Spray painting emulsion

No.

 

Imran, are the walls and ceilings going to be the same colour?! If not, masking will be a nightmare.

Pros - fast way to get a colour change. Cons - paint layer will be MUCH thinner, lots of masking, etc.

I doubt it's worth it.

What are these pumped roller systems like? A good alternative?

 

Chippie is right.

But if you are used to spraying and the carpets are being changed then possibly, just possibly but watch out -

Overspray - onto windows, mist flowing under doors, build up on skirtings

Changing paint colours and cleaning kit

Thinning paint

Noise

Masking up

Suiting up

And most importantly, you cannot hear the radio.

 

Imran - tried it - don't like it, stick with the roller mate.

 

Power is the future there is kit out there now with a no overspray guarantee but it is a little high end budget at the moment. Otherwise standard airless spraying can be quite clean in the hands of a pro..

http://www.spraystore.com/scp/AirlessSpray/Nespray.html

 

just roll it, by time you tape up and keep it all dust free and clean the sprayer you be faster to roll.

 

I have used a Titan sprayer. It takes very little setting up and can be cleaned in 10 minutes.

I mainly paint new builds and complete renovations (i'm builder not a painter).

As said - if everything is the same colour it works best. If not then masking is a problem.

In an empty room you just need to mask the door and the window.

I reckon you can mist coat and then do 2 top coats of a average 2 bed semi in 90 minutes (not including masking) In these situations its much, much faster than a roller.

 

hallbeck
Do you find that spraying walls is ok until someone marks the walls and it wont touch up meaning you have to re spray the walls.
As you know theres always a chance of someone damaging the walls just as you have finished them. Is there a way
round this or do you have to respray the wall again.
Cheers mate polly

 

I find that a decent brush will touch up marks ok.

 

Polly raises a good point there, no type of brushwork applied over a sprayed application will match the existing finish.

Potty.

 

potty painter
thats what i thought i didnt think you could touch up walls with a brush if they had been sprayed surely its got a different texture.
cheers mate polly

 

No. the point being a damaged or chipped surface painted with a brush will stand out like sore thumb. It may however be possible to feather it out over the existing. But it is not a practice of which I would recomend.

Bye the way, happy New Year.

Potty.

 

potty painter
Just what i thought potty.
Happy new year to you
Cheers mate polly

 

i have been a sprayer for over 25 years and i,v got a HVLP spraying kit from earlex it,s easy to use and to clean if your going to use emulsion paint the secret is to water it down 15 percent then make sure you stir it with a drill and paint stirrer the paint needs to be whisked almost after about 5 min,s you will see the paint change to a nice smooth creamy texture witch the machine can spry if you get it right there wont be any spray flying about and it will cover easily im doing my house at the moment and iv got carpets and furniture just mask of and cover carpets i would never go back to a roller beside,s the finish is much higher quality but i cant stress enough you have got to give it a really good stirring