I wanted to apologize for the audio, I didnt realize the wind was messing it up so badly until I started editing. I added a few product links in the description. 1:18 Intro to paint and thinners 5:55 setting up your HVLP spray gun 10:22 mixing paint so it will spray 12:35 spraying techniques Thanks for watching!!

This is the best how to get started painting with an HVLP that I have seen so far. I feel like I can now go out and paint something by watching just this 1 video.

I don't know why this guy got any thumbs down but whoever gave him those thumbs down are probably just haters this guy explains a lot of good tips good job

Just the way you presented in the first 30 sec.... I knew to take this seriously 👌

Best way I found to check if paint is dry Have a part or same material (metal, plastic) whatever your painting. After you paint your part lay a medium to heavy coat on the test peace last and use that to check if your part is dry So you never have to compromise your part

I have watched MANY vids on how to paint using rustoleum paint. Yours by FAR is the most helpful. You talk slow enough to listen, to explain thoroughly, you write stuff down so I can screenshot it, and you demonstrate pros and cons. You have been taught well and a HUGE thank you for teaching me. My first project will be painting my 7x16 white enclosed trailer. Fingers crossed.

Just watched for the second time, I’ve done a lot of painting but I’m always eager to learn new things. You are a good instructor, I learned a few things. And thanks for reminding everyone of the importance of wearing protective gear.

I've always been one to believe in going back and reviewing material you've already covered no matter how "advanced" or "an expert" you are. You never know when you'll discover something you missed. In this case; that tip about runs. That's freaking awesome. I'm liking and saving this video for that alone and am going to use that tip first chance I get.

This is the best comprehensive introductory video to using this type of paint sprayer. I especially appreciated the insight and instruction @ setting up the spray gun. It was great that you took the time to thoughtfully consider what was worth sharing, especially the written additions on the screen. I loved how clear and professional the language was. I have saved the video hoping to benefit from it more as I approach an upcoming project. Thank you.

Great video! I've used Rustoleum many times for jobs around the house; painted my outdoor iron furniture, repainted my tractor, an air compressor, and an old shortwave radio cabinet. All came out great and the outdoor furniture is still doing great after 2 years with no rust returning. You are exactly right, the Hardener is a must for a hard durable finish. Keep up the great work.

Great tips! Back in the late 70's I pulled the engine out of my classic T-Bird for a rebuild then I pulled all the wiring harness out of the way and sanded the engine compartment then I sprayed it with Rustoleum primer then Rustoleum satin black. I still have the car and under the hood still looks like the day I painted it. If you were wondering, the car still has the original paint that looks real good and it's a nice shiny black, a special car.

Great video, it’s hard to believe painting a car is not as difficult as we thought in the past . Yours and others video speaks volume. You are doing a great job . Keep it up .

Thanks for those tips! I recently purchased my HVLP gun and set up to paint my jon boat. I started with some lawn furniture and wow! I am ready to start the jon boat now... and a few of the things you mentioned about how to lay down the paint without leaving a tiger stripe were bang on. Thanks!

Using spray cans was getting to be very expensive and I was getting inconsistent results. I wanted to learn how to spray paint using HVLP gun. This is a great video. Thank you very much.

Thanks for the tips and mix ratios, you’ve inspired me to pickup my HVLP again over buying the rattle cans.

Top notch presentation. He speaks clearly and takes nothing for granted. I learned a lot here.

i bought the same spray gun, and am near finishing repainting my old toyota... GREAT video. Thank you so much!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. This is one of the best tutorials on basic painting I have ever seen or read about -- considering the basic equipment used, the 'open air' environment and basic preparation. I also agree that if one is to undertake painting an entire car or motorcycle, upgrading to higher quality of materials is a very good concept to follow. Thanks again!!!

This is probably the best guide to spraying Rustoleum that I've seen yet.

I just saw this video and I was impressed with the way you explain each detail in such a simple easy way to follow. I learned a great deal by watching your video. Thank so much for taking the time to share with us your knowledge and know how.

Damn you man, why couldn’t I have found this video sooner. From the over spray technique to the doors with the barrel hinges. Thanks for putting this together!

Great instruction. Will apply to my next set of tractor wheels. I had good results on my first set of tractor wheels but I really could have used your instructions to save a lot of time. Now I feel confident I can move on to the tractor sheet metal.

I almost laughed this video off. I have done a lot of projects, spent a lot of time in the garage, ask my wife LOL! This video is full of good advice and common sense tips. I don't use rustoleum paint, but that definitely doesn't lessen the content of your video. I checked out your channel and subscribed. Thank you. Semper Fi USMC.

Started using rustoleum to paint work trucks years ago great to have a can behind the seat to touch up scratches, keeps an old work truck looking sharp for years. Cheap as hell, catalyst definately recommended.

Basically everything I need to know to get started. Great job!

I've been spraying for years as a hobby. I learned a lot of great tips! Great job!

Damn solid, good info. For us that are challenged through lack of experience... this is very helpful.

I really liked your video. I found it to be very informative and helpful. I used to spray a lot with rustoleum and got good results, although all I ever used was thinner so I’m going to have to try your method and see how I like it. Just fyi, when I was working in the mines, we found that rustoleum was the only paint that cyanide wouldn’t eat up within a very short time. We were using brushes to paint with but still got very nice results. Keep up the good work and thanks again

Why did it take so long for youtube to recommend this to me? Finally a spray channel that gives valuable information.

Hey thanks for the video. I've always been fascinated by these low budget paint jobs for some reason. I pretty much knew everything you said in here only thing different would be the overlap. I always did 50% but I will do a 70% next time I spray just to see how it goes.

Thanks man. I plan on painting my kitchen cabinets with a new spray gun I just bought. Your tips will come handy. BTW good video.

THANKS MY MAN!!! YOU ARE VERY THOROUGH ABOUT EXPLAINING YOURSELF. I WANNA JUST LET YOU KNOW THAT I APPRECIATE YOUR EXPERTISE ON SPRAYING OUT OF A SPRAY GUN AND THE TIPS ON ALL MIXING INSTRUCTIONS THANKS A MILLION BROTHER MUCH LOVE AND RESPECT. KEEP UP THE GREAT TUTORIALS THEY DO HELP THE LESS EXPERIENCED SPRAYERS AS MYSELF...100% 👍👍👍

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I have used the info with good results. I rewatch from time to time to pick up a tip or two that I missed the first time around. Thanks.

Helpful tips. I got a few things that i need to paint this weekend. Will use these tips when mixing and spraying rustolium. See if it turns out better.

Got inspiration here to get off my butt and go spray something! Thanks from Colorado for the video and all the tips.

Great video. I would like to mention that many paint & hardware stores carry soft plastic "pouring spouts" that snap onto a paint can to prevent the paint from dripping down the side of the can. It also keeps the channel clear so you have a tight, dry seal once you put the lid back on

Great video. i was never much of a painter but laid a few coats on different things for the years. After a painter sat me down and explained the process and how easy spraying automotive paint was i gave up buying the $30 cans of color match for my vehicles. I just mix up what I need and lay it on. I have always sprayed Rustoleum but just guesstimated the thinner every time... I certainly like your ratios. i love using this paint to do the steel exterior doors and get professional quality every times. one hint though.. this paint can be a bit softer tan normal coatings so a trick I was taught by a sign maker is when you are all dry and before installing the door give it a wipe with Armour All. It will help with resisting dings and scratches.

Dang man, as a total beginner this was a HUGE help. I personally went with the store bought reducer and catalyst (picked up both at Tractor Supply) worked wonderfully! Thanks! P.s. clean your gun well!

Thank you for your times to show us that valuable information about paint job like this. My personal have learn a lot from your video! Once. Thanks

Pure Gold. Best beginner's HVLP painting tutorial on KZfaq!

Superb video! I'm restoring a 1965 Rockwell 34-450 Unisaw, and this has given me the confidence to venture forth.

I found this video very interesting. I've never used a real sprayer before but I I'd like to learn how to do it for my own projects.

Great video mate best technique and tips I've seen in one video, thanks for sharing.

I have watched a lot of videos on youtube. I would have to say I have gotten way more out of this one. I'm pretty new to painting and trying to learn as much as I can. All your tips are awesome, all the way down to touching the paint with your finger nail, not leaving a finger print.

awesome video so helpful for beginners who want to learn how to mix with the right ratios and awareness of temperature was a plus point. Not doing it right will cause paint blisters, bubbles and color fading.

Great video. I've been wanting to save some $$$ on paint. I've redone boats and I restore furniture for fun. But rattle cans get spendy. Thanks for keeping it straight forward!

This is a fantastic video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

After watching this, I promptly got off my butt and went outside and worked on a metal project! Thank you for the Great video.

Another trick for runs is to lay tape on the run and then pull it off Its a cleaner way to reduce the size of the run Then jus add lay down another coat of paint It works great

When I had a used appliance business, I got good results by thinning the paint with Naphtha. I found that paint thinner was way too slow, and was oily. Sometimes it didn't harden at all with thinner. I found that Naphtha dries maybe a little slower than acetone, which gives the paint a chance to smooth out. I just shot the paint outside, and most people said that it looked like a factory paint job. The paint I used was Zynolyte Epoxy, but they don't make it any longer.

I have been going at the W&F stuff again since retiring from the fire service and once again doing some fixture, and ornamental stuff in my little "home based" shop. This is where I really began using a lot of the rustoleum product line. Your assessments of the rustoleum product line and application of it are pretty much spot on for what an how I use and apply it with a couple of slight application and reduction modifications. I was looking for a way to make the rustoleum applications on the ornamental come out with just a little bit of a rougher finish without having to add any challenging particulates or texture materials in the mix. After a little experimentation with some application technique I came up with a way to get the finish I was looking for by doing a 3 step process of application. I thin the rustoleum to about 20% with acetone, using a 1.4 or 1.5 tip first step is to spray the first pass pretty much as normal for a good wet coat. Give it about 7 - 10 minutes to get tacky, then reset your gun by leaning out the paint flow a bit, increasing the pattern spray, and upping the air flow a bit. Hold your spray gun back about 50 - 75% further away than for your finish coating and make your second pass. This creates a controlled and even light over-spray pattern on top of the already applied wet (now tacky) coat. Now there is a third pass made after waiting another 7 - 15 minutes again with the gun reset to a proper finish coat pass. Shoot your third and last pass a little lighter than the initial wetting coat, but a nice even coating same as the first pass. Once everything has fully dried and cured you have a finish which has a nice somewhat grainy pattern close to the iron look of a finished ornamental iron piece while still having a nice satin finish. Takes a little practice, but it makes the finish product look more like ornamental iron work than a smooth steel look. Works if you are using aluminum for your ornamental work as well, but you need a good etching aluminum primer on the work first...!

Thanks Vincent! I am no expert at painting. I would even say I am quite challenged in that department! I saved you video for later watch. I'll use it as a tutorial for the next restoration or fabrication project! Thanks!

Wow! What a fantastic video showing the basics of how and what to do to spray paint using an HVLP gun

Very good job on this video. Good instructions, on mixing ratios. In general, I like rust oleum paint, it's good paint at a very reasonable price. I just subbed.👍

Super useful video. I like your style! New to the channel and very much enjoying a quite morning exploring your content. 👍🏻

Wow. This is the kind of video or channel I spend so much time looking for. Incredible 👌💯 Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

Finishing my gate project and looking to piant them. Appreciate you sharing your knowledge.

I started spraying 40 yrs ago. Hobby/Cars, whatever. A bad compressor, was expensive as heck. A good spray gun was $$. Laq Thinner and turpentine was about all we had for mixes. I setup a double compressor into one large tank. 100 psi was the first, then an auto-air conditioning compressor. It was on a continuous motor and the electric clutch was turned on and off, by the air regulator. The motors never stalled and the pressures were consistent. I was using HP guns. Cheers

thanks for the info well appreciated. like how you take the time to explain your the man.

Thank You very much ! One of most serious videos about this theme and car painting at all ! Respect ! You could be a teacher... no kidding !

By far the best instructions , going to bookmark and watch a few times

I never thought of adding catylist to rustoleum for around the house spray projects instead of the can. Thanks for the tips.

THANK YOU! Usable info, proper instruction. Really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Liked and subscribed!

This is by far the best video for a beginner to watch!😊

Really enjoyed your practical tips and showing examples of them.

I have read and watched many KZfaq Vids on this topic. I painted my old beater BMW e30 with rustoleum gloss white professional. This video ranks at top of list for play by play steps and tips.

How could this guy possibly receive 173 thumbs down?. This tutorial is awesome!!

Great advice. Added it in my favs for reference. Only little thing missing for us newbies, is a section on how to clean your equipment afterwards.

Excellent video with thorough explanations of everything. Thanks!

Great Video! Informative and easy to follow, subscribed.

A couple years ago I started fixing mowers, snow blowers etc and I figured there had to be a better way to paint stuff then just rattle cans. Your video gave me a well explained step by step guide on how to do just that. Without your video I would have had a lot of unanswered questions. Now I have people hunting me down to paint their tractors for them. Thanks for the knowledge👍

Best spraying video ever. Thank you for the excellent education.

I’m getting ready to paint my equipment trailer with some farm store paint. Gonna be LIT! Great advice. Just subscribed!

Thank you. You did a wonderful job on content and presentation. You should do this for a living.

Thanks for this video--it helps me.

Brilliant video, EXTREMELY helpful and informative well explained and great for a novice like me I sprayed my BMW wings and bumper with base and clear-coat fan nozzle rattle-cans, came out like factory but cost me about £150 in the end so like 200usd, I was pleased I did it as learned a lot but my mate said I should definitely get a gun and start doing small jobs having never sprayed ANYTHING in my life other than a bike I massacred when I was 5 years old lol 😅 my mates couldn't believe I actually painted it until I showed em the pictures of the parts in the DIY spray tent I even made lol.. anyway I've just learned a whole lot that may be the information that prompts me to get a compressor and paint gun etc and give it a shot on my own car as got a couple bits I need to do now anyway. Thank from London England 👍

This has been the best by far tutorial that I have seen regarding paint and the process. I am no doubt twice your age & it is wonderful to learn from younger people who take pride in their profession. I have always wanted to . I have always wanted to use a spray gun of which I have two new ones sitting in the boxes and been extremely leery on trying them until now. thank you very much, all the best on your endeavors in life, I know you will do very well.

I am not into vehicle painting, but this video was still useful for mixing and proper spraying techniques. Thanks.

Back in the day when I shot a lot of enamel in auto refinishing, I used a product called Smoothie, which is fish eye eliminator. Worked well, has a pump on it and you just pump in a single shot to your mix. It helps flow out a little too. The key is you don't get the fish eyes to begin with. Good vid !

Great video very well explained. My tip is have more than one at least three measured cups.As once you mix it's hard to read thru the last mixing. Second don't premix in hot weather the catalyst will kick earlier The catalyst is a very good additive for rustleum or other paint of this type. It makes it tougher. I also agree with kicking it up a notch with real urethane 2k paint. This does not mean you have to pay alot . eBay has a paint vender called "Speedkote" that sells paint kits of 2k ( 2 component urethane paint) For $100. You get a gallon of paint and Hardner...you can not get that low cost ,plus free shipping , locally. Other sources are Summit Racing, Eastwood automotive , that have 2k paint kits in gallons and quarts. You can use Rust-Oleum on many pairs with the catalyst. But 2k is a little more money.But "real Automotive Grade ,paint. It will wet sand and buff alot better last in weather longer, tougher, shinier! But if your just doing non automotive thinks . Go for it with Rust-Oleum painst w/ catlyst . Great video ,well done, explained very well !

Thanks so much, been using an hvlp gun for years on shop projects, your video taught me a lot. Will be much less frustrating in the future.

One of the best videos of its type I've ever watched, excellent job!

Great vid, you just saved me a bunch of money on satin paints. One tip I have heard is you can mix gloss and flat at different ratios to get the sheen you want. Once that is mixed together then add the ratios of reducer and hardener.

Wow very good video great explanations thanks

did a 75/25 rustoleum thinner paint job on my little geo actually came out pretty damn good did a lot of research and people even say that you can throw a 4k clear on rustoleum going to do a gloss black with a 4k on the mercedes im working on now we will see how it turns out but my little geo came out clean

Phenomenal video sir. Thank you for honing in on the small details! Very helpful

Good detailed video. Thanks for sharing your tips and tricks.

This video is pure gold

Thanks very good video !!!

Outstanding tutorial-thank you so much for sharing your experience and knowledge…😊

Just painted my camper using your tips and techniques. Turned out great! Thanks for the video!

Very well done video. Solid informationon mixing and gun adjustment. The sequence of setting your pattern before mixing paint makes sense and saves paint. Maybe a little information on how much compressor is needed for the HVLP gun would be helpful to some before buying one of those guns.

Good video. Xylene, available at Home Depot and Lowes, may be a more economical choice than going to an automotive store to buy professional reducer. I used Xylene to reduce Rustoleum Hammered Copper paint, which the instructions said to use Xylene to thin.

Great video man. Lots of good information for inexperienced painters or first timers. As a side note, my brother in law painted a 'ratrod' with a bucket of barn paint he picked up from tractor supply. With the correct mixing of reducers and catalyst, it came out freakin fantastic. Use your imagination.

great vid. thanks for sharing.. i watched your video on foam rolling to shiny finish several months ago and that was also very informative.

Thanks very helpful. I hope to Lord willing Paint an old motor home

HIM: "Keep that wet spot wet." Me: "That's what she said."

Dude you are a paint mastermind. You saved the day.

Thanks for an excellent video! You answered some technique questions I had after watching other videos, and you shared some great tips otherwise! Great teaching!

Awesome! Local paint shop I use, where I single stage paint jobs, won't give info out on Rust-Oleum. I thought I would try it out on my daily beater. On painting bumper covers, do I need an Adhession spray before paint? Thanks!