Power Tools Reviews
Fuji Industrial Spray Equipment Q3 PRO Quiet 3-Stage HVLP Spray System #3003
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 Old faithful I've owned my Fuji Q3 for about 3 years now. As a hobbyist woodworker, I don't use it everyday, though I've used it to spray Behlen's Rockhard Table Varnish (polyurethane which I reduce by 50%) on custom built cabinets for the kitchen, garage and laundry room. Works great, easy to use, especially with the optional flex whip hose. Recently, I disassembled the gun and soaked/cleaned the parts according to the owners manual (imagine that!), and that had an amazing effect on the quality of the spray pattern. Works just like new once again. I've never been disappointed with any aspect of this unit and heartily recommend it to anyone with similar needs. Fantastic sprayer I have always had my furniture professionally sprayed. To save some money, I decided to learn to do this myself. The Fuji rep was very helpful and gave me several suggestions. So far, I've only used it to spray latex paint on a cabinet I made, but it worked great. I'll mostly be using it for spraying lacquer or varnish. I have tinnitus, and am extremely pleased with how quiet the turbine is--no louder than my vacuum cleaner. My only problem is that I live in Indiana and won't be able to use it again until it warms up. I spray outside rather than in my shop. I did purchase the optional flexible whip hose. It makes it easier to manuver the sprayer in tight places. I love my new sprayer. Great system with A1 support. I own an older model Q3 system. I finally broke down and bought the large orifice needle setup from Fuji and this system sprays my laquer perfectly now. I'm a hobbiest cabinet maker and like spraying laquer. I bought the optional cap liner which allows me to angle the gun greatly while spraying without letting the laquer get into places in the gun that you don't want it. The customer support of Fuji spray equipment is the best I've dealt with. I give them two thumbs up. I love that this produces dry air as well. I live in Indiana and if it's warm enough to paint, their is humidity in the air. What a great investment.  High quality without an Air Tank I got the Fuji with the hopes of satisfying a large range of projects (and paint types). The Fuji's different nozzle sizes are very helpful for me. Lately, I have been refinishing a 33 foot boat. I have used thick exterior hull paints (epoxy) and thin interior finishes (varnish). It has taken some experimenting to get the right coverage. But, the more I use it the quicker I am able to dial into the right combo or air, value opening and nozzle size. The compressor is amazingly quiet. My home vacuum is louder. Moving the compressor around (for the boat painting) was easy. It is light and can be set down on uneven ground. I do wish the power switch was a bit bigger or easier to hit. With gloves, mask and glasses on, I sometimes have to search for it while holding the sprayer level in my other hand. This too is getting easier with practice (ya, I know I could hang up the sprayer first, but when you are pushing to get something big painted without a crew, you give up some luxuries). The spray unit seems to be well built. The spray trigger gives the same response every time which makes getting an even pattern only an operator issue. Clean up is easy. Just about all surfaces are reachable with a rag so I haven't had too much buildup of crud in hard to reach places. The only 'trick' for my clean-up is getting the nozzle rebuilt with the spring pushing the locking-ball-washer out of alignment before you can screw the nozzle on. Just like the other elements, it is getting easier the more I do it. I like my Fuji. I can't decide if the cost is good or just okay. But the turbine system is 100 times better than getting a bulky compressor, air tank, 220 volt electrical outlet and low portability pneumatic sprayer. | |||||||||
