Graco Proshot cordless airless

[topcoatfinishes]

It's not often that a new finish tool technology comes along that is geared to the professional (not diy) and is worth laying out some money for. I know a lot of you guys have shops, do milling, and shoot finishes. This isn't particularly a cabinet grade tool, it's more of a convenience tool, but most of us can appreciate that.

Thought you might find this interesting.

Graco proshot review is on page 12:

http://www.mydigitalpublication.com/...mag.com%2F#_m0

[Andrew M.]

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I was looking at those, but unless the battery is compatible to some other tool line I have I would buy the corded model. Sad to say I have a wagner buzz gun that is more trouble than it is worth.

[topcoatfinishes]

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I hear you on that Andrew. I bought several Wagner powershots, used them once for lattice or something and tossed them. This is more of a professional tool. I didn't expect to like it as much as I did, or find it so convenient for so many typically time consuming tasks like getting a quick coat on shoe before it goes down, or window muntin etc. There's a cool freedom about not having a cord or hose attached to the unit, and being able to focus on the pieces without having to tend to any attachment.

[gburnet]

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Nice article, Scott. Thanks for sharing it.

[tomthetoolman40]

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I haven't used it but have talked with several pro painters at the paint store who love them. They all said great for doors and small projects.

[Andrew M.]

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I tried to read the article but the text was not clear. What am I doing wrong?

[CJLAW1]

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Bought one a couple of months ago works great for small projects.

[tjbnwi]

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I tried to read the article but the text was not clear. What am I doing wrong?

For me on my desk top it distorts about 2 seconds and then clears up, on my iPad no issues with clarity at all.

I tried the sprayer at Sherwin Willliams, I did find it a little loud.

Tom

[topcoatfinishes]

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Sometimes the zoom in feature in that publication format is invaluable.

The only thing that has happened with my sprayer is that after about 10 gallons, which is a few miles when measured in quarts, one of the battery packs stopped holding charge. They sent me a new one.

[archmolding]

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Talk about WOW! I may get one for painting the rest of my house, especially the eaves!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5J65...eature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeZbX...eature=related

Ill have to get one!

[Ottoman]

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When these came out I thought I had found just the thing I need. If you read the fine print you'll find these little sprayers have a service life of 50 gallons of paint before needing to be re-built. It can be rebuilt twice if I remember correctly, though it may have been only once.
For me that is far too short a life for what I wanted.

[topcoatfinishes]

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Ottoman

Did you read the last paragraph of the review? Just how quickly do your $400 carpentry tools pay for themselves and what do their depreciation cycles look like? The roi on this looks pretty good to me.

[Andrew M.]

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Thanks, zoom function worked this time. The repacking they mention, do not see that anywhere in the manual. Not sure what that means.

per Graco;
"TrueCoat Plus includes 2 spray tips and has twice the life of TrueCoat."

Not a good design if that is correct in my opinion at 150 gal life, a throw away sprayer, as a Pro rated. Really? Most Pro's do not think they will be tossing $400 guns when they need service. You know, a good HVLP can last a long time and would cost pennies per gallon to use.Seems like a consumer aimed product in a way . Can not find a spec on what the life span is according to Graco. Maybe they will have a redesign or have a more serviceable model.

http://www.graco.com/Internet/T_PDB....w/TrueCoatPlus

[topcoatfinishes]

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Andrew

The Truecoat is not the same tool as the proshot.

The proshot does have a 150 gal lifespan. This means I can run 600 qts through it for about $400. 600 qts will probably take me a couple of years to achieve. So, about $200 annually to have a convenience tool that costs me about $.75 each time I use it, and has the collateral benefit of saving wear and tear on dragging my $1500 turbine or my $3500 aa out into the field to shoot a pile of site built shelves? Also, each time i run a qt through it, im saving a man hour or two of labor? I get to do this 600 times? Yup, I'll take them odds. Call it the grocery getter in the fleet!

[dave_k]

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I can see this tools value for airless equipped house painters where you don't want to get out your airless rig and then clean it for a little bit of pick up work. For someone equipped with HVLP cup gun it doesn't make much sense. You can get a compressor drivin cup gun for under $100. The cleaning time would be about the same, they are both cup guns. I use 3M PPP cup liners that allows me to change out and switch materials, they use Graco cup liners that you throw away after 1 use wasting materials The killer for me is adding the weight of a battery to an already heavy cup gun. Even the guy in the video has to use both hands to spray on the flat. I am impressed with the coverage they were getting with latex paint though. I would guess that that's the market that Graco is after