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   MarkH128 | May 11, 2002 02:52pm | #1

   The short answer is a compressed air or HVLP gun is no good for latex. And not much good for stain and oil either unless you are painting cabinets or trim. There is plenty info already available on here - on the web- in print etc. why this is so.

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   JasonMI | May 11, 2002 10:17pm | #2

   I'm going to disagree, but just a little bit. You've really got to tell us what you want to do...different guns (and systems), are really made for different purposes, and finding the right mix of equipment (and uses), really starts with defining what you want to spray, how often you want to spray, how much you want to spray, and with what kind of finish. You can blow latex through SOME HVLP systems...but the one we have, which will shoot unthinned (although not unstrained), latex, cost a whole lot of money. But now that we have it, we rarely use it for latex, because there are a lot better finishes (that "finish" better), out there than latex for furniture and trim. And although we have used it on some large projects (a rather large tounge and groove ceiling with poly comes to mind), I wouldn't attempt to use it to spray walls or anything like that. There's a ton of information out there, including on the Knots Finishing threads. But first, like I said, tell us some more about what you want to do.

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   patrickofm | May 28, 2002 03:54pm | #3

   My solution to all my spraying needs is to use a "barn sprayer"  This is a pressure tank that uses pressure fromthe compressor (adjusted with it's own regulator) to brin the paint to the gun.  It can spray Latex primer, finish coat, anything.  I use a regular gun hooked up to the tank which holds 5 gallons, but the feed in the tank can be put into a 1 gal jug if needed.