Customer Reviews

Wagner 500007 Handheld Airless Multi-Sprayer

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I purchased this item from Menards in Wisconsin, it came already assembled and ready to go, I followed the instructions and completed
the required operation assembly, I applied a little oil prior to my first test and everything worked pretty good, what you have too do with the stuff your spraying is to ensure its really thin or well liquified prior to operation thats when it works best.

i bought this gun for painting my truck. i used rustoleum pro flat black mixed halfway with oderless mineral spirits to thin it out and help it flash/ dry faster. this gun was excellant.
things to know about the gun

when spraying the hood of my truck or the roof while the gun is at a 45 deg angle downward you will get drips out of front of the gun where the paint canister screws on. just watch the drips so it dosnt land on your work. i would spray the gun across the hood with 2 quick passes then wipe the front of the canister with a rag to keep it to a minimum.

also keep this gun full of paint it sprays on great but after 1/2 or 3/4 is used the gun will spit on the paint just refill then ur good again.

the gun uses a plastic straw to suck the paint into the gun sometimes the straw falls out of the gun loose in the canister and paint will then spit like its low on paint. just make sure its stuck in the gun tight.

all in all i got a great paint job out of this gun its way better than using rattle cans imo because i avoided the notorious black zebra lines that most flat black rattle jobs will leave.

the gun comes with a cleaning brush sort of like a 22. cal barrel brush. it did clean my paint gun but after cleaning it with left over spirits it was pretty much done the bristles wear off pretty easily.

this gun put a hole gallon of paint mixed with spirits on my truck. so after multiple coats and spraying over two gallons of paint/spirits well i say it was a good investment and i still have the gun for another project in the future if needed. i recommend it for anyone who dosnt have a serious air tool system set up.

Gee, Mr. Wagner's idea SHOULD work. After all, he's been selling these things for over 50 years. A little motorized piston, atomized droplets of finish, no compressor needed. Seems simple.

Sorry, Mr. Wagner, go back to the drawing board. This thing is so inconsistent, tempramental, unergonomic, and downright messy that mine's headed straight to the dumpster after its first outing. One minute it sprays beautifully. The next it hardly sprays at all. Fiddle with the volume dial. No effect. Clean the nozzle with turps. Then it shoots big drippy globs of paint. Turn the knob. Works OK again... for one minute, then back to square one. An entire afternoon of that, my porch is a mess, so am I, and my right arm's sore.

With all the fiddling, the sprayer ends up being no faster than a brush and pot... and a heck of a lot messier, what with the huge overspray and awkward container (especially when the thing's wet with paint). Poor coverage, wasted paint, plus it's heavier than sin.

Save your money.

Every time I tried to user the sprayer the piston would jam. The entire assembly had to be cleaned and put back together and it would work for another 2 minutes. Controlling the spray was almost impossible. I returned it for a refund.

At least I got one wall painted.

Bought this to do our nursery - first time I've owned one, but I've done a lot of painting before. Sprayer is heavy and noisy, even thought it's so small. Did a pretty good job once I got the hang of it. But hard to target the spray and get it even.

First use, this machine started to sputter when I was nearly done with one wall, so I thought the canister was out of paint. But when I went to clean it, the canister was still half full. I cleaned it thoroughly and put it back together, per the instructions, and called it quits for the night.

Next day, went back to finish with a second color on another wall and the sprayer won't spray. Anything. Took it apart, cleaned it again and it won't spray any paint. Motor makes a lot of racket, but it won't spray. Cleaned it twice, oiled it, etc - even had my wife clean it.

Checked the internet and alot of people hate these things. Wish I had known. Returning it and getting a couple of rollers. What a waste.

Every other paint sprayer I've seen used is pretty smooth and silent, but the Wagner multi-sprayer is a loud little beast. It sounds like a marginally muffled moped, and I had lots of paint drops going all over the place after 30 seconds of use.

I wish I had known what I was getting, because I might have purchased something else. I specifically bought this to paint the ceiling so I could rent out my excess rooms in the house, but now I think I'll stick with rollers.

I bought this item thinking it was very easy to use, but it is really hard, you hurt a thing or two to do so well, I recommend practicing on something that does not work, then do a neat job. noisy, and should use masks mandatory

I was unable to use the sprayer for more than a few minutes at a time. It would clog very quickly. I tried diluting the paint (white latex primer) by almost 50% and played with the size of the spray setting but nothing worked. Returned it for a refund.