Wagner Control Pro 130 Power Tank Airless Paint Sprayer

I had started painting my shed with rollers and brushes. A friend suggested I look at this sprayer. I spent 2 days brushing the grooves in the siding. then it only took about 45 minutes total spraying to finish priming. in all, I think I have about 3 hours of spraying to finish painting my shed!

I bought this unit to paint a 10'x20' wood utility shed that would have been difficult to paint with conventional brush/roller methods. Initial set up is not difficult. This sprayer works quite well but there is a definite learning curve. (I should add that I have a lot of experience with automotive type spray/gun painting.) I used a very high quality exterior paint from a professional paint store recommended for outdoor applications. What I quickly learned is I had to thin the paint much more than I would normally do...actually a bit more than recommended by the paint maker. This sprayer plugs up very easily, so thorough mixing and straining is the order of the day. Once I found what the sprayer was capable of (which was a bit frustrating) the job progressed nicely. I strongly recommend starting out with a small batch initially so the paint viscosity can be more easily adjusted. This sprayer is capable of very nice work and you can cover a lot of area quickly. There are a couple cons with this machine. The hose to the gun is not very good...it is a rigid springy plastic that always tries to coil itself back up. It works...but a better quality hose would be appreciated. Second, cleanup is no fun. I painted my shed on a unusually warm fall day so that caused paint to dry rather quickly. You have to clean up every speck of dried paint or it will plug the gun nozzle. The many little nooks and crannies all over this unit makes clean up very tedious. Overall I like the sprayer...for the price range it's capable of good quality work but it's not something I would want to use every day.

I bought this as I needed to get some exterior work painted before the weather turned on me. It worked great and sped the process up tremendously. And the coverage was great. Also able to paint right up to the trim with minimal overspray.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I recently used my Wagner Control Pro 130 Paint Sprayer to paint some interior rooms and a hallway in my daughter’s house that she recently purchased. Once set up and priming is done, the Wagner Control Pro 130 Paint Sprayer performed excellently with a smooth even finish laying down the paint nicely with little overcoating. The generous 1.5 gallon paint hopper allows you to work efficiently without a lot of stops to refill. In my case, I do not have a spray paint shield so I did the area where the ceiling and wall meet with brush and roller as well as the wall base. As with any paint sprayer, overspray is an issue and The Wagner Control Pro 130 Paint Sprayer is no exception, so be sure to shut off the HVAC and cover anything you do not want painted. Cleanup is a bit tedious and messy with a bit of paint loss in the process. However, this is a small price to pay for how efficient and effective the spraying process is over hand rolling and I assume the cleanup process would be about the same for any paint sprayer. Bottom Line - The Wagner Control Pro 130 Paint Sprayer performed flawlessly and provided professional results at a fraction of the cost of other commercial type paint sprayers. I look forward to my next project with my Wagner Control Pro 130 Paint Sprayer. As with any power tool, be sure to read and follow the enclosed use and safety instructions before use.

Works great! Takes a little work to get it primed. Would be nice to have control over the amount of paint coming out and also a swivel connection on the gun but overall works very well