Spray Equipment Selection Guide
HVLP
- Best for use with thin to medium viscosity coatings (30 seconds or less in a Zahn 2) refer to tech data sheets for your paint. Available in gravity or pressure feed
- Saves paint compared to airless and conventional when used right
- Some paint will not atomize as well
- Air spray gives finer finish than Airless
- Best for woodworking, industrial coatings that are not too thick, automotive painting
- Better control of spray than airless
Conventional Air Spray Gun
- Best atomization of any spray gun
- More paint waste than HVLP
- Easy to use
- Available in pressure and suction feed
- Better Control of Spray than airless
- Spray almost any material
LVMP
- LVMP Spray Guns atomize like a conventional spray gun but are still highly transfer efficient
- They are not compliant for emissions reduction like a conventional spray gun
- Their popular with wood finishes and when you need a slightly better break up
Airless Paint Sprayer
- Fastest of any painting equipment for production work
- Best for large repeat surfaces
- Great for highly viscous coatings
- More expensive than spray guns
- Finish is a not quite as fine as hvlp or conventional spray guns
Air Assist Airless
- Achieve breakup similar to air spray gun giving a finer finish
- Great for low to medium viscosity coatings (high pressure air assist can work with thick industrial coatings)
- Often used for wood working and industrial painting where finish quality is key
- More expensive than spray guns about the same as airless
- Not as fast as airless painting but faster than spray guns
- Available for air assist airless and hvlp spraying.
- 85 – 95% efficient
- More complicated to use but huge paint savings
- Best for tubular products or high production painting where paint savings is beneficial
Electrostatic
- Available for air assist airless and hvlp spraying.
- 85 - 95% efficient
- More complicated to use but huge paint savings
- Best for tubular products or high production painting where paint savings is beneficial