J. Clarke wrote:
RicodJour wrote:

Photon713 wrote:

Looking for an inexpensive, around $100, paint sprayer to
spray paint a pergola. I will be using a white latex outdoor paint.
Painting by brush would take forever. Spray painting is the only
viable option. Anyone have a recommendation?

You still have to brush the paint out, or should, to insure that all
cracks, crevices and voids are filled with paint. Otherwise those
points will fail sooner and you'll be painting again earlier than you
should.

This is kind of defeating the purpose of spraying. If you have to brush out
a sprayed finish you did something wrong.

I'm not convinced that spraying is the way to go in the first place.
It would depend entirely on the configuration. Take a look at this
pictu
http://www.prontocasagiardino.com/im...toportante.jpg
You can't spray that without brushing out. This one
http://www.dreamingcreek.com/Images/...outdoor3-1.jpg you could
spray, but you'd still need a brush in a few places.

For a cheapie paint sprayer you can use a 2 1/2 gallon compression pump
sprayer, thin the paint a bit and brush it out.

Maybe that's your problem. A hand-pumped sprayer is _not_ a substitute for
HVLP or high pressure airless.

No kidding? I'm sure you're not suggesting that a beginner with no
experience spraying will be able to spray a drip and run free finish
the first time out of the gate, right?

When all things are factored in - time, expense, cleaning time, ease of
operation - using two rollers (9" and 3") and a brush would probably be
the best choice for the OP. Since the OP is convinced that spraying is
the only option, and he doesn't want to spend any money, I tossed out
the compression sprayer.

The OP asked for a low cost sprayer and the Wagner things suck. The
compression sprayer is useful for a bunch of other things and is about
as cheap as it gets. It obviously won't spray a finish comparable to a
pro tool, but it will get the paint where he needs it.

R