Paint Sprayer Question.......

Elizabeth26 · Post by **Elizabeth26** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:03 am

I wasn't sure if I should put this in the decorating forum or tool forum. I am buying a fixer upper and it needs some painting. I want to paint the inside and the outside of the house. We want the walls one color and the ceiling another color. If I use a sprayer, how much over spray should I allow for? Can anybody give me any suggestions on how to do this job? Any suggestions on a sprayer?

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:58 am

why do you want to spray,

by the time you have masked down, it will have been quicker to have painted it with a 12" roller

Post by **ultimatehandyman** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:26 am

I agree with Tim entirely on this, spraying paint is ok on vehicles but not really much good on homes.

Hitch · Post by **Hitch** » Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:02 pm

Airless sprayer, paint the walls with that, then the ceilings with a pad/roller after.

Timm and uhm are right though, you could paint a room with a wide roller in virtually the same time, if you count cleaning it out after.

With a domestic type airless, you get maybe 500mmm of overspray, depends a lot on your tecnique.
Plus you will get a few stray specs outside that.