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Recommendations for paint sprayer

Posted on 9/18/16 at 10:00 pm
Posted by Negative Nomad
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Posted by Kafka
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Posted on 9/18/16 at 10:01 pm to
try Jesus Estaban
Posted by Bourre
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Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 9/18/16 at 10:08 pm to
They never work like you want. Try renting one from home depot to save yourself $500. You bette not even be looking at self contained hand held sprayers as they are junk. I have a large airless sprayer I used to use on rental property. Unless I have a lot to paint, I just roll.

You get a good roller-applicator that holds paint and you can paint a whole room very quickly.

Posted by Brosef Stalin
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Posted on 9/18/16 at 10:09 pm to
this Graco sprayer is fairly inexpensive and will do the job LINK
Posted by tunechi
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Posted on 9/18/16 at 10:09 pm to
Roll it
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Posted by lnomm34
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Posted by 40 Rouge
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Posted on 9/18/16 at 10:18 pm to
If you look at Wagner, either the Flexio 590 or Flexio 990
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Posted by Zappas Stache
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Posted on 9/18/16 at 10:52 pm to
quote:

You basically said exactly the opposite of what's true.


This. I bought a spray gun to attach to my compressor and painted 1 rental unit with it. I've gone back to cutting in w/ a brush, roll walls and then brush paint trim and use a straight edge paint shield thing. Works well and is faster than spraying. Keep a rag handy and wipe down the shield often.

Posted by soccerfüt
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Posted on 9/18/16 at 11:02 pm to
Listen to Napoleon-

"You get a good roller-applicator that holds paint and you can paint a whole room very quickly."

Don't spray, roll.

I can paint like a boss, it's one thing I can really do well.

If you paint all rooms with the same color you can go hyperfast.

That's what I'd do if I were trying to get back in my residence as quickly as possible.

ETA: Zappa's got the right idea.
This post was edited on 9/18/16 at 11:03 pm
Posted by Chuker
St George, Louisiana
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Posted on 9/18/16 at 11:08 pm to
My dad is a professional house painter and rarely does he pull out his sprayer. By the time you tape lay protective plastic everywhere you will be faster to roll. He will only use the sprayer for things with a lot of parts/detail. Shutters, Furniture ect. Also, rolling/brushing works the paint "into" the surface instead of just laying it on top like a sprayer does.
Posted by weadjust
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Posted on 9/18/16 at 11:08 pm to
This is how I roll

Posted by Martini
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Posted on 9/19/16 at 5:56 am to
I like to watch a good painter. It's a great craft.

Posted by Kingpenm3
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Posted on 9/19/16 at 8:12 am to
quote:

this Graco sprayer is fairly inexpensive and will do the job LINK


Harbor freight makes a clone for half the price that can still use the Graco tips.

Posted by Scooba
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Posted on 9/19/16 at 8:15 am to
quote:

Don't spray, roll.
Posted by AFtigerFan
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Posted on 9/19/16 at 8:18 am to
quote:

Recommendations for paint sprayer

Ok, I admit that at first I read this topic as recommendations for a Saint prayer. Then the first comment was:
quote:

try Jesus Estaban

I had to go re-read the OP because I was quite certain no Saint had Jesus as their name. I need more coffee this morning.
Posted by Cracker
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Posted on 9/19/16 at 8:19 am to
Don't you still have to have a guy rolling after you spray? Or is that for things like block fill and corse surfaces
Posted by Feelthebarn
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Posted on 9/19/16 at 8:23 am to
My company paints 3 or 4 houses a month. Get some 18" roller frames, some Purdy colossus roller covers, and a bucket like this LINK . By the time you learn how to properly mask and use an airless sprayer, you would have already been done usingbthis setup instead. If you think u have to use the airless sprayer, the one from harbor freight has the same pump and motor that the homeowner gracos from Lowe's and home depot do for 1/3 the price. We use them all the time. But I promise you will be better off rolling it if you've never used an airless sprayer before.
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