Choosing the Right HVLP or Fine Finish Sprayer
HVLP (High Volume Low Pressure) and air-assisted airless sprayers atomise paint at lower pressure than standard airless, producing a finer finish with less overspray. The right call for cabinets, doors, trim, woodwork, furniture and any surface where finish quality matters more than coverage speed.
HVLP turbine: FinishPro HVLP 7.0 and 9.5 family. Graco FinishPro HVLP 7.0 3-Stage Turbine and FinishPro HVLP 9.5 (ProComp Series 17R081, ProContractor Series 17R080) are turbine-powered HVLP sprayers. The turbine drives a high volume of warm dry air through the gun, atomising paint at low pressure for a fine finish on cabinets, doors and trim. ProComp is the production tier; ProContractor adds extra duty cycle for daily cabinet shop and high-volume work. Spare needles for the FinishPro HVLP live on the turbine itself in a small black pull-out tray near the handle.
Air-assisted airless: FinishPro II 395 PC. Graco FinishPro II 395 PC Electric Air-Assisted Airless Sprayer (17C321) is the airless 395 PC Pro unit combined with a small compressor providing an extra 10 to 15 PSI of air to aid atomisation. This supports both the airless Contractor gun and ships standard with the Graco G40 HVLP gun. The best-of-both-worlds unit: airless throughput for walls, ceilings, exteriors plus HVLP-class fine finish for doors, trims, skirting. Pair with RAC X FFLP (Fine Finish Low Pressure) tips, which run at 25 to 40 percent lower pressure than standard RAC X. FinishPro II 595 PC steps up the pump for higher production with the same air-assisted technology.
Triton SST conventional pressure-pot. Graco Triton SST Spray Package family (waterborne gun, AirPro HVLP gun for wood) and Triton Aluminium variant cover conventional pressure-pot spray finish work. Suits cabinet shops with existing pressure-pot infrastructure or contractors running specialty waterborne or wood-finish coatings where the AirPro HVLP gun is the matched applicator.
Aqua Enamel and the air-assisted advantage. Note from Graco technical: Aqua Enamel and similar water-based trim paints can struggle on a standard airless handheld - viscosity sits at the upper end of what handheld airless atomises cleanly. The FinishPro II 395 PC Air-Assisted Airless solves this with the extra 10 to 15 PSI of air assist via the G40 HVLP gun. TDS for Aqua Enamel on doors and trim recommends RAC X tip 21 / 411 (NOT the 514 customers often try). Cross-reference the coating TDS before tip selection.
FFLP smaller-seal rule. RAC X FFLP (Fine Finish Low Pressure) tips use a SMALLER seal than standard blue RAC X. When switching between FFLP and standard RAC X LTX on the same gun, swap the OneSeal too, or the tip will leak. Carry a 5-pack of each OneSeal variant for FinishPro II 395 PC and other RAC X FFLP-capable unit.