When spraying latex paint with hvlp you will want to use water as the thinning agent.
Hvlp nozzle for latex paint.
Floetrol is an additive not a thinner the latex will also have to be thinned with water usually 20 is enough.
Latex paint is pretty viscous so it will be important to choose the right tip so your hvlp gun that can properly atomize latex paint.
Wagner spraytech 0529010 flexio 590 handheld hvlp paint sprayer sprays unthinned latex includes two ispray detail finish nozzle complete adjustability for all needs 4 0 out of 5 stars 1 242 158 50 158.
When spraying latex please turn the fluid adjusting screw to limit the paint to a finer spray.
The 3 on the t70 t75g and m spray guns or the 4 on the gxpc needle nozzle jet setup is preferred for the best finish.
What you are painting is important to a certain extent but more important is what you are painting with.
Hvlp systems are not designed to spray heavier bodied latex paint.
The low volume low pressure material transfer allows paint to spread evenly on your project.
Instead use 100 acrylic enamel paint.
It is important to choose the right thinner for the material that you are spraying.
However with some understanding you can successfully do so.
Use a standard cone paint strainer when filling the paint gun cup.
Eastwood when spraying paint with a compressed air spray gun whether gravity feed or siphon feed conventional or high volume low pressure hvlp it s important to have the gun set up properly for the job.
In order to use a hvlp latex spray gun you must thin the latex paint out using water or flurotol a popular thinning agent for latex paints.
A hvlp spray gun for latex paint also uses less air than more conventional spray guns and up to 50 less over spray a hazard with airless spray guns.
This spray gun reduces overspray so that more paint sprays onto your mural or car while using 40 lower air consumption.
How to select the right tip for your paint gun posted.
December 17 2015 by.
Short video on how i m spraying latex with a hvlp gun with a 2 2 tip.
Choose the right tip.
The opening on a standard hvlp nozzle is 1 4 millimeters and can be clogged with very small bits of debris.