Apollo News


Apollo Adds eCommerce

Apollo Sprayers has added on-line purchasing to its website for all Turbine Accessories and Gun Accessories. Your on-line purchases are 100% secure with the Paypal shopping cart engine and you do not have to have a Paypal account to make purchases. Simply follow the on-line instructions and pay Acceptance Markwith any major credit card.
Stop by the Accessories Section and discover this great new way to get those often used turbine filters or gun cups you’ve always needed to help you create the Perfect Finish.

Posted on May 29th, 2008 by admin and filed under Company News | Comments Off

Apollo Announces AAFW 2008 Contest Winner

Apollo Sprayers is proud to announce the 1st place winner in the AAFW ‘Excellence in Finishing’ category of their annual ‘Excellence in Woodworking Exhibition.’

Congratulations to Rick Ford for his beautiful mission style display case. You can view Rick’s work HERE

Apollo Sprayers International, Inc., is the proud co-sponsor of the annual Excellence in Woodworking exhibition which is held by the Arizona Association of Fine Woodworkers (AAFW). Apollo donates awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place finishes in the “Excellence in Finishing” category.

Arizona Association of Fine Woodworkers (AAFW) is a nonprofit organization of men and women interested in woodworking.

Posted on March 31st, 2008 by admin and filed under Events & Trade Shows | Comments Off

Apollo on Non-solvent Based Coatings

Apollo Sprayers has just completed our comprehensive coatings analysis. This document, the first of many, addresses the differences in waterbourne vs. waterbased coatings.

You can view the document in our the New HVLP University section on our website.

Thanks for reading !

Apollo Sprayers

Posted on February 18th, 2008 by admin and filed under Company News | 2 Comments »

Apollo Completes Comprehensive Coatings Trials

Due to changes in environmental regulations, the world of spraying and coating has experienced a tremendous shift in formulations which inevitably has its effect on HVLP performance. Your father’s coatings are not the coatings you can buy today and it is critical to keep up with the newest chemical and engineering implications.

Apollo has just completed an exhaustive trial of a broad array of coatings products using them with turbine HVLP and compressed air HVLP spray guns. The purpose of the tests was to detail and record performance of reformulated solvents and water base coatings with regard to achieving the best results in HVLP spraying.
The results will be available on the Apollo website for review. A special version entitled “Getting the Best Results and a Perfect Finish with Apollo HVLP” will soon accompany all new Apollo equipment and will soon also be available to existing Apollo owners. Come back to www.hvlp.com in January to review the results of the product tests. Read the article about non-solvent based coatings here.

Posted on December 17th, 2007 by admin and filed under Company News | Comments Off

Apollo’s AtomiZer: “A Tale of Two Types”

What Glen D. Huey, Senior Editor, Popular Woodworking Magazine, says about The AtomiZer:

“An investment in a new tool can increase your woodworking abilities; an investment in HVLP will do the same. If you spray your finish, you know already what I’m talking about. If you haven’t ventured into spray finishing, it’s time. Great results are so much easier to achieve that you’ll never look back.

Apollo Sprayers International Inc. makes the investment easy with the 7500 Series AtomiZer spray gun. The standout feature of this gun is that it’s used with either a turbine – any turbine, from any manufacturer – as a standard HVLP system or as a conversion gun when you attach compressed air. And your compressor size is not an issue. All that’s required is a minimum 3-horsepower, 20-gallon tank. With either method you have a superb performing spray gun.

The AtomiZer is a multi-use, multi-purpose spray gun that allows the user to choose from three different methods of operation. Use the gun as a gravity-feed unit (cup above the handle), in a standard arrangement (cup under the handle) as we did, or as a production gun feeding fluid directly from the source.

Another feature of the 7500 Series AtomiZer is that you adjust the fan of the spray pattern by dialing a ring located just behind the nozzle. Adjusting the fan spray makes finishing small objects or working in tight areas easier.

Included with the AtomiZer is an all purpose 1mm tip and needle. While other tips are available, I used that setup for spraying thinned lacquer, thinned shellac and water-base aniline dyes and my results were better than expected. This covers most woodworking project finishes.

Worried about cleaning the gun? Don’t be. There are no “O” rings in this gun; clean up is as easy as a thorough rinsing then wiping of the basic parts. And the coated interior of the cup eliminates aluminum-related finish issues, especially with shellac.”

Glen D. Huey, Senior Editor, Popular Woodworking Magazine

Posted on November 21st, 2007 by admin and filed under Company News | Comments Off

The Apollo Atomizer Wins Again

The AtomiZer™, the newest Apollo spray gun, keeps getting raves. First we got raves from our users. Then the AtomiZer™ won the prestigious Sequoia Award for the most “innovative” new product of the entire show in the general category at the Association of Woodworking and Furniture Suppliers Las Vegas Show.

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And now the AtomiZer™ has been named one of Popular Woodworking’s “Best New Tools of 2007.”

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The editors noted the workmanship, controls and the exceptionally small amount of overspray that make the AtomiZer™ the best HVLP gun they’ve seen in a long time.

“Apollo has always made excellent spray equipment that has performed well in our tests. But the company’s new 7500 line of premium HVLP guns is head and shoulders better than the guns we’ve tested and used for the last 11 years.

We’ve been testing the A7500QT AtomiZer Quick-Release Cup Gun with an HVLP turbine and have been impressed not only with the workmanship and controls, but with the astonishingly small amount of overspray generated by the gun. We’re still testing the A7500, but there’s little doubt this is the best HVLP gun we’ve seen in a long time.”

All of us at Apollo work hard to live up to our reputation as “The Innovators” of HVLP technology. We are proud to see our expert engineering developed over 40 years, recognized by Popular Woodworking.

Posted on November 21st, 2007 by admin and filed under Company News | Comments Off

Apollo LIVE!

Learn how to create the perfect finish by participating in exciting workshops offered at the shows. Finishing experts will guide you through every aspect of the process from hand finishing to spray finishing. Learn how to make equipment and coatings choices.

Visit Apollo Live at the show and talk with our skilled HVLP technology associates who can give you specialized advice and guide you toward the right choice for your workshop. See our real time demonstration of the Apollo equipment in action, feel the balance and see the features of our award winning Atomizer spray gun. See the full range of Apollo’s Green Machines and the new Handi-Hold™ Spray Gun Docking Station to keep your spray gun safe and easily transportable. See first hand why Apollo is the number one choice in HVLP.

If you’re ready for theTrueHVLP experience, Apollo has the right spray equipment for you. And, best of all the right prices. Our show packages and prices are the very best you will find, anywhere, we guarantee it!

Enjoy the Apollo HVLP experience

To view the Apollo show schedule click here

Posted on September 6th, 2007 by admin and filed under Events & Trade Shows | Comments Off

Apollo Sprayers Satisfies Customers

Apollo Sprayers has many satisfied customers. Here are a few examples: Click here to view testimonials.

Posted on September 3rd, 2007 by admin and filed under Company News | Comments Off

Stop Press! - Apollo Wins Prestigious Sequoia Award!

Apollo Sprayers International, Inc. have just been awarded the prestigious Sequoia Award for the most “innovative” new product of the entire AWFS Vegas show. The award was presented to the most innovative new product at the AWFS Fair at the Awards Dinner on Thursday, July 19, at Las Vegas, NV.

The award was given to the New Apollo AtomiZer Spray Gun. This unique spray gun delivers enhanced True HVLP performance and flawless results with any make turbine or air compressor, 3HP/20 gallon (75 litre) tank or larger. Seeing is believing with this breakthrough technology: Booth 5240 is the place to see it.

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Posted on July 20th, 2007 by admin and filed under Events & Trade Shows | Comments Off

Apollo Sprayers International Announce Spray Gun Give-away

Vista, CA, July 10, 2007.

John A. Darroch, CEO of Apollo Sprayers International, Inc. (USA)™ announced today that Apollo will be giving away a high performance Apollo Spray Gun to the winner of a drawing. Visitors to the Apollo Booth 5240, can leave business cards, or name and address to add to the drawing throughout the AWFS®Vegas show. The drawing will be held on Saturday the 21st at 2pm on the closing day of the show. Darroch stated, “To use our products is to love them, so we’re glad to give someone the chance to own an Apollo spray gun, free!”

Employees of Apollo or their distributors are not eligible for participation in the drawing.

Posted on July 16th, 2007 by admin and filed under Events & Trade Shows | Comments Off