Touch up power unit small review

[mastercabman]

I have seen this kit at my local Wurth group supplier and always wonder how good it would be to do some painting/touch up.
We have a job that require us to do some repair/touch up and the cabinet manufacturer send us a quart of precat lacquer and a couple of those power units.
It is made by Preval.You can check them out at
www.prevalspraygun.com
I did a small test and did pretty good.I was spraying precat lacquer.You do need to thin the product that you are using.Most are 4:1 ratio,seems a lot(about 20%)but i guess that's what it needs to be.The bad thing is that it will take a little longer to dry and watch for run since they recommend not to tilt more than 45* witch makes it a little difficult to spray something flat.So several light coats will be better than normal.I did try to tilt it and gave me some splatters with large droplets.The power unit has enough to spray 16 oz.There is a small tube with a filter at the end that attach to the power unit and goes into the small 6oz glass jar.The jar comes with a lid so you can save whatever you have in it for other projects.
The spray pattern is just round.Spraying from 6"-8" gave about 1.5" round covering.For the test,it did pretty good.I still have to go to the job and fix/repaint an edge on a cabinet.
I will check back with final result from the job.

 

[RDMuller]

I have had good luck with the Preval units.  I have not used any of the "aerosol can triggers" such a this one on amazon (there are others out there --- Ace Hardware had them at one time, Lowes may or many not have).  These supposedly give you more control over how far the button goes down and thus can make it easier to have less than "full blast" and also save finger fatigue.  I would like to hear if any Foggers have used the triggers,  brands, comments etc.
http://www.amazon.com/Aerosol-Spray-Trigger-Handle-Tool/product-reviews/B00551L7N8/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt/181-4247859-9534828?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

 

[Theshipstore]

I have used the Preval Units for many years now in the repair work on boat fiber glass. I use them specifically for spray gelcoat over the fiberglass. As most of the repair work is reasonably small they work great for the spraying of the gel coat as I have no need for a larger sprayer setup.
For my use that are great.

Sal

 

[peter halle]

When I was in retail construction management the crews that installed all the store fixtures used these units for touchups and loved them.  Not the most economical way to do touch-ups but the fixture suppliers found it easier and safer to supply them versus having someone with a spray gun going wild in a store over carpet.  My guess is that after using them a few times you will get great results.

Peter

 

[semenza]

I have used several different brands of the can spray triggers.  I don't know what the brands were. The one I liked the least attaches to the outside of the rim with a hemisphere type shape. It still works pretty well and is the only one I have seen that will work on the newer cans that have the big wide spray button.  All the others that attach to the inside of the rim work very well.  Surprisingly well actually. They look like a gimmick but when it comes to spray cans will be the best $2 you will ever spend. Aside from trigger control they allow you to hold the can  at better angles and do more even sweeps. I am sure various brands of lacquer are available in spray cans. I know the Mohawk has a wide selection in spray cans. Unless you need a particular mix I think the spray can triggers would be much handier than the Preval units.

Seth

 

[mastercabman]

I have used several different brands of the can spray triggers.  I don't know what the brands were. The one I liked the least attaches to the outside of the rim with a hemisphere type shape. It still works pretty well and is the only one I have seen that will work on the newer cans that have the big wide spray button.  All the others that attach to the inside of the rim work very well.  Surprisingly well actually. They look like a gimmick but when it comes to spray cans will be the best $2 you will ever spend. Aside from trigger control they allow you to hold the can  at better angles and do more even sweeps. I am sure various brands of lacquer are available in spray cans. I know the Mohawk has a wide selection in spray cans. Unless you need a particular mix I think the spray can triggers would be much handier than the Preval units.

Seth

Most color i can get in the mohawk areosol can from the cabinet manufactuer,but some colors that are not so popular,it's only available in quart size precat lacquer or CV.
I have the CAT jr spray gun that i really like but i think the Preval might be the answer for the touch up i need to do.At least i don't have much clean up to do.We will see how it perform when i get to that job.

 

[tjbnwi]

I've been using air brushes for so long, it is my go to for touch up.

http://www.eastwood.com/eastwood-professional-custom-graphics-airbrush.html

I have multiple tips for mine.

Tom

 

[mastercabman]

Well today was the test i ve been waiting for.A remodel job we did had a couple cabinets that had some rough/dented edges and somewhat not fully painted.Don't know what happened,shipping/rough handling,quality control?...  One was an oven cabinet and the other was a wall cabinet sitting on a counter top.
I took some 400 grit paper and started to smooth the edge.I then taped the cabinet nicely for overspray.I did 3 coats and turn out fantastic!
The homeowner was very happy with the result.I looked at the edge very closely to see if there was any imperfection and it was smooth.No orange peel effect.
So far so good,good product.and not too expensive.