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Wagner Spray Tech 520000 Power Tex Texture Sprayer
Features a built in air turbine with more than enough power to spray texture to the whole ceiling and small touch up jobs. No need for a separate air compressor and long air hoses. Sprays the same...read more
$99.99
$88.59
$88.59
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Product Features
- Power texture sprayer for walls and ceilings
- Applies popcorn, orange peel, and knockdown textures on walls and ceilings
- Powerful air turbine and 1-gallon adjustable hopper for fast coverage of large surfaces
- Includes 3 spray nozzles, 1-gallon adjustable hopper
- Weighs less than 5.7 pounds
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Features a built in air turbine with more than enough power to spray texture to the whole ceiling and small touch up jobs. No need for a separate air compressor and long air hoses. Sprays the same material pros use. Includes 3 nozzles to achieve the desir ed look of popcorn, knockdown or orange peel texture finishes. 2-position hopper can be configured for spraying walls or ceilings without the use of adapters. Features powerful air turbine, one gallon modifiable hopper, 3 spray nozzles, variable flow trig ger, comfort arm rest, 3 point stand for filling, and Lock-N-Go technology. 120 volt. 3.7x Amps. 60 Hertz. ....read more
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Product Details
Brand: WagnerModel: 520000
UPC: 024964174201
Product Code: 0520000
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Awesome!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I am a qualified builder (35 years) and all of my career I would not touch repairing texture ceilings,but had a upstairs toilet over flow (kids) and it leaked into the kitchen ceiling. I thought that when it dried a small stain kill and I would be all set. Hmmmm no such luck! A huge ancient crack about 3′ long that at once caught your eye! Well after seeing my sheet rocker and his Power Tex I thought that I can do that, so I ordered it! Well with a pro to fall back on I scraped of the loose material, patched with compound, sanded it when dry, masked off as needed and mixed up a “slurry”. I am so impressed I had to write this! It came out awesome and I went on to repair another area with the same results. If you have a ceiling patch to do , for the price of the Power Tex and a bag of mix from the lumber yard, you will beat the repair man’s price for sure. Just remember to mask off every thing you can and to mix your material a small on the loose side and you will surprise yourself!
Works as advertised
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Solid design and well made. Toughest part of texturing with this unit is getting the consistency of the aggregate right, but that’s no fault of the spray unit. Brilliant directions. I suggest using a practice wall to get familiar with the pace of attention for your mix and desired texture. I used a large garage wall as a practice medium, and I had no distress getting a nice “orange-peel” texture on 95% of it. The first 5% was applied too thick (my fault). It doesn’t take much to get excellent coverage! Very nice for the price.
Paint FIRST, spray texture second
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This first thing I learned after using this Sprayer is that I should have painstakingly painted the ceiling before applying the texture.
I had absolutely sheet rocked my 14 x 24 ceiling. After taping and sanding, the ceiling looked flat and smooth. I got out my Wagner Power tex for the first time. Practiced on some scrap sheet rock for about an hour until I got the right mix of water and mud and the right knock down look that I wanted.
It took about a half hour to spray the whole ceiling and the corners. After using my knock down blade I noticed that the texture over the tapped seams had rumor has it that dried quicker then the rest of the sheetrock surface. In other words, you could see the seams because the texture did not flatten very much compared to the rest of the surface. The seams looked like orange peel texture but the rest of the surface looked like knocked down texture. I chose to respray.
This time I rolled on a thick coat of PVA primer/sealer. Waited a couple of days and then used the Wagner Power Tex again. The sprayer seem much simpler to use the second time. Took me about 10 to 15 minutes to re-spray the ceiling. Waited about 20 minutes for drying and then used my knock down blade. The results were much better. But, there still was some roughness in drying. But, the ceiling looks square now and I consider the job done. I probably would have gotten even better results if I had painted a coat of latex on top of the PVA before spraying.
Now, I will comment about the sprayer. It is a simple design, it is simple to use, simple to clean, gives qualified results, and it is low-priced. BUY ONE , YOU WON’T REGRET IT!
Worked fantastic for me
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
First, if I had not read all of the other reviews before buying this product, I would have probably been very disappointed. The main piece of advice I can give anyone thinking about using this tool is that your mud has to be very thin, a consistency of pancake batter is too thick (at least the way I make pancakes). I would say that the proper consistency is a small thicker than Kilz primer, it should pour easily. At this consistency, it takes longer to dry than the directions, but the result is fantastic. I was able to do the ceiling in a honestly large room in about 20 minutes and the rather sloppy job I did of taping and floating was not visible anymore. I had to wait about 45 minutes to do the knockdown, but the result was fantastic and with three more rooms to do, this is going to save me a lot of cash.
Power Tex – Excellent product terrible directions
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The Wagner Power Tex is a very excellent product with very vague directions. I had quite an adventure with it and chose to post my adventure for the overall improvement of humanity. I wish someone else had done the same for me, but oh well. Somebody’s gotta do it. Here is a link that you MUST read if you’re going to buy and use this tool:
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2089469/adventures_with_wagner_power_tex_texturing.html?cat=30
Beyond that, what others have said here is largely right but it all has to be taken in some perspective. The trigger gets tough to pull after any extended use and if you fill the hopper up, it’s quite a work out holding up all that weight. Also, the noise is no worse than a vacuum cleaner BUT it’s right there on your arm so it seems louder and yes, it’s messy. OK, all that aside, some .25 ear plugs solve the noise problem and filling the hopper half way makes the hopper weight about 1/3 as much due to the funnel design AND less material also forces you to take more breaks to refill which gives your trigger finger a rest. If you’ve got material running down your finger, the material is too thick. It can’t be blown onto the wall and that’s why it’s oozing out.
In the end, I’m very glad I bought this tool and I’m very pleased with the routine. You will be too if you read through that article and learn from my mistakes rather than the Wagner directions.
Excellent Luck!
Read All of The Reviews
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This tool did all I needed it to do, but I sure am glad I read all of the reviews here. Thanks to the suggestions and advice from other owners, my first encounter with wall texturing went very well.
-read all the reviews
-practice
-expect success
Practice, Practice, and more Practice!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
After getting some estimates on texturing our master bath I chose to buy this and do it myself.
First let me say it is a breeze to clean, and overall commerce and design of the product is brilliant.
As another reviewer mentioned, the consistency of the material is one of the make-or-break factors in the quality of the results. Most importantly, you must practice A LOT before trying a real project. I worked with it outside on a giant sheet of plastic for about thirty minutes and felt that was sufficient. It wasn’t, not by a long shot.
Our bathroom turned out OK and I’m proud of it but to anyone who takes a careful look it is clearly an amateur job.
Tip for success: Do not aim the gun with your hand (as is natural). Hold your arm steady and go your entire body. With the hopper even half full it is hard bear the weight with your hand or wrist for more than a few minutes.
Expect that your very first project project is probably not going to yield results akin to that done by workers who do this sort of thing on a daily basis. I learned quite a bit and am confident my next attempt will turn out better.
Simple to use and cost effective
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
After having one room sprayed by professionals, I was amazed at how simple what they did was (spraying and finishing a “knockdown” texture.) I was charged $200 for just the ceiling of one honestly large room. Two guys had the entire room done in less than an hour from the time they pulled up until they left and most of that time was spent waiting on the mud to dry enough to do the knockdown after spraying. How hard could this be, I thought. With the Wagner, the answer is “Not very.” Yes, the thing is heavy when it’s filled with mud but spraying an average ceiling can be done in about 10-15 minutes after you have mixed the mud properly. There’s also no rule that says you have to fill it up. If it’s too heavy, fill it half-way. Spraying walls will take longer, obviously. Yes, small women may have distress with this as, again, it will give your shoulders a workout but you have to reckon of the money you’re saving on something so simple by NOT calling in a drywall guy. Your home center should carry bags of dry mix made especially for spraying. SHEETROCK MAKES ONE CALLED TUF-TEX for about $10.00 that is enough to spray the ceiling and walls of an average sized bedroom give or take. You will need a 5-gallon bucket and a medium to large paint or drywall mixing attachment for a drill. They make special tools for doing the knockdown or orange peel end but I used a large plastic paint spray shield for large areas and it worked fantastic. I used a taping knives in tighter areas. For knockdown and orange peel, there’s a fine line between waiting too long after the attention and not long enough. Not long enough and you’ll just have large slick areas (no huge deal though, wait for that area to dry a bit and respray it); too long and you end up with a rougher texture. As a rule of thumb, what worked pretty well for me was doing one wall, then a small break (a couple of minutes), then another wall. About the time I got through with the second wall (or within a few minutes of that) the first wall was ready to be “knocked down.” But, THE SECOND WALL WILL NOT BE READY YET. Go ahead and spray wall #3. Wall #2 will probably be close to being ready by that point. If not, go ahead and spray wall #4. It’s not rocket science. If all but the thickest part of the globs sprayed are dry, it’s ready to be knocked down. If not, wait a few minutes. Is this tool worth the money? Every penny.
Does the job
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this to take care of a large home improvement project that includes removing ancient popcorn ceilings and 3 room additions plus a garage and utility room. I don’t have a huge enough compressor to run a traditional hopper setup and don’t usually need a huge compressor for my woodworking leisure activity.
I used it on the utility room after reading many reviews here about it. I thinned the mud (I bought the prethinned stuff) down and place it in the hopper. It wasn’t as thin as some have suggested, but it was thinner that I would have thought was needed.
Texturing is a messy job and there isn’t any magic clean button on this unit. You will get it all over the place. Tarp up before you start. When full, it was somewhat heavy to hold, but not unbearable for a small job. Getting it high enough for the ceilings was a bit of an effort since I am not over 6 foot tall and you are supposed to be no more than 2 feet from the surface.
The walls were a bit simpler and rotating the hopper to the wall position was no problem, even with a nearly full hopper of mud. After using a wide blade knofe to knock it down I realized that I could have place more on to acheive the results that would match the rest of my house. It won’t matter for this room.
Cleanup was a snap and the results were fantastic. This is an brilliant choice for a do it yourselfer.
Yes its messy, isn’t that the point?
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I don’t know what to say other than it worked exactly (or better) than I would have expected. To other people’s points, yes thin mud is generally better and reduces ‘glopping’ out of the nozzle (as does buying one of those mixer attachments for your drill and making sure its mixed well). BTW, if you get the aluminum mixer that looks like a huge set of mixing beaters run it backwards or the sharp outer edge will shave off bits of plastic from the mixing container and you’ll have these bits of plastic shards in your mud. (lesson learned).
For each box of standard cheapo brand mud from home depot I added about 2 liters of water. I kept mine a bit on the thick side (like normal pancake batter) because I wanted a pretty rough and heavy texture for the garage and used the large (yellow) nozzle. I was impressed at the imperfections in my sheetrock work that I was able to hide using this. It greatly reduced my sheetrock taping time (I Despise sanding). Just don’t try to place it on too heavy in a single coat or the texture just sort of mushes and eventually would run. Wait for it to dry a few hours before respraying areas needing a heavier coat to cover imperfections (this also helps it blend better).
It took far longer to tape all off than to spray. My only complaint at all with this unit would be with the hopper on top you are a bit limited in tight spaces (for me it was the horizontal torsion spring above the garage door, I could get spray up under it a bit, but couldn’t get the device close enough to the ceiling to shoot down in back of it from the top) where a smaller pneumatic nozzle might be able to get to. But for the few hundred dollar difference in price, I can easily live with the results. I did my entire 3 car garage (its a huge garage with high ceilings and a sheetrocked loft, so this was way more than ‘touch up’ and the power tex worked impeccably.
And yes its messy, your basically feeding goopy liquid into a high velocity stream of air. What else would you expect, it is kind of the point of texturing. You’ll want painters sheeting over All and especially on the floor. Wear glasses if shooting overhead.
Wonderful product
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this product because of the reviews here so it only seems right that I share my encounter.
I just did not want to pay thousands of dollars to have someone get rid of the popcorn ceilings in our newly bought home. I also did not reckon it would be economical to buy hundreds of spray cans of orange peel after I scraped the popcorn. When I told the husband that I wanted to do it myself with this spray texturizer, he was skeptical but he went along with my buy. Now, he is amazed at how wonderful our ceilings look.
I got a couple of those huge orange buckets from Home Depot, a few bags of Blue Line Wall Texture, a drill with a mixer bit, tarps, tape, a putty knife, a particle mask, goggles, and a ladder (which you only need if you have vaulted ceilings). I mixed the wall texture to just about a pancake batter texture and used the smallest (black) nozzle.
It was really simple to use. It took me less than a minute to get the back and forth rhythm. I have perfect looking orange peel.
NOTE: If you are a female, you may not have the upper body strength that most men have. Be prepared to have very sore shoulder, chest, and upper arm muscles. I highly recommend not filling the hopper to the top each time as it is quite heavy. Go about halfway. You may have to refill more often but your arms will last longer if you have a huge job.
Also, be careful setting the machine down if there is any mix in the hopper. Trust me, you do not want to have to clean up the mess if you tip over a hopper full of it on the floor.
Worthwhile buy
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I recently had some remodeling done in my house. The service provider had installed new windows and dry-wall and re-textured the wall. After the service provider left my wife and I chose that the rest of the walls and ceiling looked shabby compared to the new wall so we chose to update the rest. We chose to try it ourself and I went online to research texture guns. The Wagner Power Tex Sprayer had excellent reviews and it was self-contained and needed no air compressor. The unit is simple to use and produced fantastic results. We were so impressed with the walls and ceiling that we continued on and did more rooms. I am more than pleased with this unit and would recommend it to other do-it-yourselfers and even professionals. The unit is a small awkward to hold but once you get on to it, it goes quick. Like all texture guns, it is messy to use. I would suggest that you conduct Conduct experiment on some scrap drywall with different mixes and consistencies of mud until you get the results you want. It uses a lot of material when you are doing a heavy texture such as a celing knock-down, so be sure to have enough on hand. Make sure that you painstakingly clean the gun after use. When spraying heavy, thick texture I had to clean the valve in the middle of my job because it had become sticky. I was very pleased with my first encounter and plot to use it more soon. Several friends have already questioned to borrow it.
Brilliant tool for small jobs and repairs
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
The Power Tex is a fantastic tool for small jobs and repairs. It’s a fantastic option for a DIYer because of its simplicity, compactness, and low cost. I’ve used it on a number of around-the-house drywall jobs ranging from a 1×1 repair to a 6×6 repair. All of the texture, in this case, was orange peel but it could easily be used for knock-down. Not sure how the popcorn texture comes out.
I have not tried it for a “huge” job like doing an entire room.
Compared to a traditional air compressor + texture sprayer, the Power Tex lacks a bit of the usefulness and consistency of the former. You have no control over the air pressure and the nozzles are somewhat clunky. Otherwise, the PT compares quite well to the compressor.
It is hands down better than the “can of texture” stuff you can buy at the home improvement store. I don’t even know how to the compare the two. I will not even use the cans in hidden places like a closet.
I have not had any problems with leaking in the trigger or globs leaking out the front. If this happens, I’d probably return it as defective and question for a new one.
One thing I can’t stress enough… make sure you practice before you attempt your actual job. If you’ve used texture sprayers before, then you should know that ever one behaves a small another way.
Some tips to get the best out of the Power Tex:
* Use pre-mixed Joint Compound and mix with water for best results. The powdered stuff works fine, but is hard to get perfectly smooth.
* Use a compound mixer and a power drill.
* Mix up more mud than you reckon you need. The weight of the mud in the hopper helps keep a smooth flow into the sprayer.
* Do not use plaster unless you know exactly what you are doing.
* Practice a few times. Extra drywall, cardboard, whatever.
* The ‘texture’ can be scrapped off when wet or washed off with water if you don’t like the results.
* Primer the untextured wall first. That makes it simpler to undo your texture if you don’t like the results.
* You can *lightly* sand the texture if the knock down is too rough or if the orange peel has a few lumps.
* If the texture is just a small too rough, give it an extra coat of paint.
* For best results, texture a large area. If necessary, do the whole wall.
* If you have a 1×1 repair, smooth an area of 2×2 and texture 3×3. If the repair is more than half the height of the wall, just texture from ceiling to floor.
* Cover/tape all. All.
A few weaknesses:
* Can’t adjust air pressure (PSI).
* Kind of heavy. I can’t imagine doing a whole room with this thing.
* Feels kind of cheap/flimsy.
* Proper use is an art, not a science.
* Loud. Use hearing safeguard.
* Extension cord can be a hassle.
thin it to win….
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this to spray cielings in all my house when I scraped the cielings, and to spray one whole room I added on…. DEFINATELY listen when it says pancake batter or whatever else…
once you see how this thing works you will see that it needs to be thin in order to flow into the nozzle…. get a mixing attachment made for drywall for your drill, and keep adding water to your powder or ready joint compound until it is really thin… thinner than you reckon…. then let it sit for 15 minutes or so… if you dont, it will dry out some as you work and clog stuff up… let it sit, and if it drys a bit, add water….
once you get it going it works fantastic! I bought this because my compressor is a POS, and didnt feel like buying a new one…. it has worked for me…
WOW
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I pulled wall paper off the entire entry/hallway, and staircase that was original with the house and wanted to texture those areas to match the rest of the house, which was an Orange Peel texture. I had a friend who did another wall in my house a year ago, but he was unavailable, so I thought I could do it myself.
I found this sprayer and bought a 5 gal bucket of joint compound.
Two words of advice that worked for me were, “when you reckon it is thinned enough add more water,” and “cover all!”
I had an empty 5 gal bucket, so I place about half the joint compound in it, then started adding water. I reckon I finished up around 2:1 joint compound: water. I used the small tip and practiced on some cardboard.
I had all the walls done in about an hour after 3-4 hours of prep – covering and taping off things.
This was my first time and it looks as qualified as the rest of the house!
This thing ROCKS!
Patience Grasshopper
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I was a small sceptical about this product doing as it says, but after finishing my living room all doubts where erased. Now wait, it does have a learning curve, don’t reckon taking it out of the box and start spraying away will yield fantastic results. Not likely. If you pratice like others have said that helps greatly. I reckon the toughest part was getting the drywall mud to the right consistinsy. I did orange peel, believe when I say if you reckon it has enough water in it add a small more. When I took the mixing paddle out, the mud came right off, did not stick, runny, soupy like, allot thinner than pancake batter. Do a pratice spray on cardboard and check your results. Do a back and forth motion about 2 to three feet away and do not stay in one place to long. Go over again for heavier texture. Not too much on first passes though or it will not look too excellent. Let it dry then go over it again. Few other things is I did a large room 15 by 20 by 16 ft high. It makes it harder,but not impossible. If you do a large area everytime you refill take off the nozzle clean it and the opening on the gun. If not it will clog up and flow will stop or the mud in the hopper will bubble and blow up out of the hopper, not that dramatic but you will hear it bubbling and rumbling you will know, then you have to clean it. Only takes min or two. Cover your mixed mud while spraying or it will harden. Also I noticed it did firm up a bit in the bucket even though it was covered, so adding a small water would not hurt each time. Just depends on your mud. IT IS ALSO VERY VERY MESSY….Cover All, windows, floors, vents, dogs, cats…Really you will regret it if you don’t. It not for pin point accuracy, comes out fowards but in a wide arc, shallow arc, whatever it feels like. You do have some control, dont get me incorrect, but there is some leakage, and if you dont cover the floors they will be textured as well. Its fun, also the unit loaded with mud is heavy, and large projects can get tiring. Oh also I placed it on the ground to load it, hopper in the position to do walls, simple. Also something to keep in mind, I primed my walls and ceiling it made it hard to see results and where I sprayed, I had to bring in utility lights, still was hard, I suggest using a tinted primer close to what you will eventualy paint the walls, if white oh well, but I know if you can, it will be simpler to see what you doing and get quicker results, thats the only headache I had white mud white walls blends in…ahhh.. Not Wagners fault though. I highly recommend it, just be prepared and be patient and I believe you will have fun too and yield fantastic results…All is simple to clean too..Have Fun..
Will work you to death or, Free workout
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
It should be noted that I consider myself handy and have done several home projects and have had excellent results without knowing what I was doing and that I am normally physically capable.
After reading the previous reviews I was positive to buy the sprayer. I played with the mixture’s consistency and practiced spraying most of the morning and then tackled a small closet that included the ceiling.
It was messier than I expected with not just pieces hitting the floor but gobs oozing out of the nozzle and onto the trigger. (The directions mention that some water may leak out of this area.) If you are an Amazon lady or trained with the military and are used to holding an AK-47 or lift weights on a daily basis you should be fine pulling and holding the trigger and holding up the sprayer to get the coverage you want. (I had to use two hands at times to keep the trigger fully pulled.) I only finished because it became personal after the first hour. I was trying to get the pattern that would match my existing texture so maybe I was expecting a small too much. (Qualified texture man is scheduled to arrive in a few days.) I will still use the machine to texture the walls in the garage but I was not able to get the design I wanted for the house. I am excellent about reading and following information so I do not reckon I could improve upon the routine except with maybe more target practice. I did find that clean-up was not terrible at all.
NOTE—–Updating you on my 2 star review. The qualified painter/texture man showed up and guess what he was using? Yep, the same Wagner machine! He has had it a long time and swears by it. He complimented me on my closet and said that he had to go through the same trial and error but the main tip he gave was very thin mud. I watched and it was very runny. The directions state “like pancake batter” but his was VERY THIN. Can’t stress that enough. Still was messy on attention but not like when I used it and it will not work you as hard since you will not have the mixture so thick. So, based on all he said and the fact that he no longer uses the larger machines and his Wagner had tape all over it from obvious hard use, I am upgrading it to 4 stars and preservation the one star for when I attempt the garage. Hope this helps!
Brilliant for small jobs
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
If you have a small job and you don’t want to deal with the air hose, compressor and larger texture gun, this is the ticket. It does a fantastic job with minimum set up time. Pour the texture material in the hopper, plug it in to an electrical outlet and you are ready to go. Clean up is very simple and quick.
Qualified Painting Service provider –
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This product is Brilliant. I was astounded. The small spray cans of texture add up quickly and while I wouldn’t use this small gem for a whole locality. I do use it for all of my “Touch Up” work and I just finished Dry walling and Texture for a geodesic Dome House! The Gun held up to heavy use and left a gorgeous end. I Highly recommend. I have had mine for about 7 months and she has never failed me.
Very Pleased
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I was sprucing up the garage and had about 50 linear feet of drywall that I wanted to texture. I bought a 3.5 gallon bucket of ready mixed texture from Home Depot for around $10, but it still needs water to thin down to the proper consistency. I finished up dumping the texture into a 5 gallon bucket which made it simpler to mix. (You beyond doubt need a drill with one of the mixing attachments)
I had also bought some 3′ wide plastic which I taped to the bottom of the wall to keep the floor clean. Well, this thing makes quite a mess, and 3′ was not enough. I would have been better off just covering the whole floor, but oh well.
Beyond doubt practice a bit – I finished up using the medium sized nozzle for the look I wanted. Also, loop the power cord around so that the tie won’t pull apart – I stepped on the extension cord at one point and it pulled out, causing a huge “spit” of mud on the wall when the sprayer died. One other thing to look out for is when filling the hopper – you can rotate it to the front for doing ceilings, or towards the back for walls. I set the sprayer on the floor and poured the texture compound into the hopper from my bucket – but with the hopper towards the front, as soon as I turned away to set the bucket down, the hopper fell over
So if your going to fill the hopper by setting it on the floor, rotate the hopper to the back or be careful.
One other thing that I was glad I bought was a drywall “squeege” for the knockdown. It looks like a window squeege, with a rubber edge and is about 24″ wide. It worked much better than a metal drywall knife that I also tried using.
All in all, it was a lot of work, it made quite a mess, but I was very pleased in the way it turned out. Clean up was very simple, and I would beyond doubt but this sprayer again. Now that I have some encounter with it, there are some places inside my house that need some work…
Huge money savings if are willing to work.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I just finished re-doing the ceilings in my home. I had estimate of over $2500 to do the job so I orderd the Wagner Power Tex Texture Sprayer to do it myself. It worked perfectly. The secret is excellent preping of wall or ceiling and a small practice with the sprayer. I saved at least $2000 by doing it myself. I am retired and not a young as I used to be so it was a lot of work, but worth it.Wagner Power Tex Texture Sprayer #0520000
Even a 67 year ancient woman can use it!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Wagner Power Tex Texture Sprayer #0520000
I ripped off wainscot paneling, drywall compounded the holes and tears in the drywall, sanded the walls and then attacked with the Power Tex. The results were incredible. You could not tell the ancient orange peel texture from the new! The only problem I had was the weight of the sprayer plus the diluted compound.
Wagner Power Tex
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Bought this to do texture in family room, living room, and dining room. I have finished the dining room and living room and am really pleased with the results. It did take some practice though before I could get consistant results. I bought some extra sheetrock and practiced outside to get the pattern and consistance I wanted. After my first practice session I was really disapointed, I practiced 2 more times on new sheets of sheetrock and was finaly able to get results I was pleased with. I reckon this is a fantastic product and does exactly what its supposed to but I would definately recomend some practice first.
Exactly What I Needed!!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic Product for the Do it your selfer. I used it to do knockdown on all the ceilings in my house. Worked perfectly everytime I used it. Looks well done.
Simple and simple to clean
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this sprayer for those small touch up jobs that no one wants to do. The first time I used it I textured a wall I had added in a client’s laundry room. After spraying two sample patterns I did the new wall and the match to three original walls was so close that the client couldn’t believe it. Cleanup was a breeze and the HVLP technology saved a ton of set up time. Probably not designed for large scale projects but wouldn’t be surprised if it couldn’t do a whole house.
San Diego Buyer
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
It took about half an hour of practice. I set some cardboard up in the garage and practiced away. I had to keep adding water to the already premixed drywall mud. The mixture has to be much soupier than I thought it would. But I was able to do my master bath in about half an hour. It looks fantastic. Very uniform. I can see that it would work very well for ceilings too.
Wagner Power tTex, Powerful tool, fantastic results, (learning curve required)
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
My celings look fantastic, did two rooms in my basement, was plotting to do knockdown, but was too frightened to mess it up with the trowel since it looked so excellent already, so left it as orange peel, after painting, it looks fantastic. DO START IN A CLOSET or someplace out of sight. my closet went on way to thick. Also, use the smallest size nozzle to start with, it will be simpler to get use to then. I would reccomend this product, but you need someone with strong arms and back to hold up the hopper and gun the whole time you are spraying, it gets pretty taxing on the body, but worth the results!!
If you’re thinking about buying it, DO IT!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My wife and I just bought our first home and she really dislikes popcorn ceilings. So she insisted that we have it removed and place up a knockdown texture in it’s place. Then after a few estimates, the cheapest we could get it done to our whole house was for a small under $3000 which was more that what we were willing to spend with all the other things that we needed to have done to the house. So I priced out all the materials needed and my estimate came in at about $900. Keep in mind that this price is also including the cost of the tools needed (ex. 1/2″ drill, trowel, paint primer, sprayer, ect.) which I didn’t own.
Anyway, after going to my local Home Depot, they wanted about $60 a day to rent a sprayer and since I wanted to take my time, this really wasn’t an option. I know that Wagner states that this sprayer is really for touch up jobs and not exactly for doing a whole house but let me tell you, I did my whole house and it worked fantastic. After involved a bit in the rooms first, my results were identical to a qualified job at 1/3 the price. I will tell you this, it is a lot of work and the toughest thing about it is removing the popcorn and preping the room. I know some people say to use a garden sprayer and then they sell this clean small scraper at Home Depot that you can attach a bag to so you don’t make a mess but that scrapper is junk. If you want to go quick, tape up the walls and floor using plastic sheeting and use a garden hose with a 10 or 12 inch taping knife to remove the popcorn. You’ll barely scratch the sheet rock bottom and you’ll remove the popcorn in under 30 minutes per room. The whole process is truly a huge mess but the end result is a very nice looking textured wall. I chose to go with the medium nozzle (yellow) and I finished up with a very nice looking texture that isn’t as bold and some of the houses I’ve seen.
So if you’re in the same situation my wife and me were in and you’re honestly competent with tools, you’ll be able to do the same thing because I’m a complete novice when it comes to drywall textures and I finished up with a fantastic looking house. I’ll also be honest and tell you that the first room I did, didn’t come out as nice as the last but not because I applied the texture incorrectly but because I knocked some of it down too soon. Make sure you wait at least 20 minutes before knocking it down and after you spray a wall, take a step back and if you see any bare placed, just go over it with a quick trigger pull and you’ll be amazed at what you’re left with.
Fantastic tool at any price.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This is a excellent-value tool. I am a handy-man. I have rented qualified rigs and thought I would try this cheap tool for a small repair job. It works and it works well. The directions say to mix the plaster to a pancake like consistency. Conduct experiment with your own, but I found a “thin” pancake mixture to work better. Clean-up takes about 3 minutes. Compared to the rental cost of a qualified rig, it paid for itself in one day. I will now use it for larger jobs.
Sweet
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Im a qualified drywall finisher of over 10 years, and reckon this thing is fantastic. No more hauling in a heavy texture rig and dirty hose for patch jobs. For the do-it-yourselfer $100 it isn’t much more than a regular hopper and gun that requires a compressor. Fantastic price for a sweet sprayer.
Wagner texture sprayer
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Fantastic. Fantastic for patches or an entire wall. Just did an entire bathroom and it came out fantastic. Very simple to use, simple to clean. Well worth the money.
awsome tool
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I am rehabing a home in Tampa, florida, and tried with mixed results to use the spray texture cans from Home Depot . six cans with six different poor results. I bought this sprayer, shot an entire bathroom with AWSOME results. I Like IT. Buy one