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spraying latex on garage drywall?
Anyone have experience with this? Lows has a $50 latex paint sprayer,
and I have an old wagner electric sprayer. I would be doing latex drywall primer followed by latex semi gloss (or maybe less gloss). I think there is an attachment for the Wagner that points up for doing ceilings, with the air gun I suppose I'd have to keep it fairly full doing the ceiling. Any real life experience out there? |
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spraying latex on garage drywall?
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:16:41 -0500, Tony Miklos
wrote: Anyone have experience with this? Lows has a $50 latex paint sprayer, and I have an old wagner electric sprayer. I would be doing latex drywall primer followed by latex semi gloss (or maybe less gloss). I think there is an attachment for the Wagner that points up for doing ceilings, with the air gun I suppose I'd have to keep it fairly full doing the ceiling. Any real life experience out there? Yes. But I used a Graco airless paint sprayer. Wouldn't change a thing. I tried a Wagner "bumble bee" sprayer once on some doors. I'll never use one again. If you stick with a white flat sheen paint, it looks best. Get into colors and gloss -- you will see imperfections in the drywall. Not all garage walls are finished as well as interior walls. With the airless sprayer you can rent one. Clean up is important. I always strain my paints when using a sprayer. Takes out the gubbers and less clogging in the spray tip. Two cents... |
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spraying latex on garage drywall?
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:16:41 -0500, Tony Miklos wrote:
Anyone have experience with this? Lows has a $50 latex paint sprayer, and I have an old wagner electric sprayer. I would be doing latex drywall primer followed by latex semi gloss (or maybe less gloss). I think there is an attachment for the Wagner that points up for doing ceilings, with the air gun I suppose I'd have to keep it fairly full doing the ceiling. Any real life experience out there? I have an old Wagner also and used the tubing to suck paint out of the full can. You can then spray at any angle. As Oren said, not many garages are finished to interior standards. Doing a texture on the walls would solve that problem with colored paint |
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spraying latex on garage drywall?
"Tony Miklos" wrote in message ... Anyone have experience with this? Lows has a $50 latex paint sprayer, and I have an old wagner electric sprayer. I would be doing latex drywall primer followed by latex semi gloss (or maybe less gloss). I think there is an attachment for the Wagner that points up for doing ceilings, with the air gun I suppose I'd have to keep it fairly full doing the ceiling. Any real life experience out there? I used my Wagner spray for about 2 gallons and trashed it. Either get a real sprayer or use a roller. |
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spraying latex on garage drywall?
On 12/19/2010 3:52 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
"Tony Miklos" wrote in message ... Anyone have experience with this? Lows has a $50 latex paint sprayer, and I have an old wagner electric sprayer. I would be doing latex drywall primer followed by latex semi gloss (or maybe less gloss). I think there is an attachment for the Wagner that points up for doing ceilings, with the air gun I suppose I'd have to keep it fairly full doing the ceiling. Any real life experience out there? I used my Wagner spray for about 2 gallons and trashed it. Either get a real sprayer or use a roller. You used yours a gallon more than I used mine.....don't even remember what I did with it nor do I care. I purchased it to paint approximately 800' of wood picket fence. Ended up taking each panel down and painting them with a brush. Don |
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spraying latex on garage drywall?
"Tony Miklos" wrote in message ... Anyone have experience with this? Lows has a $50 latex paint sprayer, and I have an old wagner electric sprayer. I would be doing latex drywall primer followed by latex semi gloss (or maybe less gloss). I think there is an attachment for the Wagner that points up for doing ceilings, with the air gun I suppose I'd have to keep it fairly full doing the ceiling. Any real life experience out there? First, chuck the Wagner, and either rent or buy a good airless. I got a Graco XR7 for $300 for some remodels, and used it on a lot of things afterward, and they are great. That being said, they do have some big downsides. It amounts to applying paint with a garden hose, so you have to be prepared and do it right. You need to remove or mask anything that will get paint on it. There is a LOT of overspray. Second, backroll it. That is, have someone right behind you with a 3/4" nap roller to even out what you spray. It will look a lot better. You will have to change the roller often, as it builds up with paint. Use the look of the stipple to know when to change rollers. If this is a garage, it doesn't have to be perfect, but you want it to look nice. Be sure to use the right tip orifice, as they have all sizes, and that determines how much paint comes out. Use large buckets to put more than one gallon of paint into, as an airless will suck up a gallon in a very short time, and you don't want to stop painting to change buckets, and end up with a dry line. Good luck. I do not regret a bit spending that much for an airless. On jobs I have used it that required a real painting, it shone. Two of us did 100' of block wall once in less than an hour. It would have taken us two days with rollers. Steve |
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spraying latex on garage drywall?
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:16:41 -0500, Tony Miklos
wrote: Anyone have experience with this? Lows has a $50 latex paint sprayer, and I have an old wagner electric sprayer. I would be doing latex drywall primer followed by latex semi gloss (or maybe less gloss). I think there is an attachment for the Wagner that points up for doing ceilings, with the air gun I suppose I'd have to keep it fairly full doing the ceiling. Any real life experience out there? My luck with the wagners has not been good. They make a nice job when they work, but I've had them "jam up". If not on the first job, on the second or third. Overspray with an air sprayer can be an issue - I'd only use a HVLP type sprayer |
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spraying latex on garage drywall?
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 13:41:15 -0800, Oren wrote:
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:16:41 -0500, Tony Miklos wrote: Anyone have experience with this? Lows has a $50 latex paint sprayer, and I have an old wagner electric sprayer. I would be doing latex drywall primer followed by latex semi gloss (or maybe less gloss). I think there is an attachment for the Wagner that points up for doing ceilings, with the air gun I suppose I'd have to keep it fairly full doing the ceiling. Any real life experience out there? Yes. But I used a Graco airless paint sprayer. Wouldn't change a thing. I tried a Wagner "bumble bee" sprayer once on some doors. I'll never use one again. If you stick with a white flat sheen paint, it looks best. Get into colors and gloss -- you will see imperfections in the drywall. Not all garage walls are finished as well as interior walls. With the airless sprayer you can rent one. Clean up is important. I always strain my paints when using a sprayer. Takes out the gubbers and less clogging in the spray tip. Two cents... You can't beat a Graco. And filtering is DEFINITELY important, with ANY paint, in ANY sprayer (with the possible exception of the Graco. That thing could pretty well pump putty. |
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spraying latex on garage drywall?
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:58:01 -0600, IGot2P wrote:
On 12/19/2010 3:52 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote: "Tony Miklos" wrote in message ... Anyone have experience with this? Lows has a $50 latex paint sprayer, and I have an old wagner electric sprayer. I would be doing latex drywall primer followed by latex semi gloss (or maybe less gloss). I think there is an attachment for the Wagner that points up for doing ceilings, with the air gun I suppose I'd have to keep it fairly full doing the ceiling. Any real life experience out there? I used my Wagner spray for about 2 gallons and trashed it. Either get a real sprayer or use a roller. You used yours a gallon more than I used mine.....don't even remember what I did with it nor do I care. I purchased it to paint approximately 800' of wood picket fence. Ended up taking each panel down and painting them with a brush. Don The last one I used went back to Home Despot in the box, covered in paint. |
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spraying latex on garage drywall?
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 16:58:01 -0600, IGot2P wrote:
I used my Wagner spray for about 2 gallons and trashed it. Either get a real sprayer or use a roller. You used yours a gallon more than I used mine.....don't even remember what I did with it nor do I care. I purchased it to paint approximately 800' of wood picket fence. Ended up taking each panel down and painting them with a brush. Don You guys are patient. I used less than a quart before I washed and took the bumble bee electric sprayer back. I just had a few interior doors to spray. Finished them with brush. This week confirmed it for me, regarding Wagner products. I bought a Wagner Paint Eater (stripper) this year. It worked great and did the job, except the damn thing broke after the third abrasive pad was put on. I'm done with Wagner.. |
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