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1. 
   TJinFL | Jun 20, 2002 04:14pm | #1

   Bob,

   Check out http://www.homesteadfinishing.com, Jeff Jewitt's website.  You can browse/search his only forum and find all the information you need to make the right decision. 

   Good Luck

   Terry

   Delray Beach, FL

2. 
   Paul_Snyder | Jun 21, 2002 12:07am | #2

   For painting houses, airless is the way to go. You say you want to spray a "light bodied solvent based sealer for house spraying application" but I'm not sure what that means - trimwork? sealing log cabins? sealing cedar shakes? decks? If you're talking about spraying the entire exterior of a house, an airless system is your best choice. Anything else, like HVLP, will take 10 times longer. Airless is not a good choice for furniture/cabinetry finishing though.

   There is a very good gravity feed HVLP conversion spray gun made by Star that costs under $100. If you go to this link, you can read a lengthy discussion about the spray gun - http://www.woodweb.com/cgi-bin/forums/finishing.pl?read=141662 - If you do visit Jeff Jewitt's web site, look on his Q&A board - someone asked about the Star, and Jeff said he bought one himself and it's a good spray gun. This spray gun is a good choice for furniture finishing.

   If you have a compressor, you can get the airless for the big jobs and the HVLP spray gun both for your budget amount.

   Paul

   F'burg, VA

3. 
   kandrewk | Jun 30, 2002 08:48am | #3

   I RECIENTLY BOUGHT A HVLP 4 TURBINE SPRAYER. I LIKE THE PORTABILITY OF IT. I ALSO LIKE THE FINISH I RECIEVED. I ALSO SPRAY LATEX WITH IT. I FOUND IT TO BE OVERKILL FOR THE LAQUOR & TO SLOW FOR LATEX. IF I COULD BACK UP, I WOULD BUY A CONVERSION UNIT & A AIRLESS UNIT. I TRIED A VERY INEXPENSIVE CONVERSION SPRAYER WITH A GRAVITY CUP AND WAS VERY IMPRESSED, JUST DONT BUY ONE WITH PLASTIC PARTS. UNDER 100$ SHOULD DO YOU NICSLY. HAPPY SPRAYING