I just completed my first project using all water borne stain, sanding sealer and topcoat with a turbine HVLP system. I was blown away with the results.
I needed to match the color and sheen on my new construction kitchen cabinets and so I used the same Renner wood coatings as the builder did. I had to play around a bit with thinning the sealer and topcoat, but it was worth it. The final topcoat is a 10% sheen and had absolutely zero orange peel. I never had this kind of success with my old air compressor HVLP conversion gun.
I made a panel board first with all of the steps before I committed to the entertainment wall cabinets and it tells the story.
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From left to right:
1) One coat of stain
2) Second coat of stain
3) Two coats of sanding sealer sanded with P400 between coats
4) Final two coats of top coat 10% sheen (matte) finish
Thanks to all in an earlier thread for the helpful suggestions, they helped very much.