FLEXIO 570 RECON

I would highly recomend this 570 sprayer to everyone that is trying to do some art work ,house work even car work witch I used it for plasti dip and came out looking like a million dollar job

I intended to use this sprayer to do maintenance work around some rental property, small houses in a small complex. It would not be used to paint an entire house. I was pleasantly surprised at the ease of use since I had never used a small sprayer before. Setup is a breeze with little tweaking to do. The spray force is too light to be used in very windy conditions, but then this is a self-contained unit, not a professional sprayer and compressor set. First I painted an 8' x 4' panel, white exterior latex primer over bare plywood. The primer went on smooth without any runs on the vertical surface. I had a problem with the spray pattern being too narrow, but after reviewing the instructions, I realized I was using the wrong spray setting. I had misinterpreted the pattern to be a match for the orifice on the front, instead of following the instructions. I was actually using a narrow pattern, meant for trim work. Once I corrected the setting to wide, all went well. The lesson there was to trust the manual. The unit is somewhat noisy and might be a problem if needed in a quiet area. Fortunately I had no issues with the noise. Cleanup was a time-consuming process. If you are doing a small job, you might not want to use this unit, but brush/roll it instead. It takes a while to clean up the unit and tank, reducing the convenience of using this type of sprayer. For this job of spraying an 8' x 4' panel, it was probably a tossup as far as time and effort was concerned over using a brush/roller. In order to reduce the cleanup time and to keep fast-drying latex from making it even slower and more difficult, I recommend that before you start painting, you set up a small bucket with warm water to be used in place of the reservoir for cleanup. That way you don't have to clean the reservoir until after cleaning the spray head. Of course, you could just buy a spare screw-on reservoir to do that, but that would be a mail/phone order process. See the last few pages of the manual for details on ordering spare parts like the reservoir/tank. Having a small stiff brush would be helpful also. Something like a dental brush works nicely. One point regarding the cleanup: After wiping off the unit with a sponge and water, I was unable to switch it on without tripping the GFCI breaker. Apparently some water had gone inside and temporarily caused a shorting problem. After the unit dried, I had no issue. Overall, the most helpful thing I can say is: Read all of the manual first!