Spent $80 on a cheap paint sprayer for my kitchen cabinets and it clogged after 10 minutes

I was trying to save money painting my cabinets in Phoenix and that Wagner sprayer just gave up mid-stream, now I'm stuck with half-done doors and a mess I gotta clean up. Anyone have luck with a specific brand that won't die on the first use?

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vera_campbell2mo ago

Oh, that exact same thing happened to me with a cheap sprayer last spring.

terrybennett2mo ago

Three times now, @vera_campbell. Seems like everything's just made to break these days.

bens811mo ago

Read something recently about how companies intentionally design stuff to fail after a certain amount of uses. It was some article about planned obsolescence in lawn and garden tools. That cheap sprayer you got probably has a plastic pump that just wears out after a few uses. I had a hand sprayer that lasted one season before the seals dried up and it started leaking everywhere. Feel like you gotta spend double or triple to get something that actually holds up.