On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 10:11:10 -0500, "
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HeyBub wrote:
Red Green wrote:
Boy oh boy. All these gizmos. Corner rollers, pads with wheels, funny
looking foam brushes, As Seen on TV stuff, etc.

If it isn't painted with a roller it gets painted with a brush. Hell,
I even painted an old pickup of mine with a brush and Rustoleum Rusty
Metal Primer. Dries fast if ya take a ride on the interstate. OK so
it gets a little textured. Sure, I could have used spray cans or a
roller but that wouldn't have been as much fun.

Reminds me of a tip:

If at all possible, select the target color from the vast selection of spray
paints at the box store. Spray some on a (free) wooden store-proved
paint-stirring stick. Give the stick to the clerk and ask for some gallons
of paint to match.

Thereafter, when some touch-up is necessary, it's a simple matter to shake
and squirt rather than all the fussing necessary with congealed paint,
another trip to the paint store, brushes, clean-up etc.


No need to go to all of that trouble...just choose a paint, any kind:
latex, alkyd, gloss, flat. Buy a Preval sprayer, cost about $4. The
sprayer comes as a kit, and additional air cannisters can be purchased.
The jar is 8 oz. and comes with a separate lid for storing paint. Nice
for finer work, like louvers, and for craft projects. Need to thin
paint slightly to use in the sprayer. I used the Preval when I
repainted a very old range hood - Rustoleum enamel, looks like new.
Painted in place, with a little bit of aluminum foil and plastic to
shield the surrounding cabinets.
For half the cost of the air cans to do a relatively small job you
can buy a cheap compressor and a decent airbrush. The preval is/was a
dissapointment. Ofter putting about 2 or 3 cans of propellant through
it I bought a cheap Badger hobby airbrush and a fitting to connect it
to a tire. Used my set of snow-tires for most of an afternoon's detail
painting.

I now have a compressor with a 15 gallon tank, and a Princess Auto
(kinda like Northern Tool) touchup gun. Painted all my shutters, the
front door, and the garage door this past summer.