Harry Everhart wrote:

Duane Bozarth wrote:
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...

The house is already stained gray and I plan to stain gray right on top
of that. I plan to power wash the house - let it dry - and then latex
stain it. Right now I am considering using a powered roller with an
extension stick to get the upper areas. I plan to do maybe 10 x 40 feet
a day. I am guessing about about 7 days. Of course I will have to use a
brush for detail areas.
I do own a craftsmen compressor and spray gun. I also have a pressure
washer.
Harry

Whether that's sufficient prep will depend wholly on the present
condition--can't judge that from here, obviously.

Personally, I think the "roller on a stick route will be quite painful",
but ymmv. Guess you'll know after a few days...

Anyway, happy painting. Once it warms up I've got one end and the rest
of the trim on the barn yet to go...got the lift out of the shed again
yesterday to do some trim work and the d-- battery was dead again this
am after one brief turn. Charger on it now, when cranks will have to
see if alternator done died or something else...