Is a Spray painter worth it?

Question

I have a very bad sholder but I need to paint 3 rooms in my house. Has any one used one of thoese spray painters? Are the good? Which brand? On the info-commercials thy seem great, but are they?

I have a BAD sholder that limits me painting it my self. I painted many times before, but I will not be able to anymore.

Answer 1

Painting is so cheap that you should just hire it done. Unless you really enjoy that sort of thing. I would not spray 3 rooms because it will take too much clean up. Just roll and brush it will be faster.

Answer 2

I've owned several of those Wagner sprayers over the years and it is true that they only work the first and possibly the second time and that's it. But who cares? The cheap one is only $60 so throw it away afterward. I know of several painter companies that do just that: Buy 2 or 3 power painters, keep them alive for a few days and then throw them out.

Before I listened to my own advice, I went out and bought a Graco DX ($300 airless sprayer from HD). It is true that it's a pain in the neck to clean but once it's properly set up, it's very fast. I put a coat of latex paint on all walls in a 10x10x9 bedroom in less than 15 minutes.

Don't be too impressed by the 15 minutes per coat. It took me almost 3 hours to mask everything and another 20 minutes to clean out the sprayer to change colors.

Also, to achieve the 15 minutes per coat, I was moving my arm and shoulder pretty briskly. I cannot imagine anyone with shoulder problems to be able to do it without pain.

I absolutely love my Graco DX but I only use it when I am shooting a single color in a room that needs only minimal masking. The Wagner spayer option is OK too if you don't mind throwing out something you used once or twice.

But all of this is moot. If your shoulder hurts, it doesn't matter how much money you saved or what cool tool you have. Get some bids and see if the cost is so high that your shoulder stops hurting. Good Luck!

Answer 3

When dealing with a spray painter, you also have to deal with overspray. Basically, think of a can of spray paint and how the paint comes out -- the same applies to a spray painter. You would need to do a LOT of prep work, masking off areas that you do not want painted and removing (or covering) any furnishings, carpeting, etc in the room.

If you are not experienced with a spray painter, you may also have problems with dripping on the walls. I have been told by those "in the know" that the spray painters you can buy at home improvement places (like the Wagner power painters) just do not last. You may get 3-4 rooms out of them, but then they are shot.

Power rollers are another option, but with your shoulder, that might not work for you. While they eliminate the need to keep bending over to load more paint on the roller, you would still have the up and down motion while painting that would probably pain you.

If you can't afford to hire professionals for the job, how about a painting party? Invite your friends over to help you paint and you can supervise and provide the pizza and beer.

Answer 4

Any sprayer for latex paint that cost less than US$250 is NOT worth it. It might do a room, maybe 2, or you might get lucky and get 3 rooms out of it, but it will break down. This includes most of the models for "home" use.

You'll spend alot more than $250 for a commercial model.

There are a lot of rental companies that won't rent them anymore, because people don't clean them properly, they are hard to fix, and replacement parts are as expensive as the whole unit.

BUT, call come rental companies anyway to see if they rent sprayers for latex paint.

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Answer 5

If you want to spray, then just rent an airless about $60 a day, they are faster than rolling but you do have more set up & clean up, remember to run water through the machine 1st before you put in the paint.
P.S. ( Graco) is my choice

Answer 6

the best think to do is hire someone to go do the job... the spray painter you will also need an air compressor i think thats how you spell that out but that cost a lot of money, we are talking about hundreds of dollars.

Answer 7

till you have get right of entry to to a professional sprayer that are very high priced a curler and brush beat the Wagner each and every time. Paint must be consistent to pass with the aid of, nozzles clog up, clean up is a ***** and you have paint everywhere.