Intro to Spraying Finishes With a HVLP Spray Gun - 241

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[scott]

I absolutely love finding new channels via collabs like this.

[washingtonswildest]

Just have to say that my mind is blown. After watching this video, i realized i have been spraying totally wrong, yet somehow managed to get good finishes. The explanation in this video is what i needed. Outstanding! Makes total sense now and my finishes are coming out better and easier. Thank you!

[NicholasGomez]

Awesome info Matt and Jay!! One mistake I see often that some make is not keeping there arm/hand 90degrees to the surface they are spraying. In a former life this was hard for me to conquer. I always wanted to tip my hand down or up causing my fan ends to be heavy or leave a line. With practice and patience anyone can spray finish. Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge!! Great stuff!!

[AprilWilkerson]

Great job breaking down the info Matt! Cleaning srprayers properly would be another good one.

[AndrewLatham]

Practicing with water is something you can do indoors in any weather but it is good to understand the humidity of the area you live in. Water based finishes will require some additional care in super dry or super humid areas.

Well done guys!

[mikewiebe]

Ive been spraying stain and lacquer professionally for a few years now, not as long as matt. But I can confirm pretty much everything he said is very similar to the way I've been doing things as well, and has worked very well for me! Good video!

[jericlocke]

I have already finished my deck and it looks good. I overlapped around 50% once I got in the groove and stayed in the project. Now I know better thanks to you two. Thank you and I will use your advice with water to practice.

[jasonbell]

Excellent technique at 7:46. Nozzle turned 45 degrees outward at the end of each pass to angle off and halve the material. This is mandatory for surfaces being overlapped like casing and jamb corners where the paint will make two passes over the same place. Flick the wrist up or sideways just as approaching and passing across the corner area and the second pass, also angled away, will leave a uniform coat, with no need to pull out the roller and fix a puddle that will guaranteed run down.

[eilmlilm]

It's so nice to see young ones know so much about this "stuff" and doing a superb job too. Thanks for a great video and I wish you well and long lives!

[alexschneider]

Great video. I also spray finishes in the automotive world and had questions about similarities between application on wood and what i am used to. The article Matt put together also clarified my questions about spray tip size. Thanks guys.

[BraxtonWirthlin]

Tons of great info, guys! Spraying finishes has definitely been something that seemed somewhat intimidating probably based on lack of knowledge. This was a great break down. Matt really makes it look easy!

[jenniferphillips]

The best, most helpful explanation of compressors and spraying I've seen so far and I've been doing a ton of research as of late! It can get pretty daunting! Thanks guys!

[juantriana]

Thank you for such a good information and encouragement to all of us do a nice job. I been trying to do it but I ended to make a mess and feel frustrated because a lack of knowledge to do the right thing with the most basic steps. Thank you again. God bless you guys!

[HovingtonInstruments]

Nice video guys, I like how you've been inviting other woodworker to your shop Jay to build and or like in this one breaking Down the spraying of finishes. Thanks for the great tips Matt!

[AlWheelin]

Thanks for the intel. I appreciate your vids because unlike some high end furniture making shows/vids, etc you definitely make the woodworking and building things simplified without being overly technical.

[tenspeedtears]

Thanks a lot. It really reinforces what I've learned about spraying finishes by trial and error. It's good to finally know I'm doing it the most efficient way possible.

[Bill_CBR]

Thanks Jay and Matt (I subscribed to Matt's too), this was just the kind of encouragement that I needed to go out and give it a shot. I had purchased a cheep gun from HF and had found a YT video on how to improve it's performance somewhat. I had cleaned it real good, but then never used it. This was just the kick I needed, thanks again to the both of you.

[zacprunty]

Matt and Jay. Thanks to both of you! This video just happened to hit my subscription feed at the perfect time! It's funny how sometimes your own personal research and the topics you present are in sync. Great overview! It is much appreciated guys! Cheers from Illinois!

[Cdaprod]

I’ve been watching HVLP and spray videos for the past few days working my way up to spraying a project I’ve been working on for a while now.

This is probably the most intuitive and hands on tutorials I’ve seen at this time, thank you for that!

[rivergate]

Timely video. Just bought an Earlex 5500 to spray some wooden sheep hurdle props white. For a first timer it worked really well, it was the clean up and unit stripdown and rebuild afterwards that took the time. But still all way faster than with a brush!