray (requiring extra coats), and clean up the resulting mess, you could have painted the entire area and gone on vacation. As both a former owner (similar model) and paint seller, they ONLY things I would ever recommend these for is very light bodied products like stains or oil-based enamels. They don not work well with waterborne products, especially the newer low-VOC coatings.

...next I'm going to switch nozzles and stain my DECK.

ranger187 wrote:Honestly, on this item, you get what you pay for. Do you HONESTLY think you can get 2 DECENT sprayers for this price? Seriously... Google both of them, I'm pretty sure you will see it's ok for some jobs... But failboat for others.

What I'd use this for (because I've had 2 of them literally exploded paint everywhere) is for outside... On decks or fences....

I'll stick to a $100+ airless sprayer for inside or the old fashioned rollers (god they suck). LOL!

You only get one for that price, not both. You choose the model you want when you go to buy it.

Cheerz!

ranger187 wrote:That's a newer model. ;)

Except Ace Hardware also confirms & lists the 305 and Wagner model number 272045 together in this description.

fyredriftwood wrote:Are these safe to use indoors for painting?

I'm needing to paint four or five rooms in my house and this would save me a LOT of trouble if this works.

Safe? Just wear a respirator and goggles (or at the very least a filter mask).

But as others have said, you really want to go with an airless sprayer which you can rent at home depot or other home improvement shops.

missellienc wrote:I always wondered how easy these things were to clean out after painting. Anyone know?

Takes about 10-15 minutes to clean, but be careful not to drop the little parts down the drain.

I have no interest in the painter, but I wonder how many sci-fi/comic references I can find in this description...

I used one of these to paint the inside of the rental house before i moved in a month ago. The little guy did a decent job. had to refill every five seconds though. and yes it is a pain in the arse to clean

I've used several similar products in the past.

Yes, they will spray paint. No, they will not spray it evenly. Yes, they will clog.

If you're going to paint a lot of area, go rent a real airless sprayer from the local rental company - the kind that drop into a 5 gallon bucket of paint.

If you're going to paint a small area, use a brush or roller.

Thanks guys. Looks like it'll be me and a roller this weekend.

YouTube video:

Wagner Power Painter in action!

I worked with a professional painter who used the wide version of this power painter, and has had one for years. He mostly uses it with wood stains, but sometimes primer. They will clog up if you let them set up for too long. If you clean them right after using them, the chances of the thing getting all gummed up are reduced significantly.

Also, the type of paint you use makes a difference as well.

For wide open areas, a roller is best.

But for hard to reach areas, like under the overhang or fascia of your roof, where a roller won't reach or a brush will take too long, these work.

I bought one a few years ago to help paint my house. I bought it with the expectation that I would throw it away when done, worst-case. I bought extra atomizers and I did not thin the paint down. When an atomizer got too worn or clogged, I threw in a new one.

Cleaning was messy, but not that much worse than cleaning rollers and brushes. Actually, I took it in the shower and cleaned the parts and myself at the same time.

I still have it, but I cannot find atomizers to work with it. It was a special brand. I will most likely get this Wagner just cause it is so cheap.

If you are looking to do a wall, use a roller.

If you are looking to do a textured ceiling, then then this will do better.

And the cost for two is less than renting a pro sprayer.

Cheerz!

Know going in that these aren't as easy to use as they appear on the commercials.

First, you have to thin the media you're using. Thinning keeps the viscosity down and keeps the media running through the atomizer, but leads to runs and drips.

Second, these things are incredibly loud that you might want to consider ear protection, especially if you are painting in an empty room.

Third, cleanup is ridiculous and time consuming. The atomizer especially takes forever to clean, and any paint lodged in those tiny holes will completely foul the sprayer and lead to poor performance.

Even under absolutely perfect painting conditions, you still need to mask off large areas and protect against overspray, and painting out of doors requires almost a completely calm wind.

You will most certainly spend less time getting out all the rollers and brushes and doing it by hand, and you will likely use less paint and fewer ameliorants.

This guy stares through your soul and tells you how to clean these things
here.

He also stares through you while showing you how to work these babies here.

Elox wrote:Save yourself headache and buy a roller. By the time you mask the areas you don't want sprayed, thin the paint enough to get it to spray (requiring extra coats), and clean up the resulting mess, you could have painted the entire area and gone on vacation.

These are REALLY cheesy. I wouldn't use one again if it was free.

wow. this is the absolute worst. wouldn't take another one of these if you paid me.

Used one of these "Wags" a few years back, but a similar model nonetheless.

From my experience, there are two major issues with these types of low-end Wagner electric powered paint sprayers:

1- They're louder than a barrel full of simultaneously screaming Woot!-Off in flight.

2- You have to meticulously clean all of the fresh/wet paint residue that coat the seemingly never ending nooks and crannies from the sprayer's multitude of varying parts so thoroughly that it completely negates any of the time that you previously saved by using the tool.

But it you're only going to use it one time for a large project, I say go for because at this price it is about the same amount of money to what buying all the traditional brush and drop cloth painting would cost you anyway from the local big-box hardware store.