GracoUltra Cordless Airless Handheld Paint Sprayer 17M363

This machine is awesome, I painted the exterior of my home and garage quickly. I dont think it was designed for such a big job but it worked great for me. I hate painting but this sprayer makes it kind of fun. A few tips that helped me , if the sprayer keeps sputtering and wont spray check the filter screen, its clogged with paint film. What I started doing was wiping it with my finger at each refill. Another thing is if it is spraying fine but you can see big droplets on the surface you're painting check the blue tip shield. Paint builds up after a little and blocks the spray pattern which causes those paint globs. Also I noticed that after cleaning it some water remains in the sprayer so when you go to use it again that little bit of water thins out the paint which cause air to get back in to the cup a little easier and it will drive you crazy. It will work normal again after that little bit of water gets flushed out while painting. What I started doing was tapping the trigger on the sprayer a few times to try and pump out as much water as possible before attaching the cup of paint. The most important thing is cleaning the gun. I didnt want dried up paint clogging up the pump so what I would do is turn the sprayer upside down and pour water from my water hose directly into the inlet of the sprayer and pull the trigger until the water came out clear. I would do that on both spray and prime settings. Using a tooth brush to clean all the little attachments helps a lot. I'm done spraying my house and the sprayer is still working great, I'm not sure if its because the care I take in to cleaning it but I'm sure that's helping. I bought a good quality exterior paint from HD that has a primer already mixed in so it was pretty thick and I sprayed it with the pressure setting at 3 1/2 and that worked great, no need to thin down. I would say the one and only downside to this sprayer is the small 32oz cup. I had to stop and refill a lot!! So a bigger cup would be nice but the sprayer made the job so much easier it wasnt to big of a deal.

I bought this spray gun to shoot the 72 inch wainscoting that I built into my master bath remodel. It did not disappoint. I did use the tip it came with, which is for a 12 inch pattern. While I had a large area to do, that tip would seem to be overly large, but in the end, did a really nice job (I bought a 6 inch tip that didn't do as well).I did use a very high end Benjamin Moore semi gloss latex paint, and the spray finish was superb. No runs with the 12 inch tip, but again - it is wide and I did mask off the walls and floor.It does take some time to clean after use - and is best done with a garden hose so you can keep running water into the cup to spray through it to clean it.The dewalt battery is a plus as I have those already for my drills and a 6 inch battery dewalt circular saw.Amazing gun.Of note - this is a higher grade gun than the one's sold at the local retail home improvement stores. Read the Graco reviews on the differences. That is why I bought this model.

I have been a painter for over 20 years, but never embarked on a job using a sprayer. This one came highly recommended so I was excited to use it for repainting my kitchen cabinets.I thought it would make the job so much easier! Well, it did nothing but!! Prior to use, I watched several instructional videos and read the entire manual.When all prep was complete, I started in!After only a couple of minutes of use, the motor shut off.I though perhaps it was clogged, nope!Maybe I didn’t shut it tight enough or the threads weren't lined up properly…no again! Or maybe I didn’t squeeze out all of the air, so I checked again to make sure.Every few moments the motor would shut off only to find there was a substantial amount of air in the flex liner each time. After hours and hours of use and continually having to evacuate more air at the Vacu Valve, I finished the primer coat. Once I cleaned the entire sprayer of remaining paint, I discovered It wasn't sealing properly at the site where the cup cover and cup support connect causing air to seep in which shut off the motor.Imagine my disappointment spending so much money on this product and so much time only to have completed the primer coat!!!

This sprayer has been a great investment. If you keep the insides clean and well maintained, this sprayer will continue to work well. The battery life lasts about an hour, which coincidentally is about a gallon of paint. I do have a battery on charging rotation just in case.