Great Book and love that it has a CD. The book is just suggested by the manufacturer of my paint sprayer. It is a good book for those who don't know anything about spraying like me.
Great book & DVD Excellent book for a novice like myself. Jeff also has a very informative website/forum for additional help.
Excellent reference and a MUST HAVE for spraying newbies. I bought this book to better learn how to spray the wood finishes I use zinsser sealcoat dewaxed shellac crystalac super premium and createx wicked colors. The book is very clearly written in good order and with lots of helpful charts for the various finishes and things like needle/nozzle combinations. It also covers the basics for most finishes a typical woodworker would use. There are plent of clear color photos to compliment the text.The dvd is equally excellent. It's worded to the point where complete novices will be able to walk away with a good understanding of where to spray how to spray what the different types of spray guns are which spraying system to use etc. The video is masterfully shot and you can clearly see what's going on every second of the video and the sound is perfect.At the price it is this book and dvd set is a total bargain and worth every penny. I've watched the dvd 10 times or more and will probably watch it another 20. There's just that much information in it.Also note that Jeff Jewitt sells a line of spray equipment QualSpray and the quality is excellent and Jeff is a great guy to talk to as well. Just call him up with your needs and he'll steer you in the right direction. I bought a QS125WB with an extra bigger cup and you can really tell the difference between the QualSpray and the cheap HF or other china guns.
Great product Great product fun reading this is a great book pick one up. you will learn allot about spraying.
Excellent resource for a novice or occasional finisher This book with companion DVD is an excellent resource for the novice or occasional finish sprayer like myself. The material presented is consise full of immediately helpful tips and howto examples and is not encumbered by useless distracting information.
Spray Finishing Book This book is one of the best things I bought in a long time. It was informative and simple to follow. The video CD was awsome. I will recommend this book to anyone.
An essential book for the beginning sprayer or reference for the occasional 4 1/2 stars almost perfect.I bought this book for my brother so I had to look at it. Generally excellent and I got a good tip to spray vertical surfaces from the top not the bottom. Works much better as you can blend in any drips or runs as you spray. I had always been taught to spray bottom up. I didn't look at the DVD but my brother liked it a lot.Why not 5 stars? A couple minor picky nits. Water may be a thinner for waterborne or not! Waterbornes are complex emulsions like oil and vinegar dressing. Adding too much water may have two adverse effects first it can cause the emulsion to separate second it isn't a thinner for the finish carried by the water. In the later case as the water evaporates the droplets of finish that it carries may not mix correctly to make a finish. In either case you are out a can of very expensive finish and possibly have a nasty cleanup ahead of you. Another nit is that he gives shellac rather short shrift and as a result gives confusing instructions. He seems to assume that everyone will pretty much use Zinster premixed when most folks mix their own. Not horrid but misleading and a bit incomplete.This is not a definitive work on all spray finishes but it does a excellent job of covering all those likely to be encountered in wood working.Overall while it will not teach the experienced finisher much it is a great book for the occasional or beginner sprayer and a nice reference for unfamiliar finishes.
Practical Advice Having never used a HVLP sprayer it gave me enough knowledge to understand that painting with this type sprayer can be a controlled spray with little overspray issues. Stressing equipment cleanup was very good.A good section on building a spray booth not needed by me but good info.
Doesn't get better than this for instruction I purchase a lot of woodworking finishing and DIY books and DVD's. This set is possibly the best of all that I have used. Clear concise excellent introduction to spraying. I have finished and refinished quite a bit of furniture. But I don't have a whole lot of experience with spraying. I needed to refinish a dining table and six chairs. The set was natural wood finish combined with paint. I needed to spray a shellac based primer water based alkyd emulsion and oil based clear finish. I watched the DVD perused the book went to Harbor Freight and bought the types of sprayers Mr. Jewitt recommended completed the project with no hitches and results that even impressed me. Just the tip from my very happy customer paid for Jeff's book. Just an excellent book and DVD.
Furniture finishing If you are looking for specific painting info on something other than furniture you might want to look further. Otherwise this is a very good over view.
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