Psychology of HVLP

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Graco 9.5 HVLP

Graco 9.5 HVLP

Painters have to understand that HVLP is a totally different spraying experience compared to airless. It is like the difference between downhill skiing and cross country skiing. Both are fun and productive exercises, and both involve skis, but that is where the similarities end.

Specifically, since most painters come from an airless spraying background, HVLP initially seems like a very foreign language on the equipment side. There is no pump, the gun and tip systems are completely different, and most of all, it seems like you are spraying in slow motion.

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Scott Burt

Scott Burt owns Topcoat Finishes, a high end residential paint company in Jericho, Vt. As a paint industry trainer, Scott and business partner Todd Pudvar run preptofinish.com - a site dedicated educating and training young painters and contractors. He is the author of the popular "From the Field" column in American Painting Contractor magazine.

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