Ratings & Reviews for Graco Magnum 257025 Project Painter Plus Handheld Paint Sprayer for DIY Projects

Faster and better results

Purchased last month to take on a fence staining project -- more than 600 linear feet of presidential/privacy style fence. Purchased it after suffering with a competitor's sprayer that could not be converted to draw directly from the can/bucket. Set up/clean isn't hard, just took a little more time than I thought, but it's worth it. Sprayer performed really well with no issues. It is saving me a lot of time not having to stop and refill a container and the spray pattern/flow adjustments are much...

Time saving

Bought the project plus to paint basement ceiling with extension wand so I didn’t have to use a brush and roller. No climbing up and down a ladder a thousand times. Going to paint the basement walls with it next. Multiple steps to get set up and running but once I got started, I got the painting done quickly.

Handy thing to have.

Love the sprayer. I’m a DIY user and needed something to stain 2 privacy fences. I’m almost done with the first one and think I’m starting to get used to it. My Wagner failed so I needed something quick. The Graco looked interesting so I thought I would give it a try. Glad I did.

shot paint straight from the gallon can

Recently had shoulder surgery so this sprayer enabled me to finish my painting project before it became too cold.

Great little sprayer does the job can handle the medium jobs too

Tough little guy.

I’ve owned this little machine for 5 days. Used it every day and preformed flawlessly. It is lite weight but tough enough to handle all I’ve asked it to do for me. Three different viscosities with only a tip change. The only issue I have is that I waste a lot of product during clean up.

So far so good

Only used for 1 project but so far it's good. No issues yet

Great product!

Excellent directions for a first time user. Extremely happy with my initial use - final product looks great. Can’t wait to use it again for a major project.

Great little machine

I bought the project painter plus to paint our fence and it perform flawlessly. Very easy to use and clean and it's made in usa. The only thing I would have liked to change is having an option to choose between a 25ft. hose or a 50ft. hose.

Sprayer worked great, but didn’t come as not come as advertised ! Was supposed to come with 50 feet of hose but only came with 25 feet of hose! Had to move sprayer many times on the project!

Easy to use

I needed to stain the cedar fence I had just replaced. My old spraying doesn’t seem to work anymore. Looked around and found this one. Pretty easy to setup and clean up. I had bought a different tip for stain and it was clogging all the time. So I switched back to the one that it came with and worked great. So much easier than brushing.

Not amazing

Been painting for years, always fought the use of a sprayer as they seem like a huge hassle, but recently got into some cabinet work and was trying to match a top coat. I've used it several times now and it delivered a decent spraying experience. for some cabinet sand large walls. However, as an infrequent user, set up and instructional videos were pretty terrible, without enough detail views and poorly paced. Need a simple checklist with much better graphics vs. what they provide. Clean up...

I bought it to paint a large privacy fence. Worked great

Beats the 360 VSP

Has the 360 Airless VSP sprayer and sad to say that it just didn't cut it. bit the bullet and bought this to replace it. World of difference. Tips and supply system are night and day difference. Was able to prime and start painting without air in the system and complete in 30 minutes what would have taken 1.5 hours

Well Done Graco

Product is not only excellent and met all of my expectations for my project but the documentation is superb. I have never owned an airless sprayer before and the accompanying instructions for setup, use, and clean-up were well worth a full review before starting. The videos on the web doubled up on the instructions. I knew that Graco had a good reputation and its products are used by many professional painters including contract painters that I had hired in the past.

Spray tip chart information

The equipment worked very well. My only gripe was that I did not know what tip I needed to purchase until I got home and read the enclosed instructions. The tip chart in the booklet was very helpful BUT this should be printed on the outside of the packaging so that I could secure the needed tip at the time I purchase the sprayer. This would have saved me considerable lost time returning to the store to get the correct tip.

Nice machine

First time using a paint sprayer, I was intimidated to start with a sprayer, but now I’ll never go back. Very happy with the results. Instructions are clear and easy to read. Unit is easy to operate and set up. Cleaning is easy too

Garbage

Bought 4 years ago and used it to paint living room. Followed all instructions for cleaning and storage. Brought it out again today to paint hallway and bedroom. Got everything prepped and ready to paint and the thing won't prime. Took valve apart and no blockage everything looked clean. Put it back together and still won't prime. We used this ONE TIME following all instructions and now it's just garbage. I could have had a Pro Painter here for the price I paid for this piece of garbage

Nice little unit if it WORKED

It bought this baby three weeks ago for a kitchen cabinet paint job. Bought a tent to paint the doors outside as the interior is too tight to allow a sprayer. So brushed/rolled the cabinets, spraying the doors. I wish!! When it works the spray is outstanding. Even, strong, contained overspray. But clog!! I get four - five doors and down I go. Unplugging the tip shows it unclogged but won't spray. Have cleaned this thing three times, taken apart to ensure the ball bearing ain't the problem...and ...