Preval 267 Spray Gun

The Preval worked very nicely for my project - amazingly effective for what it can accomplish.The project: Re-painting about 50 square feet of bookcase surfaces.I wanted to make an old bookcase match some new cabinetry - the cabinets have a very nice sprayed-finish. I've spray painted before, on occasion, but did not have a sprayer. I researched new sprayers but did not want to invest in a dedicated sprayer for just this small job. Also, I was not sure that any small sprayer could do a good job. So, I was stuck with no solution in sight. Then I came across the reviews for the Preval and decided to give the Preval Sprayer a try. If it did not work out, I could always relegate the bookcase to garage use and seek another solution for the house.Setup: Preparations - painting basics.I prepared the bookcase and shelve surfaces by sanding the old paint to a smooth surface. I used a palm sander. Then I wiped, and cleaned, off the sanding dust very well.Priming - I primed using a brush.I set up a clean work area - breathable but not windy. I did not want to run out of Preval later on, so I applied a light primer-coating of paint by brush and lett it dry.Top-coat spraying: More preparations / basics.Cover anything you don't want overspray to land upon. As with other sprayers, "overspray" can land on everything within its range, such as your clothes, floor, surrounding objects and surfaces, etc. Although the Preval application range (nozzle to surface) is limited, the overspray range is larger and dependent upon factors in your environment. Determine that range in advance and protect surfaces that you do not want paint to land on at all.Do you know how to spray already?If you have no spraying experience, I'd suggest some practice - preferably using the same type of material you'll be painting. Be ready to sacrifice the practice material if needed. Also, when you start your project, start with the least-visible side if possible. Spraying for the first time is a learning experience. If you don't practice a bit, you can quite easily get bad results no matter which sprayer you use. Even a little practice will be better than none.Read the instructions.I reviewed the Preval instructions, which I found to be brief and clear. I mixed the paint and used a small container to carefully transfer it from the gallon can to the Preval sprayer glass bottle that holds just a few ounces of paint (no shaking they warn - avoid bubbles at all stages).Application / Spraying:Remember to follow the instructions - such as not shaking up the paint bottle (bubbles can end up on the finish).When spraying, you must hold the Preval container relatively upright (it draws paint from a straw in the paint bottle), Holding it upright can be tricky when you spraying other than a vertical surface. I set things up so I could lay the bookcase dry-surfaces-down, in stages - so do a bit of advance planning. As is desirable, I applied the top coat using both horizontal and vertical patterns, for coverage uniformity - but not overdoing it (you can get splotches or drips if you lay it on to heavily). It was a little tricky visualizing coverage as I went along because I was spraying white finish over white primer. But, during the spraying stage, I had the bookcase on a larger piece of strong cardboard that I could rotate it any way I wanted to get the light reflecting off the finish at angles to better see it.Some nice benefits: The small size of the Preval unit made it pretty easy to get into tight spaces. Also, you have no hose to manage.In all, the application part was fun.There was enough to do the job.I was able to paint the 50-square-feet of bookcase and still have a little bit of the Preval remaining in the can. Finally, it's even less expensive than some good-quality paint brushes. It was easy to clean up compared to cleaning brushes.The finish: The bookcase now looks better than ever !I like the result. The finished results are about as nice as I would expect with a nice quality airless sprayer.Would use it again!

This paint atomizer was an excellent suggestion for the small spray paint job that I had. I could not use an ordinary "rattle can" to do my job because I needed to use specially mixed paint from an automotive paint supply store. That store suggested that I go to Amazon.com and order the Preval paint sprayer for the little job that I needed to do painting a small, hard to paint, area of my BMW motorcycle valve covers. I had never heard of this product, but it worked very well. Once the auto paint was combined with hardener in the supply jar that is screwed into the bottom of the aerosol gas container, you tip the device at about 45 degrees (for proper venting) and spray just like a "rattle can" spray applicator. It made a nice, even spray. Any clog at the spray nozzle or paint pick up can be cleared by following the instructions which are simple to follow. Although I don't know if I will ever require such a specific use like this again, the very reasonable price of around $10.00 was acceptable to me.

Works great but if u angle it the wrong way it starts to leak the material. I’ve made sure that it was on nice and snug but it still leaks

Used one of these a week ago to do a durakote finish on parts of a rifle - a suppressor, brake, and detachable base metal hardware. I did some touch-up and small parts (screws, bolt, shroud, with a badger air brush, and the barreled receiver and second finish coat on the can and DBM with a HVLP sprayer. Durakote company actually sells a kit that has one of these in it.I'm a tinkerer, hobbyist, as pedestrian a "gunsmith" as you could find, but I have refinished several rifles (FN FAL, AR guns) over the years using other spray paints (like Alumahyde) and was interested in seeing what would work best with the duracoat even though I had other sprayers handy. You know, I couldn't really tell the difference in application, grossly.Meaning once I got the pressure, flow and pattern down on the two spray guns, the paint went on very finely, smoothly, evenly and, you know what? The Preval sprayer did as good a job.The only thing I wasn't too happy with was the amount left over inside the jar below the pickup tube - at least 3 or 4 mls. This I transferred to the HVLP sprayer to finish the bigger job on the barrel/rcvr, I then made up a much smaller batch of durakote (using syringes for measuring - I have access to them in my professional field) and used the airbrush again.Overall I gave it a four for this reason. Even the badger air brush was more sparing in its use of paint, leaving very little behind in the 1.5 oz jar, BUT, for the cost, the setup, the cleanup, there are many very good things to be said for this sprayer, not the least of which is I think it will work with a lot of other things like solvents for degreasing and other projects.I actually bought another one to have on hand for future use. I think it will come in handy.