I have finished many products by hand, but have decided to invest in a Fuji mini-mite 3 HVLP for my current project, which is a quarter-sawn red oak secretary desk. Wondering if anyone had some good tips on do's and don'ts for my very first spray-finish job. I will be staining with General-Finishes waterborn stain, and then High Performance for the top coat, as I am trying to stay away from VOCs as much as possible. I did get a respirator, which I plan to use.
From what I've seen in research (you-tube, here, etc.), it seems like it should be fairly straight forward, as long as I do some testing on spare wood to dial in spray pattern, speed, & etc. I got the 1.0mm tip for the stain coat, and have the 1.3mm that it comes with for the high performance, which according to the Fuji website should be about right (though I will check with the viscosity cup, of course).