Spraytech 0518080 Control Spray Max Corded Hvlp Paint Sprayer, 120 Vac, 5 A, 510 W, 80 Cfm, 2.7 Psi, 19 L D by 12-Inch H, Multicolor

I bought this quite awhile back (a little over a year ago), so I have used this item a lot. I now have a more expensive (10X the cost) HVLP rig, but I have found that this little Wagner gun is so MUCH more VERSATILE and EASIER to use, that I use this one more often than the expensive one. I can spray oil-based paints and primers, as well as water-based products, with hardly any effort. Cleaning up is fast and easy, too. You CAN get a 100% perfect, professional finish IF you take your time, read and re-read the manual, and you practice with it, first. Do not expect to pull it out of the box, fill it, spray with it, and have perfect results. I suggest that you gather lots of cardboard and buy a can (quart or gallon) of cheap paint (the same type as your first project requires (water- or oil-based)). Then, buy the appropriate diluent (read the paint can), the compatible additive (i.e., Penetrol for oil-based paints and Floetrol for water-based paints). While you're at the paint store (or you are on Amazon.com) pick up some medium size (pertaining to particle filtration size, not overall size) disposable paint filters. My two spray painting mantras are, "Practice does make perfect!" and "Paint additives can make ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD between a professional-looking paint job, and just an awful looking paint job!" That's it in a nutshell, but I've written at length about the first time I used this sprayer. If what I learned can help you get great results on your first project, it may be worth the time it takes to read: My first project was not the smartest one to choose as a first project to paint with a spray gun. It was the wainscoting and trim in my dining room. But, it came out so perfect, that even after a year, the glassy, smooth, sprayed surfaces still impresses me so much, I cannot believe I did them! But, back then, I didn't know any better, so I thought I would just start right in with the painting, buying the exact same paint and color (Sherwin Williams Alkyd) the installers had used. I lightly sanded all of the wainscoting and trim, as best I could, to scuff up the surfaces. I also used a liquid deglosser, since sanding detailed trim is thankless, tedious work. But, most of all, I spent a lot of time caulking (using PAINTABLE caulk) areas that had pulled apart from "settling," or that were not properly caulked by the installers in the first place. I let the caulk dry thoroughly. Actually, it was all the cracks and crevices in the joined edges of the woodwork caused by improper (or complete lack of) caulking, and some due to settling, that had caused the need to paint the trim and wainscotting. Next, I started in with the viscosity tests. I used paint thinner first, but then I read up on additives. So, I switched to using a combination of paint thinner and Penetrol (by Flood, purchased at Lowes). I can't recall the exact ratio of paint thinner to Penetrol I ended up using, but I think it would be safe to say about half and half. Of course, paint thinner was what my product called for as a thinning agent. Paint additives, like Floetrol and Penetrol, help produce a smooth, glassy finish. The additives can help make up for a multitude of sins! For example, if you did not properly adjust your air/paint flow, you could end up with a painted surface that has an orange peel texture (a common problem). If it's not too bad, the additives themselves can make that problem completely disappear! But, that's not too surprising, because one of their purposes is to reduce, or eliminate, brush marks! Once I had all of my paint thinner and Penetrol added in order to achieve an acceptable viscosity test, I was alarmed at how much I had diluted the paint! I had definitely diluted it beyond what the manufacturer had recommended (as stated on the can). Thankfully, I was worried enough that I decided to practice on some cardboard, rather than on the dining room walls, first, as I had planned on doing after reading all of the positive reviews here, thinking I could just spray the walls and get great results! And, although it didn't take long before I was able to get a nice, smooth coating on the cardboard, I am really thankful I did! I would have been scraping and sanding walls, for sure! I also stood the cardboard up vertically, like the surface I would be spraying (vertical surfaces are much harder to spray without getting drips and runs), so I could get a feel for how much paint I could apply before getting runs. It wasn't very much! I had to keep the gun moving relatively quickly. But, by then, I had to send my husband back to Sherwin-Williams for another can of paint, just to be sure I would have enough paint! Before getting to the viscosity tests, though, I had basically turned my dining room into a giant spray booth, but without an explosion-proof fan mounted in the window! I covered the windows, ceiling, and upper walls with plastic, masking off all of the edges. I also taped plastic over the two doorways, masking around all of the edges of EVERYTHING. I used thick plastic drop cloths on the floor, but I goofed by not taping them down as securely as I should have. So, I had to stop and do some clean-up and remedial taping when I saw that the air coming out of the nozzle was blowing up the edges of the plastic! Naturally, I used a respirator, and was covered head-to-toe in disposable painting attire. The air was thick with paint mist when I did paint. But, I expected that in the enclosed space. I put on a total of four coats, as I thought with all of the diluting, they would be thin coats. They were, but I wouldn't say that was a bad thing! I don't own a mill gauge (something I just recently learned about!), so I couldn't tell you how thick each coat was, but they were thick enough to cover bare wood without being transparent enough to see the wood grain show through, but not so thick that it would cause runs or drips. I always sprayed a small piece of cardboard, leaving it in the dining room, but near the opening, so I could easily check when the paint was dry enough to recoat, without touching the trim or walls themselves. It dried much quicker than I had anticipated, given all of the dilution. I did get a couple of runs, but I just sanded them off when the paint had dried enough to produce a powder when sanded, and not rub or rip. Of course, I sprayed these areas again. Even with the massive amount of prep work required (most of it would have still been required if I was brushing-on the paint, such as all of the caulking), the amount of time It took to spray, clean-up, dry, spray, clean-up, etc., was only a fraction of that time that would have been required for me to brush on all of the coats! The results were, as I said, spectacular. Today, the wainscoting and trim still look as fantastic as they did the day II had finished painting them. I was worried the dilution of the paint would have affected the wear or appearance of the surfaces, but it did not. So, I would never be afraid to dilute paint more than stated by the manufacturer on the can. Not being a paint professional, I do not know how they arrive at those figures, but for myself, I would always dilute the product according to what is recommended in the sprayer manual (using viscosity cup and timing the flow), and not what is stated on the can. But, I always read the can of the product I am using, because it tells me what to use in order to thin the product (the diluent). For oil-based PRIMERS, I use only the recommended diluent or solvent, and I omit the additive (Penetrol). To date, I have not used water-based PRIMERS, but I would probably only use distilled water for the diluent (unless the can stated to use another type of diluent, that isn't water). A shellac-based PRIMER would probably call for denatured alcohol as the diluent. Again, always defer to the can/manufacturer for the diluent to use, but defer to the sprayer manual for the proper dilution rate (using the viscosity cup). For water-based paints, I use a mixture of one part distilled water and one part Floetrol (50-50) to dilute the paint. I also use a medium filter for all paints and primers, and it is the last thing I do before I spray paint. Disposable filters are cheap, so I use a fresh, new filter when I fill or refill my sprayer cup. If I fill the cup three times during a project, I've used three filters. I always gather some cardboard to use to warm-up on, and, most importantly, to help me fine-tune the settings on the sprayer, so that I achieve the best finish possible. If your paint is properly diluted, and your spray is properly adjusted, I just don't think you will be ever be unhappy with the results. Thoroughly cleaning up your equipment as soon as you are finished painting is also extremely important. If you have a tiny, dried, speck of paint in the nozzle, you will not get good results. I have found those really thick pipe cleaners (oh, excuse me, I mean CHENILLE STEMS) are invaluable as an aid to cleaning out the inside of the slanted plastic tube that is inserted into the paint cup. Some other tips I've learned include spray painting early in the morning, when there is less likely to be a breeze, if I am painting something outside. Avoid spraying in direct sunlight, too. Finally, if there is a result that is not to your liking, Google it to find a solution to the problem. I have learned so much from doing this, and watching Youtube videos, too. If all else fails, call the manufacturer because there is always a small chance you could have a defective part that needs to be replaced. Dilute and practice with your cheap practice paint. If you can achieve a great finish on your cardboard (make sure the cardboard has a smooth surface to begin with, too!) using your cheap paint, you will surely be able to get an amazing finish with your higher quality paints and finishes.

The wife and I bought a 2,000 square feet "fixer-upper" and had all new eaves and cedar siding installed. After getting the quote for staining the siding and eaves ($10k) I decided to save some money and stain the siding myself. How hard can it be, right? After scrubbing the siding with a little wood brightener (a must-do for cedar siding), and taping off the windows and trim, I started applying stain with a brush. Ten hours later, I had completed about 15% of my siding. Wow, only 85% more to go. Looks like I'm not going anywhere on vacation this summer. In addition to the time, my arms and shoulders were fatigued and I certainly didn't relish the thought of doing the same thing the next day. I immediately went inside, started researching sprayers, and settled on this unit. The unit is very easy to set up. It takes less than a minute and requires no tools. I can't speak to how the unit works with latex paint, but it works like a dream with stain. You have to spend a little more time taping and masking EVERYTHING that will be near the sprayer. The overspray is pretty well constrained by the unit but you will definitely get a little spray that misses your target area. Taping and masking is a must! Don't expect to just put a 2" piece of painters tape on the edge of the trim closest to the siding. You will have to cover the entire window AND seal the edges with tape. If you have any prize-winning azaleas in front of your house, cover those too. That being said, once your done taping/masking, the actual spraying takes about 1/5 to 1/10 of the time that a brush takes. And it is sooooo much more fun than using a brush. AND SOOOOO much less fatiguing than using a brush. There's no pushing stain into corners or going over the same spot 3 times with a brush. The sprayer just lays down the stain. You WILL have to back brush a little. This means that you will spray on the stain to saturation and smooth the stain into wood with brush. It fixes the inevitable drips, puddling, sags, etc. It sound like you're doing twice the work but trust me, you're not. SMOOTHING out stain with a brush takes about 1/10 of the effort and time as APPLYING stain with a brush. The paint/stain container used on the sprayer seems small when you look at it and it does empty out fairly quickly. The reason it empties out quickly is because you coat so much of your project so fast that OF COURSE its going to empty out quickly. The reason a gallon of paint/stain seems to last longer when you're using a brush is because you aren't moving fast enough to use much. My only (very minor) complaint is that the hose did pop out a few times. No big deal, it pops right back in and doesn't hurt anything in the process. In my opinion, clean up takes the same time as using a brush. Unless you're using disposable brushes and just throwing them away at the end of the day, you have to clean your brush just like you have to clean this sprayer. For the oil-based stain I was using, I simply saturated a paper towel in mineral spirits and wiped down the machine. After that I emptied the remaining stain from the sprayer's container back into the can and filled the container about 1/3 full with mineral spirits. After vigorously swishing the container, I turned on the sprayer until the spray ran clear. Finally, I took apart the spray head (by hand, no tools necessary, takes about 10 seconds) and put them in some more mineral spirits. After wiping down the parts, I put humpty-dumpty back together and shoved him in his box. One last thing (and remember, I can only speak to using stain with this sprayer), no thinning was required. I just poured the stain directly into the container, attached it to the unit, and away I went. I HIGHLY recommend this machine!

I bought this HVLP sprayer because I wanted to be able to spray finish on furniture, walls, decks, driveways, etc. instead of the old roll-on method. Based on advice from sources I trust, this seemed like a good entry-sprayer for a homeowner/DIYer/hobbist like myself. For the price, it was worth a shot. So far, I've sprayed stains, paints, lacquer and sealer with this product. I'm no professional yet, but the results are definitely worthwhile. The spray-head design is much like the more-expensive professional sprayers, except it's made of plastic, as is the entire handle/nozzle set. Features that let you fine tune your max spray amount and blower speed are simple, but effective. Cleanup is relatively easy since the entire handle/nozzle/cup assembly breaks down into a few pieces that have relatively few nooks and crannies your gloved fingers and get to. I won't give advice on how to operate this particular model or review its longevity since other reviews can fill you in there and I haven't had it long enough to where parts need replacing (ie. filters). So far I'm enjoying having this tool. It's allowing me to tackle finishing projects I've put off and one's I previously would never even consider doing in the first place. While there's a little over-spray to deal with the fact that it's a HVLP sprayer instead of a spray kit with a compressor tank leads to much less material loss and more control. My only complaints have been that the spray head assembly is all-plastic, so when I need to use oil-based solvents, I noticed some of the material corroded when it sat too long. As I understand it, the step up to all-metal and better air filtration is a couple hundred dollars, so I guess you get what you pay for. A longer hose or shoulder straps for wearing the blower would have been nice for when I was sealing my driveway and deck, but I was able to get by without too much hassle. A larger cup would have been nice to have for these larger projects, but they only required a few refills, and I imagine the sprayer assembly would have been much more fatiguing with the additional weight. At least they give you a larger cup for times like these. For those who aren't going to spray day-in and day-out or someone just trying it out, I can definitely recommend this product. It has control features you're not going to find with compressed air or aerosol can methods and comes in at a reasonable price. If you have finish work with irregular, non-flat surfaces, this type of sprayer can cut down on your time and do a better job applying an even coat than a brush or roller ever could. Cleanup is no-worse-than if not easier-than that for brushes or rollers.

I have had the unit for a month now and have used it for its intended purpose, to paint my kitchen cabinets. I read all the comments here and took all of them to heart, as Amazon buyers always give the most helpful remarks. I was hesitant, and a bit apprehensive, as the only spray painting I had ever done was in a can. A home DIY'r to the max, this was new to me. I went ahead and purchased it and it's one of the BEST purchases I have made! Here's some methods I used. Using Behr Ultra latex paint and primer, what worked best for me was adding just 1 cup of water to the entire gallon, and I don't really think I needed to, as straight from the can, the sprayer did very well. I just wanted to extend the paint a bit and make it a bit thinner. I set up a "paint booth" on an enclosed porch with lots of windows, started with one cabinet and took off the doors, everything out of the drawers, etc. By the time I got one section done, I was painting in the kitchen, leaving the doors on and just masking off the insides. The sprayer worked that accurately for me. Once you play with the settings, you can be very accurate as to where the paint goes, with little overspray. I used cheap, $1.00 red poster board, as the paint was white and I could get the best idea of how the paint would go on. I cut the posterboard to the size of the inside of the cabinets, (I did not need to paint the insides), taped it and voila..done in a jiffy! I also used the posterboard, held in one hand behind the doors, while painting with the other hand so no overspray would go anywhere but on the doors. I have the air set as a bit less than medium and painted about two-three inches away from the cabinets. l did used plastic to cover the counters, tv, etc., and did get a bit of overspray on a window, but nothing big and it came right off. My bad..I got much better after this! I painted three coats per "section" (we have a large kitchen), and then two coats of poly the next day..the poly required much less air, but went on perfectly. I did not thin that at all. I took my time, let the coats dry 11/2 hours in between, and they came out beautiful! One thing I had going for me is that we are having a new floor installed, so I didn't obsess about getting any overspray on the floor at the bottom of the cabinets, which isn't much. This machine will work wonderfully for you, take your time, experiment with it, posterboard is great to use in a contrasting color with painters tape. Keep a paint brush around, in case you see some drips so you can blend in. If I had any poly drips, I used the paint brush that had white paint on it and it blended perfectly! Can't wait for summer to get here...Spring, even, so I can move out to refinish the decks. BTW, very, very easy to clean, much quicker than trays, brushes, etc. I highly recommend the Wagner HVLP sprayer! Make sure you have windows open and wear a mask the 3M07192 is great for this. Have fun and Good Luck! Before and after pics

I have never used a paint sprayer before. I have used spray paint in the past but never had good luck with it because I always ended up with uneven results that had runs. I installed some new baseboard over carpet and wanted to paint it after it was installed. This would be an extremely difficult task using paint brushes, hence my desire to purchase a paint sprayer. Wagner makes several paint sprayers with mixed reviews, although the vast majority of people liked this sprayer including myself. I got some masking paper and used a drywall taping knife to carefully tuck the paper between the carpet and baseboard. I then got ready to spray a very thick primer which had the consistency of pancake batter. I added the equivalent of 16 ounces per gallon of distilled water (no conditioner). It was still very thick but this unit had no problems spraying it. I completed over 60 feet of 6 inch baseboard in less than 30 minutes. I had no issues with runs and it was very easy to apply the primer evenly. During the painting, the hose came off the hand unit a couple of times causing a small stream of paint to land on the ground (not the baseboard fortunately). It would be nice if the manufacturer could make the connection tighter. The one issue I did have that I was not aware of was with a particular type of over spray. I always thought over spray was when the paint overshoots the target area and paints the adjacent area. With respect to this type of over spray, there was very little of it as the over spray was less than 6 inches on either side (I used a wide spray pattern). There is a second type of over spray that occurred. There were fine paint particles that did not adhere to anything and dried in the air. When I completed the project, there was a fine film of dry paint dust throughout the room. The dust was heavy and settled quickly and did not spread to other areas of the home. The dust was easy to vacuum (I used a HEPA vacuum to avoid re-spreading it), although I had to re-wash my bed spread and pillow covers. This was totally unexpected but then again I have never used a paint sprayer before. Therefore, goggles and a dust mask are a must as well as covering all furniture and belongings that can't easily be removed. Cleanup was extremely easy. After priming, I applied a coat of paint and diluted it to the equivalent of 8 ounces of distilled water per gallon per the paint manufacturer specifications. I also strained the paint. The paint was still thick but I had no problems spraying it. The finish result was nice but not as good as the results a professional painter can get using a high power airless sprayer and oil based paint; however this machine is very inexpensive for what it can do. I also would never rent a high power airless sprayer because they are dangerous and can cause injection injuries. The latex paint had a mild spray texture to it (not like the orange peel texture described by another reviewer) which is fine for baseboards but probably not as ideal for crown molding which are much more visible. For the crown molding, I want the finish to be as smooth as glass. I will likely use the sprayer to apply the primer and the first coat of paint (as the sprayer works much faster than I can hand paint) and will possibly do a finish coat using my Purdy paint brushes and latex paint with paint conditioners added to slow the drying time to get that final smooth finish. Per the manufacturer Q&A, this machine can be used indoors with latex paint even though the sticker on the unit states it is for outdoor use only.

If you're thinking about buying this is probably because you've never owned a paint sprayer before and wonder if it will make your life easier than painting with a brush. Answer- yes. There aren't really any serious drawbacks, even in the cleanup (think of what you have to do with brushes). It works well. The experience is, the paint goes on much more thinly than what you might have imagined; you won't cover an area with one pass the way you would with a brush. So you're in effect building up thin layers of paint as you go. As far as arm the motion of applying the paint goes, you'd have to be trying to make a mistake with this thing for things to go wrong. It's really no surprises kind of deal; the air blows, it takes the paint with it, the paint is pretty evenly applied without bubble spatters or suchlike. Back and forth a few times and viola, it's done. Now it's not a flipping airbrush, meaning, it doesn't apply paint with absolutely no trace of spattering whatsoever- you can't do infinite amounts of shading with it, but it doesn't need to be to paint walls, fences, furniture and still have a completely professional outcome. Perhaps that's what people pay 1000 dollars for when they buy better models, then again perhaps even that doesn't buy you that level of fineness. My point is, it's fine for interior / exterior painting and especially painting surfaces where a brush would make it a lot of work. We had a long fence that fit this description and it literally 1/8th the time it would have taken me. I used something called flocontrol which you can get at your big box. It supposedly makes the paint flow more freely. I can't say I needed it (I have never not used it). I just needed things to turn out right the first time and didn't want to take the chance I would have problems. Just reporting the facts of how I used it. Yeah this is going to change painting for me. It's just faster and better and above all else- how could I have left this out- terrifically more sparing of paint than a brush. I would not be surprised to learn you use half the paint or even less paint than you otherwise would have using a brush. The reason is, you stop applying paint layers when it looks right, whereas with a brush the first stroke already delivers too much paint to the area you put the brush down on and then you try to spread that excess around. Somehow this works out to be much more wasteful of paint than one supposes. Yeah go ahead and get it. Fact: I saved 35 bucks my first time using this because of the paint I didn't have to apply. I have a gallon of paint I never opened. I have to imagine it will continue to save me money going forward for the same reason. I expect it to pay for itself and then save me even more money over its lifetime. Be sure to clean it as per the instructions; you can see how it would cease to function if the small passages inside it where paint flows through and gets "atomized" would cease to function with dried paint stuck to them. You have to have a ready supply of flowing water with which to clean this soon after you're done. It puts that requirement on you. Some parts also need to be swished around in a little cup of water. This is not cumbersome or mysterious, and neither is taking it apart and putting it together. All in all a jolly good buy !

I bought this sprayer to apply stain to my cedar fence. My fence is a "good neighbor" type fence and is, therefore, a pain to stain. I tried one of those garden type sprayers and was totally disappointed in its performance. Took it back to Home Depot. I then hand stained one section of fence (130 feet) with two coats. This took me about 18 hours and my wife contributed about 10 hours. I wasn't going to do that again when I added another 42 feet of fence and needed to stain the back side of another 60 feet of fence. This Wagner sprayer did a decent job of applying the stain as long as the 48 ounce plastic cup was a least half full. After that it would tend to spit stain sporadically. Also, the lid will tend to leak if you don't screw it down very tightly. A good item to mention is that it is easy to disassemble and clean. I was using water based stain from Home Depot and it cleaned up with warm water and dishsoap. Bottomline, it did what I wanted it to do. Got the stain on the fence and cut down the time it took to get the job done. It probably cuts the application time by two thirds. I would spray about four feet of fence and then quickly work it in with a brush. I kept a bucket of warm water and soap nearby to keep the nozzle clean. I would estimate that with my type of fence I probably wasted 10-15% of my stain due to overspray. I applied two coats of stain to the newer section of fencing and one coat to the older section that still had some stain on it from when it was new. It does require frequent filling of the cup but that is no big deal. I must say that I would be hesitant to use the sprayer for any other type of job. I just don't think it is capable of evenly applying paint, etc. to anything requiring fine finish work. I could be wrong; I don't intend to use it for any other use except to stain the fence and maybe apply a coating of stain (or whatever) on my cedar deck. Even then, I would expect to backroll the deck finish. Possibly, paying $119 for what it does is too much but it saved me and my wife a lot of work.

My wife has been wanting to repaint our kitchen cabinets but is having difficulty talking me into doing them. She found the hvlp sprayers (never heard of them) and said how easy it would be with one. Curiosity got the best of me so I looked the sprayers up and was pretty convinced a $100 or less sprayer was a piece of junk. I had a small project that has needed painting so I figured I would order one and see if they would work. Could always send it back. Ain't Amazon great. I looked at a few and decided on this one, mostly because of the hose, figured it would be lighter than one with pump on sprayer, plus it had pretty good reviews. Bought some Behr Ultra semi-gloss latex enamel. Thinning suggestion on can said no more than 2oz. Per gallon. I thinned it, stirred it, strained it did a quick test on a piece of cardboard with pressure dial on medium, was satisfied so I started painting. I am really impressed with this little sprayer. Paint goes on very even with fine spray particles, no issue with runs and fairly fast. I could have thinned a little more for faster painting. Extremely easy to use and a beautiful paint job. You will never get this with brush or roller and not nearly a messy either. Very little overspray. I like the hose, it is very long, soft and very flexible. Cleaning the sprayer is very easy and simple. I dissembled the spray nozzel (4 parts to that, watch out for the little red washer) washed with water hose until no paint showing. Removed paint tube, washed it and cup with hose and used water hose and washed paint off of every part. Take about five minutes. Put it back together sprayed some water through it still works. Removed cup and stored in box until next time. Pictures are of first project. Wood is fairly rough so hard to see just how smooth the paint is, there is also a good bit of trash laying on deck from trees overnight. I did tape up the glass and other unpainted surfaces. Anyway this was the most fun I've ever had painting. Maybe I should say the least pain in the butt I've ever had painting.

I tried a cheaper 70$ sprayer/fan combo (forget the brand) and it works ok. But at high velocity or takes a while and doesn't pray a ton of paint. It also clogs up sometimes. This one is insane. You can spray a whole door in seconds and the spray zone is much larger. Adjustments for spray volume and fan speed is awesome. Only thing that sucks is the attached hose that is a bit of a pain and can get in the way. Love it

A pleasant experience with seller. I do recommend the seller and the product. Thanks

Llegó a tiempo y en buen estado. Es un excelente producto, es muy fácil de usar y sobre todo de limpiar, no hace tanto ruido Lo recomiendo ampliamente deja un acabado muy fino una vez que ajustas el chorro. Me tarde más en preparar el cuarto que en pintar con está herramienta

funciona bien, un poco difícil de utilizar, por las custiones de la velocidad del aire, supongo es aprendizaje, Una pieza venía suelta y se fue al interior de la maquina, por lo demás funciona muy bien

I live in the UK and couldn't find this model of Wagner Sprayer for sale here. Went ahead and purchased one, but obviously it isn't designed for the UKDM. I have now had a chance to test it (after writing an answer to another potential buyers question) by using an American to UK travel adapter. It powers up, but not comfortably. The UK voltage rate is far too high and I don't want to risk damaging it. The thing is, though, I really don't want to have to send this back as it's the one that I want, so will look into getting a transformer to step the voltage down first. Hopefully then it won't run hot. Would I recommend getting a Wagner Sprayer? Yes, definitely. Would I recommend getting one not designed for the UK? Sadly, no.