Wagner Control Pro 170 Paint Sprayer

I purchased the Control Pro 130 to paint my kitchen cabinets. Painting has always been a chore I despise and one of my least desired. These cabinets were originally stained and I needed to paint them white. The job consisted of 31 cabinet doors (including large pantry doors) and 13 drawer fronts. My desire was to achieve the smooth orange peel like finish you can only get from a sprayer.I built a frame and hung all parts using small hooks and clothes hangers. Over the coarse of 1 1/2 days I applied 2 coats of primer and 3 coats of acrylic enamel. Both the primer and paint had a 2 hour recoat time and although it was probably not necessary I flushed the unit and hose out each time and done a good cleaning on the gun and tip. In the end my results are near professional level and I actually enjoyed using the sprayer. Fact is, other than rattle cans I had never used a paint sprayer before.This is a fantastic sprayer that I'm betting in most cases will be better than the user. You will have a hard time finding a sprayer this good and like features for this price. There is a bit of a learning curve for those of us who have never used such a device. If you are looking for a sprayer that takes zero practice and you're a pro right out of the box, don't buy it. If you paint for a living and need a sprayer for commercial use you should considerable a more expensive model. I feel the Control Pro is for home use or at least jobs where the 1 1/2 gallon paint capacity and 25 ft hose is sufficient.This sprayer can lay a lot of paint down and do it fast! You better be moving when you start spraying. Stay still or pan too slow and you will get runs. With some practice I learned the speed at which I need to pan the sprayer to get a flawless covering of paint. The key here is to apply multiple thin coats. If you think you sprayed a little to thin in one area, don't go back over it, get it on the next coat. Going back during these instances were the only times I got runs and I learned my lesson quick.Some points to know: As mentioned, it will apply paint quickly. I can see how not moving quick enough and not holding the gun at a proper distance to your work can cause additional paint usage. Also, because the paint flows from the gun's nozzle in a fan or vee shaped pattern this may by nature may tend to use more paint. Additionally, airless sprayers are advertised as having no need to thin the paint...having no need and being desirable are very different. Sure you don't have to but I thinned my paint per instructions on the can and gained considerable more control over my spraying and believe it even looked better. Also, I've seen reviews saying you can't get accesories...this is not correct. I have bought cheap 20" and 40" extensions and they work just fine. With the exception of tips, I've found that most airless spray accesories are universal. I've also purchased Wagners roller attachment, roller pads and a straight sprayer gun which will be used with my extensions for some upcoming ceiling and wall projects. I got this idea from people posting on social media having sucessfully using this sprayer with these attachments. Wagner doesn't advertise accesories but yes, they are available. As far as cleaning, I didn't have any issues. Folks, YouTube how to clean this sprayer. You're having to clean up paint which is no different cleaning it off from this sprayer than anything else. As my project progressed I learned to prime, paint and cleanout the unit while minimizing my mess. This is another area that practice will improve your results. Lastly, although it was not excessive, I did get some overspray while using this sprayer. This may have been influenced by my lack of experience. Maybe I was too far away, not sure but I suggest planning on some overspray and prepare your area where you'll be painting accordinglyOverall I am completely satisfied with this sprayer and feel it will serve me well for years to come. I found the more I used it the better I got. I'm sure this will be true for you also. This sprayer was quite enjoyable to use and changes the ball game for me and my paint projects. I will be using this for several projects coming up including staining my wooden deck (tip 313), painting 3 bedrooms both walls and ceilings, rocking chairs on the front porch...you name it. Good luck and happy painting!

Works great! Easy to use. A lil bit of a pain to clean after use.

Great painting product for smaller project where you use less than a 5 gallon bucket due to delivery issues I couldn’t get this one but a friend of mine let me borrow his and I absolutely love it as soon as it’s on sale again I will buy it. I had to buy a smaller spray gun for the doors, which is absolute awesome. I love painting Wagner had always great products cleaning i takes the most time and prepping for it. You have to be on top of it. Overspray is just something you don’t wanna clean up. Enjoy it as much as I do have fun with it no matter if you are a beginner or probably somebody who is more experienced, but specially for beginners absolute awesome product easy to use easy to clean a lot of fun

I bought the 170 version because I wanted to spray some oil based primer as well as latex paint. I also think the all metal spray gun and longer hose is worth it compared to the 150 model.First time spraying paint. The unit is pretty easy to use, definitely read the manual first, get familiar with it. Overall, I'm happy with this thing and will get plenty of use from it.I had to thin the oil based primer a little, like a 10:1 paint to thinner ratio. I used zinsser cover stain bonding primer. I used mineral spirits to thin because I already had that on hand for clean up. I tried to spray the un-thinned primer, but the spray pattern was poor, kept clogging. I used both 515 and 517 spray tips, even the 517 clogged. After I thinned it just a little, it sprayed without issue.When it came to the latex paint, this thing rock and rolled. I didn't have to thin it, used the 515 tip. I used a Behr mid-grade paint + primer. I got about 280 sq ft per gallon of paint, following the recommended usage of 10-12 inches from the wall and 50% overlap. I recommend having some extra paint, it takes some just to charge the whole system and you might have some consumed in troubleshooting.If your feeding from a 1 gallon can, you have to check the level regularly. If the level gets to low and you get air in the system, you'll have to purge the hose line. It'll eat up you paint having to do that.I needed two finish coats. With some practice, someone might be able to get the coverage right with one coat.Cleaning was less messy than I expected, though cleaning up oil based is expensive. I went through 3 gallons of mineral spirits flushing it out, and the waste has to be put in containers and all that. For cleaning latex paint, I first flushed with 4-5 gallons of hot water, then with 4-5 gallons of soapy water, and finally rinsed again with 4-5 gallons of hot water. For day-to-day breaks in using it, I just left the whole system charged with water. When it's time to go again, you just drain the water, purge the line with paint and off you go.The long term storage part is kinda hard, it takes 3-hands to do it (one to hold a small container of oil, one to block the spray port, and one to turn the unit on), and you end up with some kind of oil in the lines. I'm going to rig something up for this next time.I'm looking forward to future painting projects, this thing is a huge time saver. I'll never roll a room again if I can avoid it.