I purchased a Capspray 9100 HVLP paint sprayer primarily for the purpose of spraying interior doors and trim work with latex paint. I am using P&L Accolade paint and Ideal 2700 primer.
The primer has been sprayed on straight out of the can and the finish was as expected. However the P&L / sprayer has been giving me extreme grief for the finish coat of the doors and I am uneasy to move to the trim until I have the problem resolved. I have adjusted both the air flow valve and the volume, I have substituted the standard #3 tip with a #4 tip and thinned the paint with Floetrol up to 30%. The problem is that the paint simply will not go on in an even film (like the primer did - which I understand contains lacquer and is therefore thinner) and as a result does not get the smooth finish I expected. I have also tried to use multiple passes to get more paint on and opening up valve to get more paint on in a single pass.
Any experience here would be helpful.
The primer has been sprayed on straight out of the can and the finish was as expected. However the P&L / sprayer has been giving me extreme grief for the finish coat of the doors and I am uneasy to move to the trim until I have the problem resolved. I have adjusted both the air flow valve and the volume, I have substituted the standard #3 tip with a #4 tip and thinned the paint with Floetrol up to 30%. The problem is that the paint simply will not go on in an even film (like the primer did - which I understand contains lacquer and is therefore thinner) and as a result does not get the smooth finish I expected. I have also tried to use multiple passes to get more paint on and opening up valve to get more paint on in a single pass.
Any experience here would be helpful.