I just bought a Kobalt HVLP. I have never used a paint gun before... thought it was pretty straight foward. I'm using it w/ a 12 gallon compressor.


The problem, is that I can't seem to get a lot of paint out of it. I have the paint knob to the max, and the air output all the way up, but I get less out of it then a can of spray paint. I'm using Latex paint and tried watering down the mix according to the specs on the can of paint, but that didn't make a difference.

I can't even find nozzles for the gun - I want a flat, wide nozzle for painting walls - not the round one it currently has. I want to return it, but I want to make sure I'm not doing some stupid newbie mistake. So if you can think of something stupid I might be doing, please let me know.


Can someone recommend a good HVLP gun? This is going to be used mainly for home projects vs painting cars, so the finish doesn't have to be perfect. Cheap is good too =).

Sounds like you dont have enough PSI going to it.

Thin the paint more, latex is quite viscous.

Yes.. let it flow.. only through thinning of the paint will you realize that -- there is no paint.

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It is not the paint you are thinning, it is your past.
Do not look back at the past, but only forward into the future.


DON DON DON DONNNNnnnnn.. the plot "thickens"

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Yes.. let it flow.. only through thinning of the paint will you realize that -- there is no paint.


It is not the paint you are thinning, it is your past.
Do not look back at the past, but only forward into the future.


DON DON DON DONNNN.. the plot "thickens"



I definetly should not have asked this question on a Friday night...


I'll try thinning it even more, thanks for the tips.

I have a nice paint gun but zero paint skills. After returning my first gun, I found out that even though the box says 40 psi, it needs to be about 80 psi for anything to come out. :D