i have been spraying paint on my furniture makeovers for years now but i've always used
a gravity-fed pneumatic gun that requires a huge air compressor and i get asked every day about
electric options for spring so today i'm going to be working on a couple of smaller pieces
that have been kicking around in my garage and trying out the wagoner flexio
590 electric sprayer for the very first time
welcome or welcome back if this is your first time here my name is katie i am a full-time furniture
flipper finding pieces of furniture that are worn out outdated giving them a whole new lease on life
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and tap that subscribe button these two little tables are what i'm going to be working on in
this video i have a sofa table or entryway table and a tiny accent table that are both in desperate
need of some leg repairs and a little freshen up starting with the sofa table i need to glue
and clamp these legs and bring everything back together so this table is not wobbly
i flipped the table upside down and squeezed some wood glue into these loose spots
and then i just let gravity do its thing and pull it down through the joint
i put one of my giant clamps across the base and tightened it as much as i could
then i used a blunt-tipped syringe with some more wood glue to get it
into the other spots where it hadn't already dripped down and added another
clamp to hold everything nice and tight while it makes a strong bond
this little accent table is also in need of some gluing and clamping
luckily i've got access to the screws that hold all of these legs on
so i just need to pop some more glue into the dowel hole and re-tighten all the screws
next i'm going to address the top of this sofa table it is a gorgeous veneer but it definitely
needs some love and i can see from this side view that i have a nice thick layer so i should
be safe to sand off the old finish and stain without damaging anything i added some 100 grit
sandpaper to my small surf prep sander and worked away at removing all of this old failing finish
once i was done with that initial sanding i noticed that there was a section along the
edge that was loose i used a box cutter to very gently pry up the veneer as much as i could and
then with that handy little glue syringe i squeezed some glue in there to re-secure it
i got that clamped down and left it to dry as well
once all of my repairs were dry i continued sanding the top with some 150 grit sandpaper
to smooth it out and start getting it ready to re-stain i also scuff sanded the base of
the table to get that ready for paint because this table is so detailed i used a medium grit
foam abrasive to help me get around all of the rounded spots without grinding anything flat
this is a task that i definitely do by hand if i didn't have this foam sanding option in fact
after i removed the handle from the smaller table i did just that scuffed it up by hand
i gave everything a quick wipe down with a damp microfiber cloth to remove any of that sanding
dust and then i was ready to prime this is the wagner flexio 590 which is an electric turbine
sprayer it comes with two cups and two nozzles the larger cup and eye spray nozzle are for large jobs
like fences or walls and this detail nozzle is for smaller pieces like furniture projects
so that's what i'll be using today i'm using my favorite zinzer bin shellac base primer and i'm
hoping that i can clean this stuff out of this gun easily i have had issues getting it all the
way cleaned out of my pneumatic guns because they don't break down as far and it's hard to get into
all the teeny tiny spots so the stuff gets stuck and i should also note that this primer will seize
up and turn rock solid if it comes into contact with any water so just make sure that whatever
you're pouring it into is completely dry before adding this primer i'm going to be spraying in a
downward direction for these tables so i made sure that this little pickup hose was pointed downwards
to the tip of the gun so that it can pick up the product out of the bottom of the cup while it's
tilted forward then i just attached the turbine and i can adjust my spray settings i read through
the instruction manual and i think i need to have this x boost dial at a three or four and i
adjusted my trigger dial that controls the amount of product coming out to about the middle position
this sprayer setup does come with a big test sheet that you can tape up onto your wall and test out
your sprayer settings to make sure that you've got everything dialed in before you start at
your piece but i like to live on the edge so i'm just gonna go straight in and hope for the best
i tried to keep the gun about six to eight inches away from the table and moved it back and forth
slowly to get a feel for the flow of the primer i'm personally used to using a gravity fed style
gun and i can tilt that a little bit without disrupting the flow of paint but i had to remind
myself that this gun doesn't allow for that you really need to keep it straight and you can rotate
the nozzle if you need to change the direction of the spray pattern i did notice that the wagner is
a little splattery or the mist is just not as fine as i'm used to with my other gun so it was really
important to pull the trigger away from the edge and let it spit for a second or two before going
ahead and moving it across the piece it did all level out pretty well while it dried but i did
definitely see the difference this primer dries really fast so as soon as i was finished priming
the bottoms of both tables i flipped them over and sprayed another coat on the tops
as soon as i was done with the primer i removed the turbine from the gun
and emptied any leftovers back into the can like i said this stuff does not like water
it requires ammonia for cleanup so i poured a little into the cup and swished it around
then i came into my sink and broke it down all the way making sure that the ammonia got onto
every surface before i added any water into the sink and then i could just rinse it out
i let the primer dry for about an hour and then i came back and smoothed out what was
left of that textured finish with a fine grit sanding pad and got ready for paint
i need to reassemble my clean gun and that was really easy to do i've chosen melange mineral
paint in the color old soul gray for these guys i gave it a good mix up and then poured out the
entire pint into my sprayer cup then i reattached the turbine and started to spray my color
i kept my spraying settings the same for the paint the x boost dial is at a four and the trigger dial
is about halfway in and that seemed to work really well again the mist was not as fine as
i'm used to but melange does level itself out really well so it wasn't an issue
once i had the small table done i wanted to open up the gun and take a look at
how much paint i had left i think i've got enough to finish the larger table as well
but this gun does seem to use slightly more product than my
pneumatic sprayer not a ton more material but i can definitely notice a difference
i ended up getting great full coverage with two coats of paint
so i cleaned out my sprayer again and let everything dry out overnight
the next morning everything was really smooth and dry and i was ready to seal these guys up
i'm using a verithane diamond wood finish in a satin sheen it's really important to give your top
coats a thorough mix before you use them so i did that and then added it into my clean sprayer cup
this top coat is the thinnest of the products that i'm using on these projects so i turned the
x boost dial down to a three and held the gun just a little further away from the surface so i didn't
end up causing myself any drips again it was super spattery so every time i pulled the trigger
i had to wait a full second for it to get all those really big droplets out before
pointing it at my project i ended up spraying three total coats of varithane over both
tables waiting about an hour in between and if you have any roughness between coats you
can give it a light sand with a super fine sandpaper before applying your next coat
before i'm done with these i want to stain the top of this sofa table i'm using minwax oil-based
stain in a special walnut and so carefully applying it with one of the kids old socks
i took my time to get right up to the edge of my paint without touching it
and then i let my stain dry overnight again and used another clean old sock to apply
three coats of this wipe on satin poly i'm using this top coat over the stain because it was oil
based and this is an oil-based topcoat you want to try and keep water-based products
with water-based products and oil-based with oil-based whenever you can this product will
also amber a little bit over time so it's great to use over wood but not so great over paint
all in all i think the wagner flexio 590 system is a great beginner friendly option for anyone
that is looking into spraying their furniture but not necessarily interested in the investment
in money or space involved in having a giant air compressor like i've been using i really love how
easy it is to break down and clean out especially with that shellac based primer that i love so much
it can be really tricky to get out of equipment and that just wasn't an issue with this gun i am
definitely going to continue using this sprayer on my next few projects so that i can get to know
it a little bit better and hopefully troubleshoot some of these spitting and spattering that i was
having issues with today but i am very impressed with the smooth professional finish that i was
able to get thank you so much for hanging out with me again today and i will catch you guys next time
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