Painting

[skyhightree1]

I have 2 16' w x 48' L buildings I want to paint and I hate painting with a brush. Does anyone ever paint barewood buildings with one of those airless sprayers you can rent and put the siphon part in a 5 gallon bucket to paint there wood buildings ? I cant really use a roller cause there board and batton buildings .

 

[Jogeephus]

I've done it that way but you are better off using a good brush because the air brush will not put enough paint on the wood to do a good job in one coat so you will need to do it twice or at the very least you will be doing it again in a year or two.

What I'd suggest is putting down a primer like Kilz with the air brush then hitting it again with the paint brush.

 

[skyhightree1]

Sounds like a plan to me... I was wondering about how heavy it would put the paint on and would i need another coat. Would you suggest using an roller if I could find one to fit in between the battons ?

 

[Jogeephus]

I've never tried one but I've always wondered about those self loading rollers. I bet this would work. I have a cabin I have to stain every now and then and I used a regular roller but it just doesn't hold the paint like a brush does and it gets weak and makes it look splotchy when it dries. This is where I used the sprayer too but wherever I used the sprayer I had to put a second coat the next year. A good camel hair brush just does it best IMO. But the pump roller with a thick mat may do the trick. I'd like to know. Painting and me just don't get along and its hard to stay on a ladder whilst drunk and I think its a federal law that you have to be drunk to paint. If not, it ought to be.

 

[skyhightree1]

Jo, You are hilarious. We are alike painting is not my friend at all I hate it. I hate using a brush it tears my wrist up for weeks after. I may try to find one of those self loading rollers and see how that does a brush is just not gonna get it for me lol... I would rather use 3 coats from a sprayer than to paint one time with a brush lol I agree its hard to stand on a ladder while having some good adult beverages lol

 

[Jogeephus]

Those baton boards really soak up the paint. That is why I think you are better off with a primer if you can use on in that situation.

I do think the pump roller would work though. Painting sucks. Are there people out there that you can pay to drink and paint? :lol2:

 

[skyhightree1]

I never painted the board and baton siding before. Yes I will probably get some primer and prime then paint yea I have a friend if you pay him a lil change and supple natural ice he will work all day and work hard lol

 

[dun]

The battery Wagner "Power Roller" is a great tool and really helps with the ladder climbing and spilling parts of painting.

 

[Jogeephus]

The battery Wagner "Power Roller" is a great tool and really helps with the ladder climbing and spilling parts of painting.

That's on my "to buy" list. Its the constant dipping of the roller that eats up time then you go to stretching the paint where it doesn't look good when dry. I imagine it would cut your time by a third if you had the power roller.

 

[dun]

The battery Wagner "Power Roller" is a great tool and really helps with the ladder climbing and spilling parts of painting.

That's on my "to buy" list. Its the constant dipping of the roller that eats up time then you go to stretching the paint where it doesn't look good when dry. I imagine it would cut your time by a third if you had the power roller.

The first time I used it was on a 2 story high wall. Cut the time in half and was a much neater job then it had been before. Just taped some newspaper to the baseboard because any drips/spills were right at the wall. For any outside painting I use a Wagner Airless Sprayer with a tube that extends into a 5 gallon can of paint/stain. The hardest part for painting stuff that's high is the cord from the generator to the sprayer. I had tried some others through the years and basicly they were crap, the Wagner has never given me a lick of problems and does a good job.

 

[melking]

I am of a completely different opinion sky, I use an airless sprayer a good bit. the secret is knowing how to use one. Yes it puts down a very fine coat, but it is just like painting a car. You do an 8 foot square section and then you go right back and put another light coat on it. Then you do another 8 foot section and hit the first one again after. Move on through the job. When you are done, you have given the whole building 3 light coats, you haven't missed a bit, and you are done in less than half the time.

 

[skyhightree1]

The battery Wagner "Power Roller" is a great tool and really helps with the ladder climbing and spilling parts of painting.

when I go to lowes today I will look at one and see what it looks like. Melking what you are saying makes sense too maybe I should try one building each way and see what was the best way to paint for me.

 

[dun]

The battery Wagner "Power Roller" is a great tool and really helps with the ladder climbing and spilling parts of painting.

when I go to lowes today I will look at one and see what it looks like. Melking what you are saying makes sense too maybe I should try one building each way and see what was the best way to paint for me.

Just make sure is a quality piece of equipment!

 

[skyhightree1]

Dun do you know which model it is that you have?

 

[dun]

Dun do you know which model it is that you have?

No, but it's probably been superceded by newer models, mine is 10 years old

 

[James T]

Sky, yes, an airless paint sprayer will work just fine with the right size tip for the proper volume. You could brush it on but by the the time you finish two buildings that size, it will time to paint again. (but it would be a good excuse to drink beer ) If the building has never been painted before then a primer is a must. Kilz latex-based-primer sux. Their oil-based product is real good. Binz is also a very good primer. Ever see a newly painted house or building with a band of paint on the roof near the edges? That because any wind at all will take that spray, when your near the top of the wall, and flip it up and over onto the roof. Be careful! Buy plenty of beer. It's the only thing that washes the taste of paint out of your mouth

 

[skyhightree1]

James beer is a must on any project like that lol Yea what I may do is try 2 different walls one with brush and roller and other with sprayer see how it goes. and no I have never seen that before. The building has never been painted and been up for 2 years so it will probably drink up that paint and primer

 

[Anonymous]

Spray it heavy and have someone behind you back roll it with a loaded heavy nap roller.

 

[skyhightree1]

yep thats what i will have to do

 

[1982vett]

Spray it heavy and have someone behind you back roll it with a loaded heavy nap roller.

Ya got their first Hook....and they make rolleers in 2, 4 and 6 inch sizes.....these little rollers work great to. The end has nap on so it gets into those corners real nice.

Linzer 6 in. x 1/4 in. Woven Fabric Roller Covers (6-Pack)