Paint Sprayer...?

Question

So, I hate painting. I want to repaint my living and dining in the next couple of weeks and I don't want to hire someone to do it. I am considering getting a paint sprayer to make it easier for me to get it done faster. What do you think? What are the pros and cons of me doing this? To me I don't feel there is many cons, so I am looking for an outside view... Also, what paint sprayers would you recommend? Thanks for all your comments in advance!

Answer 1

Total time will be less with a roller. More masking and cleanup time is required with an airless sprayer.

Answer 2

Pros- This is why most painters love them it is because they uses half as much paint (which puts more money it their pocket), it is suppose to go faster and be less work.

Cons- After you spray the paint you are suppose to brush over the paint or roll over the paint to prevent runs and streaking, and less wall showing. Spray painting lasts half as long, since it uses half as much paint. Most sprayers are made for pro painters that use low priced and low quality paint, so often times sprayers don't work as well when using high quality, high solid paint that lasts. A water down paint will often come off of the wall within a couple of scrubs versus something like Top Secret Coatings lifetime interior that starts to show wear after two thousand scrubs. Huge difference.

Good luck.

Answer 3

After applying multiple thousands of gallons of paint,,, take the time to brush and roll. You're talking about an area likely less than 300 sq. ft.?

Interior spraying is great in a new house, unfurnished, with no carpet or woodwork to mask, but in an existing interior it isn't something I'd recommend for a DIY. No offense. The prep time alone might discourage you, as would overspray possiblitities, even with an airless. You'd almost have to hermetically seal those areas to avoid OOPS, and then concern with flooring, furniture left behind, windows, etc.

Just one old mans opinion, but I've been at this a very long time, and would never spray and interior as a fix for not wanting to brush and roll in a house being lived in.

Obviously airless is best for even exterior work. WAGNER,,,you could probably forget. Airless, siphons paint direct from a can or bucket, usually through a length of hose, without a need to have a POT attached to the gun. It still uses a vacuum of sorts to draw and spray the paint, but not a compressor that creates AIR driven spray through a gun that sucks the contents from a pot attached to the gun. I promise you it still includes OVER sprays of a sort.

Steven Wolf

In essence it's a personal choice for you. I suspect however that brush and roll would allow you time to relax after/longer in the rooms, without the extreme prep work added to the painting, then decent cleaning of the spray equipment. You can always throw away brushes and rollers; drop cloths and tape..

Answer 4

diy docs right you will end up with over spray on your stuff as far as using less paint that's not why the pros use airless sprayers it's because of the shear speed of application of the paint