Airless Sprayer Pro 5.5
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You need to use smooth even movements side to side and evenly distribute the spray across the surface and not wave your hand to paint the material. The manual says this but does not say just how important it is to use this side to side movement of the gun while maintaining a 90 degree angle between the gun and the surface you're painting.
The sprayer does a great job on surfaces like concrete and rough wood but does an adequate job on smooth ones like drywall or finished wood. It does take practice and I am sure with more work I can get a much better finish for furniture and walls. The main thing with the Black & Decker sprayer is practice and reading the manual fully.
I found that having good thinned paint or stain is important and when it does start to act up you need to stop and cleanout the container and tube as well as the nozzle. The manual also talks about cleanup but that is very simple; take off all parts like the container, nozzle, valve, tube and clean according to material. Water for latex based and thinner or mineral spirits for enamel and stains to clean up your sprayer as well as thin down the material you’re applying.
Cleanup went very easily and was the simplest part of using the Black & Decker sprayer but getting the sprayer setup also took very little time. The most time spent was practicing and getting the paints thinned to the correct consistency for spraying evenly. The sprayer did a good job on all the jobs I tried it with and does not use a compressor or air tank but it is quite loud as well.
I think the Black & Decker Airless Sprayer Pro is a good spray painter and does a great job for the cost. The model I received for reviewing costs about $80 and comes with the three different sized nozzles and the suction tube for siphoning paint from a bucket, can or pail. The other models of this sprayer that are available from Black & Decker will have either one or two nozzles and is for the one or two types of spraying according to those nozzles.
I think the Black & Decker Airless Sprayer Pro does a good job and makes for a great way to paint those odd shaped spots and spaces on things. Patio furniture, benches with those slats would be easy to paint or stain with the Sprayer Pro and I won’t even get into the things like closet doors with shuttered surfaces or even shutters themselves.
Overall the Black & Decker Airless Sprayer does a good job of spray painting both enamel and latex based materials on rougher surfaces and does a fair job on smooth surfaces like drywall. I really do think with some more practice I could do a good job with the drywall and regular wall painting.
This is definitely a decent sprayer and does a good job without the extra cost of an air compressor or air tank assembly. I highly recommend the Black & Decker Airless Sprayer for a good do it yourselfer and a handy way to spray paint all kinds of things.