Now, I am not a painter (house) by any stretch of the imagination. Moreover, I detest doing so. So as one can imagine, as I move into the “needing to paint stuff” part of the house renovation, I was not looking forward to it.
In an afternoon, I got about 75% of the side eves painted via brush the other day. Biggest problem is that the brush doesn’t get the paint into all of the pits of the OSB. So I figured that it was going to cost me at least three coats to get everything covered. Referring back to paragraph one, this was something I was not looking forward to.
Leave it to the old folks for a plan. I was speaking with some folks who told me the virtues of airless spraying. Now I remember all the fun that overspray can create and the hassles of air spraying. I must say though to slather the paint on, this airless bit isn’t too bad. Even Celeste likes the quick primer I applied to the Hardiboard sided pump shed.
So, when I get back, it’s paint, paint, paint like a fool. I’ll post the results when I get more but here are the technicals:
Paint sprayer: Graco XR7 (Home Depot)
Features: Easy cleanup, several inline filters, up to 150′ of hose and a pretty good gun.
Paint: Kilz Interior/Exterior Latex 2
Tip: 417 (8″ wide (for under the eves) by .17 opening for the latex). Does a pretty good job with low pressure settings and does not try to clog.
Learned tips so far: The hose fittings are the same as the quick connects I use on my air compressor. Instead of pushing the leftover paint into the bucket with water for cleanup, I can make an adapter and use compressed air to purge the paint from the hose. Likewise after I clean the hose out, I can use the compressed air to purge out the lines.