Harry Everhart wrote:

"Kim"
wrote:
shot why not just rent one out or even use a roller. One more thing, airless
uses a lot paint than a brush or roller so do you want to save paint or
time?

Hi Kim -

I am 57 and retired. I have the time - but want to save the aches and
pains of using a paint brush 8 hours a day :-)
I am not afraid of using time or money to do this job.
How about these roller systems that have a hose attached to a roller.
Are they easy to use? messy? do a good job?
I live in Tallahassee - weather is nice now - not much rain - house is
3000 square feet - all one floor with a few high gables - maybe 16 feet
high. The whole place is stained gray. I plan to latex stain it gray
again.


How much paint goes on the surface is dependent on the user, not
inherently the system...while as noted a sprayer can put 5 gal on in a
relative heartbeat, the surface it covers depends on how you spray...

As noted before, I bought one of the ~$250 Graco units from the Borg for
the barn...it works quite well. The barn is about 4000 sq-ft so
somewhat larger than your house.

I would equate the roller system to a Wagner airless...just not up to
the task at hand. You will need to learn to use the sprayer and should
brush or roll behind it to get the best job, but I would still recommend
it over the alternatives.

How you going to get to the upper heights? Even the walls are higher
than you can reach by hand and a single ladder up/down is going to be a
real pita. I'd recomend looking into at least a couple ranks of
scaffolding or at a minimim a good quality walkboard for a ladder pair.

(When starting the barn refurb I looked at renting scaffolding and it
was exorbitant for the time it would take--found an online place that
made a deal on new old stock and returned scaffolding so bought enough
for one side two-high (22 sections) plus railings and leg sets at
~$1500. Plus, I had found a 40-ft JLG manlift on eBay at $5k. W/O
those, the job would have taken years (particularly the roof and siding
reconstruction. Painting was virtually all done from the lift as could
work along the side.

Planning and preparation for both the surface and access are key to
success...

While my route is undoubtedly overkill, felt significant to make sure
you're considering the logistics as well as the application. You've got
to clean and prep the entire surface before you ever start to paint,
then prime then top coat, so there's a lot of operations here...