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| Interior home painting - paint sprayer or roller? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 10 2017, 10:50 PM (340 Views) | |
| BillHoo | Jun 10 2017, 10:50 PM Post #1 |
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Painting a rental property with a Wagner Ratcheting Power Roller - kinda slow and not happy with the distribution of paint. Considering going back to using a regular roller and tray. Also thinking about getting a cheap harbor freight paint sprayer. Any thoughts on advantages or problems? Which would you prefer? Roller or Sprayer? |
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| suzukitom | Jun 10 2017, 11:04 PM Post #2 |
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Found that powered painters waste a lot of paint. A good quality manual thick roller will hold a lot of paint and get into siding crevices. An extension pole will work well for 2 story paint jobs |
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| Cobrajet25 | Jun 11 2017, 03:42 AM Post #3 |
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Roller. |
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| 1993XFI | Jun 11 2017, 04:21 AM Post #4 |
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Interior house painting I always use a regular roller. Unless you buy a professional paint sprayer and not one from Harbor freight. With a sprayer you have masking and then clean up of the equipment and storage when you are done. |
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| t3ragtop | Jun 11 2017, 08:53 AM Post #5 |
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Turbo3 and Twincam Tweaker
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a brush for cutting in and a roller for walls. paint spatterers, er sprayers, are more work than they are worth.
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| Murf 59 | Jun 11 2017, 09:25 AM Post #6 |
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I tried the HF ones. They worked only for a few minutes, then died. |
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| smysmbrg | Jun 11 2017, 09:35 AM Post #7 |
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Prepare like a crime sceen with plastic everywhere for a sprayer. Just as much work if not more. Used my sprayer twice so far. First time in the house second in the garage. Probably wont use it in the house again too much overspray. |
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| ptcapboy | Jun 11 2017, 04:15 PM Post #8 |
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i've painted an entire outside and rooms inside with a brush believe it or not- |
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| MPG | Jun 11 2017, 05:04 PM Post #9 |
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The manuel roller is quickest and the lest hassle |
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| PTA2PTB | Jun 11 2017, 06:07 PM Post #10 |
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I'm totally awesome! I swear.
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| suzukitom | Jun 11 2017, 06:25 PM Post #11 |
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Tom
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Yep. Manuel is a good guy..
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| PTA2PTB | Jun 11 2017, 06:40 PM Post #12 |
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I'm totally awesome! I swear.
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Good ole, Manny; as good with a brush, as he is with a roller. |
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| BillHoo | Jun 11 2017, 06:44 PM Post #13 |
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Yes, but hiring Manuel is more expensive than you can imagine. Those guys want $300 a day! Anyway, I went with the roller and it was much fast than the Wagner Ratchet roller. I have all my tape and tarps laid out. I can be a bit sloppy with the paint drips, but I am happier with the distribution of paint and I can go much faster. A few drips here and there, but that's where the tarp come in! As for the sparayer, I heard the pro argument that an HF electric sprayer is the cost of a few brushes and works fast. throw it away when done. The negative was the spatter and having to be even more careful with taping (to include the ceiling). I was also hard pressed to read ANY reviews for interior home painting. Most were "here I painted a fence, or a board, or a door outside or in my garage with an HF sprayer." There were few if any interior home painting examples. |
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| monzanut | Jun 12 2017, 10:53 AM Post #14 |
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Drip under Pressure
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I bought a Krause & Becker harbor freight airless sprayer 4 years ago, was about $200. Use it with 1 gallon to 5 gallon buckets. So far done everything exterior and interior with it and works great as long as you spend the time to clean the nozzle right. I just lay drop cloth over everything and tape where I need to because if you don't adjust it correct, you do get a bit of overspray. After I'm done, usually takes 10 minutes to do corner touch with a small roller or brush. So far, been way quicker than rolling it on. This is what I have...Airless sprayer |
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| t3ragtop | Jun 12 2017, 05:50 PM Post #15 |
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Turbo3 and Twincam Tweaker
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for better control, less prep, and speed you'd be hard pressed to find something other than a brush and roller to do any residential interior painting job. this is one instance where it's truly "less is more."
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