Choosing the Right Professional Airless Sprayer
Match your airless paint sprayer to the daily run length, the coating you spray, and the maximum tip size you need to atomise it. Graco's electric Ultra and Ultra XT lines now cover the full electric range from light-use contractor jobs through to full-time production and roofer-grade work, all at 3,300 PSI working pressure. The petrol and petrol-hydraulic GMax II, GH, and TexSpray HD units extend that ladder onto jobsites with no mains power.
Light-use contractor (Ultra 390, 395, 450). The Ultra 390 runs a 1.0 HP brushless DC motor, 1.8 L/min flow, and a 0.021 inch max tip, sized for residential repaints, property maintenance, and light commercial. Step up to the Ultra 395 for an extra tip size (0.023 inch) at 2.0 L/min, or the Ultra 450 for the same flow with a real-time pressure display, so you can track pressure drift through a tip's service life.
Mid daily and production (Ultra XT 490 to 795). The Xtreme Torque brushless DC motor, Next Generation Rapid-Response Pressure Control, and a longer-life pump in its class. The Ultra 495 XT runs 1.7 HP at 3.0 L/min with a 0.027 inch max tip. The 695 XT and 795 XT (4.0 to 4.5 L/min, 0.031 to 0.033 inch max tip) carry the full Standard Series and ProContractor Series fork: Standard Series ships the Endurance Chromex pump rod; ProContractor Series swaps to the MaxLife Vortex pump, which Graco specifies at six times the packing life of a standard piston pump.
Heavy production and roofers (Ultra 1095 XT). 2.7 HP, 4.9 L/min, 0.037 inch max tip on the 1095 XT Standard Series. The 1095 XT ProContractor Series swaps in the MaxLife Vortex pump with the Extreme Rod composite for the longest deployed life in the electric line. This is the chassis for roof restoration crews running heavy elastomerics and acrylic membranes daily, and for any contractor running multiple guns or pushing wide fans through a 15-metre 3/8 inch hose.
For trim, doors, and cabinets, the FinishPro GX 19 is the airless hybrid: 0.5 HP, 1.44 L/min, 0.019 inch max tip, and a RAC X FF LP SwitchTip for a low-overspray, smooth lay-down on finish work. For solvent-based 2-pack epoxies, intumescents, and anything the safety classification says needs an air-driven pump, head across to Industrial Spray Equipment.