Astro Pneumatic Tool 4008 Spray Gun with Cup - Red Handle 1.8mm Nozzle

After buying this and leaving in the box for 2 years I thought let’s give this thing a try . I was hesitant at first . I paint furniture and have always used special brushes . Well this baby is a game changer . What an amazing paint sprayer . I love this thing . I may still use brushes. But for right now I’m on a roll with This sprayer for the price you can’t beat it

Very happy with my purchase. Works amazing for our needs, easy to fill up doesn’t leak and the nozzle is perfect for our glue application. I was looking for the 6 ⭐️ button, but looks the 5 ⭐️ is the best i can do. Thank you.

I bought the gun after reading every review. I used to spray cars in a body shop and when my primer suction gun of 20 years finally went I researched this one. Honestly after running a gallon of automotive primer thru the gun it took almost as long to get the darn thing dialed in as it is very awkward with adjustments that are hard to find a happy spot. When I first got it I washed it in thinner to clean out a bunch of dust and debris from the box. I had to tighten all the nuts as the packings were all loose. Again, it took a while but it does spray automotive primer pretty good with the proper attention. Right out of the box it needs some love; just so you know. If I had to do it again, I probably would not buy this gun. I would spend a bit more and try a different model. Astro was the model I owned before and their quality was always good so felt safe buying it. Heck, I got 20 years from the last one. I'm sure this one will not go that long as the needles are 1/2 the diameters and it does not feel comfortable while spraying. I am used to spraying with this type of gun and this particular model just feels cheaply designed.

I'll post some pictures soon. I am currently refinishing cabinets in a luxury home. I say that because I was scared to repaint my high end quality built cabinets but my wife wanted them updated. The only issue I had as a first time sprayer was dialing the unit in. Be patient, take your time and once it is adjusted properly it is just an incredible little sprayer. I am spraying with latex paint and I thinned it based on several youtube videos. Finally it is easy to clean once you realize that it is necessary to clean out all the 'holes'...buy it. Oh running a small 15 gl compressor and it does the job.

After rolling and brushing 5+ coats on my nightstand, and with multiple colors of paint had issues with bleed while doing the clear coat - I started researching sprayers. I already have an air compressor, so I bought this one to repaint my headboard to match (and for a list of other projects). The clean up is easy as pie, but I'm having a heck of a time getting a decent sized spray pattern. I haven't researched it again yet (will soon) - it's great for smaller projects, but this one is taking longer and requiring more coats than I expected. Still - the headboard frame turned out AMAZING, super smooth and consistent coverage - but the 2 panels surrounded by the frame wound up kind of textured, I suspect from overspray (sanded down smooth easily, so no biggie). I'm using white chalk paint - so that could be part of my issue, but I'll be much happier once I work out the kinks and get a larger and more consistent spray pattern.

The listing claims this gun "sprays nearly everything on almost anything," but when you get the gun the directions say it is designed to "spray enamels, lacquers, stain and primers" and to not "use this spray gun outside of the designed intent." I had purchased this to spray on interior latex paint but am now contemplating returning it. Reading reviews I see some have had success by thinning latex down while others end up with a gun that won't work doing that. It should clearly be stated in the description that it isn't designed for spraying latex.UPDATE: I didn't return it and decided, like some of the reviewers said worked, to thin the paint out with 10% water and it worked, although not as good as it would with oil based paints. I suspect those who say it worked 2 or 3 times with latex paint and then stopped working didn't clean the gun as good as they should have, or took breaks in their working with it allowing some of the paint to dry within the gun, gumming things up. it's definitely not designed for latex but it was faster than using a brush on my basement ceiling. I'll up my review from 2 to 3 stars, but I still think the product listing is misleading.

I bought this specifically to paint a graphic stripe on a motor home. I used an Behr exterior latex diluted with 25% water which worked flawlessly but in retrospect, I think 20% dilution would have worked just as well and required less passes, (the paint was very thin). The compressor used was a 6 gallon Rigid pancake compressor set at 50 psi. No problems what so ever keeping up. Most people say that you need a 30 gallon compressor but the 6 gallon worked fine for me. Additionally, people said that you need a 1/4" hose. I bought one but didn't use it. I used a 3/8" 50' hose. Again no problems. I used an inline water and oil separator as well. I had some over spray to clean up but that was my fault not the gun. My only semi negative is that it gets a little heavy after awhile but not heavy enough to take a star away. Clean up was very easy. Can't speak to the long term but short term, my experience was very positive. I will probably look for more reasons to use it again. Highly recommend.

The only slight negative is that the air volume regulator is too easy to turn. Might be nice if it were spring loaded or something so that it took more deliberate effort to adjust. I find the edge of my palm contacting it and changing the air volume when I'm working in tight spaces. But for "normal" painting, it is wonderful.