"busbus" wrote in message
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I am thinking about purchasing a paint sprayer but not necessarily to
spray lacquer on furniture. I am looking to use it to do things like
sealing my deck or painting my shutters or even painting the inside of
my house. I have often thought about this whenever I seal my deck but
after this year, I am sick of squatting and using a brush to seal all
of those dam* stiles. Recently, I was over a friend's house who was
getting the entire inside of his house painted and the guys he hired
used an airless gun and they were done so fast that it made your head
spin.

Now I am not stupid and know that I will probably NEVER get good
enough not to tape like those guys did (I still don't know how the
heck they did that) but, WOW!! Painting is the one chore that I hate
over and above any other, especially the cleaning up afterward. The
sprayer those guys had hooked up to an outside hose and they
circulated the water using a five-gallon bucket and the entire thing
was cleaned in less than ten minutes. Incredible.

There is no way that I need the size of machine those guys had but
then I won't be painting every day with the thing: I only need to use
it several times a year.

The wife is constantly complaining that she wants rooms painted and I
always push it off until divorce is almost imminent. Then I do it
with a chip on my shoulder and life ain't so fun for a while. But
that thing make painting seem almost fun...almost. I know there will
be a learning curve and I will need to practice on things like the
garage or storage room before I ever attempt to use it in the living
room but I am willing to try!

Any suggestions? People are telling me to look at Graco.

I've got an SprayTech airless myself. Sorry. Don't recall the model, but I
bought it as a factory rebuilt for a couple hundred bucks. Its actually the
second one I've used, but the first one I have owned. A friend let me
borrow one he has first. His is a small Wagner and it seems to put the
paint on a little heavy. I know to do the same type jobs it used about a
third more paint for two quick coats than mine, but its less expensive and
it works pretty well.

The one I have fits into a five gallon bucket. You pour the paint into a
top mounted tub on the Wagner.

Mine is a SprayTech. I think it is a little faster and to do a good job it
uses less paint. I think it only cost about $100 more than the Wagner.

Both leave a good finish and are relatively easy to use, but for small jobs
the setup and clean up time might offset the time save in painting. You do
have to clean it thoroughly, and you should pump it full of separating oil
when you are done cleaning.

As far as taping... they make these great dispenser for that. A roll of
masking tape on the end with a roll of paper in the middle. For floors an
electrician I know showed me to use roofing felt or rolled moisture barrier
and tape it down. He did that when he built his house to save work on floor
clean up at all stages. He papered the floors before they started hanging
drywall, and didn't take it up until they were ready to lay the flooring.
Its cheap and you can cover the entire floor quickly. When done, just wad
or roll it towards the middle and throw it in the dumpster.

Back when I worked in the tool store, the professional painters all came in
for Graco machines, Graco Guns, and Graco tips. Most refused to buy Wagner,
not because their higher end machines were bad, but because Wagner had
starting marketing their products to consumers. I never heard of SprayTech
back then, but I like my SprayTech sprayer.

P.S. The friend who loaned me the little Wagner owns a paint store, and his
unit has seen some use.

My opinion and information is here in last year's thread:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/26zkjwd

Robert

On Sep 14, 12:30*pm, "
wrote:
My opinion and information is here in last year's thread:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/26zkjwd

Robert


Thanks, Robert!

I was thinking Graco and not just because that is what I saw in use.
It seems to be the standard out there. Now I need to see if I want to
spend the money on the X5 or the X7...

busbus

Megan Kinzler wrote:
: On Sep 14, 12:30*pm, "
: wrote:
: My opinion and information is here in last year's thread:
:
: http://preview.tinyurl.com/26zkjwd
:
: Robert


: Thanks, Robert!

: I was thinking Graco and not just because that is what I saw in use.
: It seems to be the standard out there. Now I need to see if I want to
: spend the money on the X5 or the X7...

I have the X5, and have painted both the inside and the outside of a house with it.
Great machine.

-- Andy Barss

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 09:30:52 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

My opinion and information is here in last year's thread:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/26zkjwd

Damn, can't anyone do a straight link any more?

"WE DOAN NEED NO STEENGKIN' PREVIEWS!" he gently urged.
/rant

--
Not merely an absence of noise, Real Silence begins
when a reasonable being withdraws from the noise in
order to find peace and order in his inner sanctuary.
-- Peter Minard

On Sep 16, 12:47*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:

Damn, can't anyone do a straight link any more?

"WE DOAN NEED NO STEENGKIN' PREVIEWS!" he gently urged.
/rant

Damn, Larry. If I gave you a gold brick, you would complain it was
too heavy.

I leave the preview feature on because it was pointed out to me on two
other venues I participate in that it was dicey to some to click on a
link that sends them to the great unknown.

Less computer savvy folks run their computers without the proper
prophylactics that they didn't know they were entering sites that
installed malware of all kinds. The folks posting the links didn't
know they were linking to infected sites.

If you have ever had to reformat your drive(s) because you had a
particularly nasty bid of invasive software on your machine, you tend
to be verrrry careful.

With tinyurl and their ilk being blamed for a lot of that because you
didn't know where you were going because the compressed url didn't
give a clue, they decided to add the preview as a feature.

Truthfully, you are the only one that has complained.

I am no longer sending you a gold brick.

Really, it was ready to go.... ;^)

Robert

wrote:
On Sep 16, 12:47 am, Larry Jaques
wrote:


Damn, can't anyone do a straight link any more?

"WE DOAN NEED NO STEENGKIN' PREVIEWS!" he gently urged.
/rant


Damn, Larry. If I gave you a gold brick, you would complain it was
too heavy.

I leave the preview feature on because it was pointed out to me on two
other venues I participate in that it was dicey to some to click on a
link that sends them to the great unknown.


Why didn't you just post the direct link without using "TinyURL.com"? I
hate "TinyURL" for the exact reasons you've stated.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA

On 9/16/2010 11:59 AM, Nova wrote:
wrote:

I leave the preview feature on because it was pointed out to me on two
other venues I participate in that it was dicey to some to click on a
link that sends them to the great unknown.


Why didn't you just post the direct link without using "TinyURL.com"? I
hate "TinyURL" for the exact reasons you've stated.

Last time I looked that is what the "preview feature", which he
thoughtfully included, is specifically designed to preclude.

http://www.google.com/search?q=Why+would+any+one+want+to+use+a+preview+f eature+-inurl%3A%28kelkoo|bizrate|pixmania|dealtime|pricer unner|dooyoo|pricegrabber|pricewatch|resellerratin gs|ebay|shopbot|comparestoreprices|ciao|unbeatable |shopping|epinions|nextag|buy|bestwebbuys%29#num=1 0&hl=en&safe=off&&sa=X&ei=fVKSTKCKFISBlAeMmdCpCg&v ed=0CBEQBSgA&q=Why+would+anyone+want+to+use+a+prev iew+feature+-inurl%3A%28kelkoo|bizrate|pixmania|dealtime|pricer unner|dooyoo|pricegrabber|pricewatch|resellerratin gs|ebay|shopbot|comparestoreprices|ciao|unbeatable |shopping|epinions|nextag|buy|bestwebbuys%29&spell =1&fp=7b3e9e0669ddb0a1

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Last update: 4/15/2010
KarlC@ (the obvious)

On Sep 16, 1:05*pm, wrote:
On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 12:59:24 -0400, Nova wrote:
wrote:
On Sep 16, 12:47 am, Larry Jaques
wrote:

Damn, can't anyone do a straight link any more?

"WE DOAN NEED NO STEENGKIN' PREVIEWS!" he gently urged.
/rant

Damn, Larry. *If I gave you a gold brick, you would complain it was
too heavy.

I leave the preview feature on because it was pointed out to me on two
other venues I participate in that it was dicey to some to click on a
link that sends them to the great unknown.

Why didn't you just post the direct link without using "TinyURL.com"? *I
hate "TinyURL" for the exact reasons you've stated.

For those who don't know, there is a simple way to post even extremely
long URLs in a usenet post or in an email to keep them from being
broken by line-breaks

just put a at the begininning and a at the end. No spaces, either.

example:

http://www.exampleexampleexampleexampleexampleexampleexam pleexampleex...

NICE!

On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:40:35 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote:

On Sep 16, 12:47*am, Larry Jaques
wrote:

Damn, can't anyone do a straight link any more?

"WE DOAN NEED NO STEENGKIN' PREVIEWS!" he gently urged.
/rant

Damn, Larry. If I gave you a gold brick, you would complain it was
too heavy.

No, I'd make you carry it to my bank for me, silly.


I leave the preview feature on because it was pointed out to me on two
other venues I participate in that it was dicey to some to click on a
link that sends them to the great unknown.

Then "some" shouldn't click on links. The rest of us know you, know
better, and don't appreciate the hassle. AAMOF, several probably saw
the Preview in the link and didn't click as a result.


Less computer savvy folks run their computers without the proper
prophylactics that they didn't know they were entering sites that
installed malware of all kinds. The folks posting the links didn't
know they were linking to infected sites.

If you have ever had to reformat your drive(s) because you had a
particularly nasty bid of invasive software on your machine, you tend
to be verrrry careful.

With tinyurl and their ilk being blamed for a lot of that because you
didn't know where you were going because the compressed url didn't
give a clue, they decided to add the preview as a feature.

And I'm saying that I don't like it and that, probably, the majority
of us find it a real bother. Do as you like, though.


Truthfully, you are the only one that has complained.

No, there are at least two of us, and that means there are 200 waiting
in the wings to complain.


I am no longer sending you a gold brick.

Really, it was ready to go.... ;^)

I believe you, you goldbricker. I'll be very cautious of flaming
paper sacks left on my doorstep at night, too.


--
"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country
against his government." --Edward Abbey

On Sep 16, 1:52*pm, Larry Jaques
wrote:

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country
against his government." * * * * * * * --Edward Abbey

They did in '08