Anyone rented Paint Sprayer (HVLP) from home depot......?

Question

Can you tell me how much does it costs to rent this thing?

Do I need to clean it before returning it?

Any other rental company rents this machine at better prices?

I am too lazy (that's why I need a machine) to call home depot.........please help.

Answer 1

I don't know where you live but there's a store in las vegas that caters to renting spray equiptment.  expect to pay at least 35+ a day.

i suggest a gravity feeding hvlp (where the cup is at the top rather than the bottom) as bottom feeds are annoying to replenish paint into the gun and is hard to see if you are running out.

and YES you do have to clean it you dont want to the paint to dry up and clog the gun the rental company WILL charge you for that.

if your painting something that needs an immaculate painting job to where it looks like glass DO NOT use an airless compressor. because they tend to spit if the tip gets clogged. and you will mess up your paint job.

if your painting a wall in your house do not use an airless either. commercial workers paint walls with an airless to save time on labor so therefore they use watered down cheap production paint to where your walls arent covered with an adequate amount of paint. it will just cause dust and overspray and clean up time you obviously dont want lol your better off rolling and brushing a wall.

i know that last part had nothing to do with your question but someone had mentioned the airless for painting a wall.  but it doesnt seem like you want the hvlp for painting any walls.

oh and cleaning a spray gun does not take 30 minutes. depending on the kind of paint you use latex water based throw some water in there and run the gun till clear water comes out of the gun. if your using oil/stain/enamel's use lacquer thinner do the same thing till it runs clear and voila you are done takes like 10 minutes. even for an airless it takes a couple of minutes.

Answer 2

My husband is in the paint company and he says he don't think they rent the hvlp at our Home Depot they only rent airless.He says if you happen to be painting walls with latex paint use the airless hope this works!

Answer 3

If you are to lazy to call and check prices you are much to lazy to even use the sprayer!

Yes you do have to clean the unit unless you want to pay for damages by leaving it filled with paint. Cleaning after use properly takes about 30 minutes.

Answer 4

go and buy as much paint as you need .

then throw it in the garbage at least your project won't look as bad as if you painted them and didn't know how to pick up the phone and no rental charge...

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