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Equipment Rationale and Paint Benefits

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Painting VINYL Windows. Is it POSSIBLE?

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The choice of the Graco Ultra handheld sprayer was made due to its portability and the ability to knock down pressure with the FFLP tip, allowing the thin Multi-Surface Acrylic product to gel out without excessive thickness. This preserves window functionality. While an HVLP or air-assisted airless sprayer would be typical choices, the handheld unit was used due to immediate availability. This particular paint product is noted for being an excellent, high-performance option that promises durability, strong bonding, and fade resistance, needing minimal surface preparation.

Goal: Understand the benefits of the chosen equipment and paint product.

Tools and materials

  • Air-Assisted Airless Sprayer VariousAnother alternative sprayer type, offering a balance of speed and finish quality
  • Graco Ultra Handheld SprayerChosen for portability and controlled application
  • HVLP Sprayer VariousAn alternative sprayer type for fine finishes, typically used when available

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So, we kind of had an unusual situation. Uh, we decided to use a Graco Ultra handheld, which wasn't our choice. But why did we choose to use that? Um, chose to use this. I mean, one, just the portability. We're not going to need that much. We're going to use just over a quart total probably to do all of these windows. Um, two, I was able to knock the pressure down with that fine finish, low pressure enough, and the product in the ultra deep base is thin enough that it's going to gel out without building too many mills of thickness, and so the windows will all still be functional. We wanted to use an HVLP or an air assisted airless, but it wasn't in the cards today, so we made do. Unfortunately, it wasn't in the cards. That's another option. You can spray them with an HVLP. That is, um, what we typically would spray them with. Um, but we had this option of the Graco Ultra handheld to try today. So, here you can take a look. We're doing all these windows all around the house right here. And the product, the multi-surface acrylic product is absolutely amazing. And it's going to hold up really well. It's going to bond really well. The color is going to be very fade resistant. It's going to hold up excellent. So once again, um it's one of those products like John said, it just bonds to just about anything with little prep.

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