How To Spray Paint Furniture Using A Spray Gun

Finally i made the switch to a husky hvlp gravity fed spray gun that came with a smaller 1 4mm and larger 2 2mm tip and needle.

How to spray paint furniture using a spray gun. Painting wooden furniture with your paint sprayer. But you may be wondering what is the best paint sprayer for your project. Once the primer has dried shake the spray paint for at least 1 minute before removing the lid. You know like the dust cloud you get when you use a can of spray paint.

Ultimately i ended up returning the kobalt spray gun kit to lowes since the siphon fed gun would not work and the other one wasn t suited for working with the acrylic paint i use. Hvlp stand for high volume low pressure. Lets thin some paint for a hvlp spray gun. Apply a light coat of spray paint to the furniture using even strokes.

As of now you have sanded or used a liquid sander deglosser primed practiced and prepped. There are two types of systems spray guns that use an air compressor driven air source and spray guns that use a turbine. One of the advantages of a hvlp gun is it doesn t produce as much over spray. Choose the type of paint that you will be using.

The best type of spray gun for jobs like painting furniture are hvlp sprayers. Leah demonstrates how to set up and use an hvlp gravity fed pneumatic paint gun step by step for beginners. If your paint sprayer needs cleaned follow the instruction manual and clean your paint gun before using it. For example if you are going to use latex paint you should know that it blends easily even with water.

Does the thought of using a paint sprayer make you excited and nervous at the same time. Hold the canister about 12 inches 30 cm away from the surface of the furniture and spray with even up and down or side to side strokes with overlapping lines. This video teaches you how to attach your air r. For starters the paint you will use in the spray gun mostly affects the way of mixing it with other materials.

Various kind of colors requires a different type of liquids to mix it with. Spray painting furniture can give you a smooth finish with no brush strokes and can be done rather quickly.