NoCry Electric Airless Paint Sprayer - 600W Motor, Adjustable Flow, 1000ml Container - Ideal for Walls, Ceilings & Garden Fences

Pretty tough little machine - used it for painting ceilings and walls in a large area. Worth the money. I was pleased with the result. Once you get the hang of using it and getting the correct consistency for the paint it can be an efficient process. Good lighting is needed to be able to see especially if you’re doing a second or third coat as it’s hard to see sometimes where you’ve been before. Excellent customer support as well.

Having done a lot of looking around and reading reviews, I settled on this sprayer to help paint 29 6ft x 6ft fence panels. The instructions are very clear, but I’d advise you read through them before starting anything. I used Ronseal Fence Life Plus paint for the job and the trickiest part was filling the sprayer’s reservoir - top tip: poor the paint from the tub into a jug or something with a spout and then fill up the reservoir, otherwise it’ll go everywhere!The sprayer is very easy to use, but it takes a bit of trial and error to get the spray speed and thickness right. Actual operation of the sprayer is very straight forward - but be warned, it can be very thirsty! For example, I was having to refill the reservoir after 75% of each panel (but that’s because of the settings I had). On average, it was taking me less than 10 minutes to cover each panel - I found I then had to go over it quickly with a dry brush just to ensure better coverage (but that’s probably user error, rather than failings with the sprayer). This compares to about 45 minutes per panel with a fence brush.Cleaning it thoroughly is very straight forward, albeit quite a lengthy process.All in, I’d definitely recommend. I didn’t give it 5 stars because it isn’t perfect, but still very good.

I was rather wary of this item, I've used so called airless sprayers before and apart from spraying wood worm fluid not so good. I had around 100 metres of rough cast wall to paint and after several hours with deep pile rollers and large brushes was getting nowhere so I took a chance and ordered this sprayer.I have done a lot of spraying in my time, cars, custom kitchens and my side line of making electric guitars using a conventional HVLP spray gun but spraying that wall called for something different.The secret of spraying is two things, firstly getting the right viscosity for the paint, you can't go far wrong using the instructions, use the viscosity cup provided to check that the paint is the correct viscosity, if anything err on the thin side. I found that the masonry paint that I was using needed thinning by about 30%, sure the opacity isn't as good, but I found 2 coats did the trick and no aching wrist and lots of wasted paint on the rollerSecondly the paint needs to be well stirred and filtered through an old pair of tights or a very fine sieve, try to skip either of these stages and you will be disappointed, either it won't spray at all (too viscous) or it constantly blocks (not filtered).It took me around 45 minutes to put 2 coats on 30 metres of my 1.5 metre high wall and once I had the volume of paint and the airflow adjusted correctly I was amazed. I don't know that I would spray a car with it as that requires much better atomisation of the paint, but for stuff like masonry paint or emulsion it's the way to go. Many decorators painting new houses tend to spray the emulsion rather than roller or brush it and this sprayer would do that fine once you've done the prep and got the adjustments right.Make sure you clean the sprayer as soon as you are finished. I washed out the container first and then ran lots of clean water through the gun before finally dismantling it to make sure that all traces of paint had been removed, as next time you use it paint that has dried in the sprayer will flake off and block the nozzle. Don't forget that if you are using a solvent based paint you will need to use the approrpriate solvent to clean it, and if the solvent is anything but water a mask is an absolute must and highly advisable for water based paints as wellMke sure that you use the right nozzle, the thinner the paint the smaller the nozzle by and largeOK So 5 years on, I'm looking to paint a 5 metre sailing skiff that I have built and my thoughts turned to spraying it rather than the usual roller and brushed layoff. The paint is two pack polyurethane and despite the hype not the easiests of paints to spray (or indeed to roller)I decided against using my usual compressor powered spray guns (both conventional and HVLP) as the overspray is often greater than with an airless sprayer, and it is not recommended for this type of paint.So I used the NoCry and am suitably impressed with its ability to spray this stuff. Same as with other paints that I've sprayed with this gun, the viscosity and no lumps is critical to getting a good finish. So I wound up thinning the paint with the appropriate thinner, around 15% for the paint I was using. It took a while to get the right nozzle and volume setting right. The problem is always with vertical surfaces, too much paint and you get runs, too little and the surface does not coalesce into a uniform shiney finish. I wound up using the finest nozzle, the higher spray pressure setting and the gun about 8" from the surface, getting the flow rate right is quite tricky as not only the volume setting on the gun affects the outcoome but also the speed at which you move the gun, the margin for error with this type of paint is small, but I got there in the end.Airless sprayers have come a long way, but like conventional guns, setup, prep, paint viscosity, distance from the surface to be sprayed and the traverse speed is just as critical.

What a brilliant little machine this is.First impressions are that the box isn't very big, but the sprayer breaks down into 2 main parts so it's easy to store.The instructions are good and assembly is very easy. The only challenging part is making sure you have thinned your paint correctly and fitted the correct size of nozzle. Once you've experimented a bit and got your settings then it is just so easy to spray your project.I did 4 walls in the dining room in less time than it took me to mask off everything I didn't want to paint. Masking is important, but there isn't a huge amount of overspray anyway.Clean-up is easy too with emulsion as it only requires warm soapy water.The only reason I gave 4 stars for 'ease of use' is because of the time needed to get your settings and paint consistency just right. However, the guide on how to do it is informative enough that it doesn't take long to get the hang of it.

Overall an okay product. It handles fence paint, the very watery kind, well and you can quickly cover large surfaces, although you do end up refilling a lot. Anything thicker it struggles with, and this is when you dilute it down to the required consistency to get it to flow. I was hoping to use emulsion through it too but it doesn't seem to cope with the larger paint particles.Cleaning isn't too bad but there are a fair few small tight areas that are a pain to get clean.