Electric Paint Sprayers

[mmandley]

Hey guys, hoping y'all have some insite for this.

We have been doing a lot of updates the house and now that its 4 years old it in some need of some touch ups and repaints.

We removed all the carpet this past March and in the process removed all the base boards. Claudia hand painted them all white <different color then they were> and now she wants me to do all the window sills, door frames, and jams to match.

My thinking is how do I make painting fun? Power Tools!!!

SO what Electric sprayers have you used, recommend, or hate?

I would like it to be decent enough to be able to be used multiple times, so I have no problem paying up to $250 for a quality unit. I mainly plan to only use this on indoors items hence why I wanted electric.

[wolfeman131]

Find another $50.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_295429-48690-LTS+15___?productId=4745129&pl=1&Ntt=graco+paint+sprayers

[beat taco]

Wow $250, that should get you something really nice!

[beat taco]

Find another $50.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_295429-48690-LTS+15___?productId=4745129&pl=1&Ntt=graco+paint+sprayers
Double that and buy a sprayer that will last a lifetime and be very reliable.

[mmandley]

Yea the whole reason I want a paint sprayer is because we have no brush lines in the frames, and I want it to stay like that. I have bought every type of roller I could find at HD and they all leave a pattern LOL.

That one you posted Drew looks pretty legit but seems the reviews are saying you need to buy a extras. I will look into it though.

[beat taco]

Yea the whole reason I want a paint sprayer is because we have no brush lines in the frames, and I want it to stay like that. I have bought every type of roller I could find at HD and they all leave a pattern LOL.

That one you posted Drew looks pretty legit but seems the reviews are saying you need to buy a extras. I will look into it though.
That thing is hot buttered garbage. Floetrol really works, dump it in your paint, brush lines dissappear.

[patrick232]

That thing is hot buttered garbage. Floetrol really works, dump it in your paint, brush lines dissappear.

Someone else knows my secret of Floetrol. For something that looks like water is magic in a bottle.

[bergermaister]

Someone else knows my secret of Floetrol. For something that looks like water is magic in a bottle.
Where were you guys 10 years ago... I see this secret concoction going on my shopping list.

[wolfeman131]

That thing is hot buttered garbage. Floetrol really works, dump it in your paint, brush lines dissappear.


"hot buttered garbage"

have you used this unit? I don't have any first hand knowledge, only looked at it in the store, but it got great reviews online & the Lowes customer reviews.

http://bestreviews.com/best-paint-sprayers

just curious as it's on my Christmas list & don't want to waste the $$

yes, for Floetrol! I have an orange bottle in with my paint supplies.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Flood-Floetrol-1-qt-Clear-Latex-Paint-Additive-FLD6-04/100198078

[dusty2221]

I have the sprayer you linked Drew. FWIW I have zero complaints with it. I painted every room in our house with is, the shop when it was finished being built, and my uncle even borrowed it to stain a privacy fence. A bit of a learning curve and cleanup takes a little while but overall I would buy it again in a heartbeat.

[beat taco]

Here is what I would buy:
http://www.portlandcompressor.com/store/p-4051-graco-390-airless-paint-sprayer-special.aspx

The prices are closer if you add more hose and a better gun to the x5. Look at the specs, the x5 only supports a .015 tip vs .021. Even the battery powered graco unit supports a .017 tip.
What you want to look at is the fluid section. The x5 doesn't have a machined billet cylinder with piston that is serviceable. Latex paint is extremely coarse, it will destroy the inexpensive fluid section on the x5 over time. The one I linked will last a lifetime. The x5 is a disposable pump, once it quits working the cost to repair the fluid section will outweigh completely replacing it. The one I linked can be rebuilt with a $40 kit, it can pump several thousand gallons of paint on a single rebuild.
Here are some pics I took of various fluid sections, or lack of. You can see where the extra money is spent in the construction of the pumps. Will the cheap pump work great for a while, sure, but for a bit more investment up front you can buy a pump with nicer gun, more hose, that will last forever. One of the reasons the x5 is difficult to clean is its cheap design.
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/05/ee10f88defb4402b05517682dd1c865a.jpg
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/05/62ba3dbce35832e589abe61c14f8d5b3.jpg
http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/11/05/1b9e5e199058f39d2ee482b84ae2511e.jpg

[BensonWdby]

I bought a cheap Wagner airless sprayer 10 years ago. Used it a few times, not overly impressed.

1. Huge pain to clean up - for smaller jobs takes almost as long to clean as it did to paint.
2. If you have little experience with spraying - start somewhere you don't care about - because it takes some practice to avoid runs..

[kaneboats]

Buddy manages the PPG paint store in town. Borrow the airless when I need it. Have to buy my paint from him though-- only fair.

[mmandley]

Well thanks for ideas and such guys. Thats what I was looking for.

On a rare chance I think you actually saved me money.

I am just going to go with the Floetrol

I think in the long run it will be easier to just brush paint everything I need right now. I really don't need over spray on everything else, I am sure not moving the furniture out, and since I bought Claudia a new dinning room table and living room furniture I don't need pain spray on those either LOL.

I might have to revisit this next Spring / Summer, as I might need to paint an entire house that's empty.

[beat taco]

Cheaper to borrow one of mine.

[sandm]

if you were here, Id gladly give you my wagner power roller. it's a real pos and benson mentioned, takes longer to clean than to actually use and it gets paint EVERYWHERE.

go with a pro unit if you feel the need. otherwise rent or roll :)

[maxpower220]

I did my whole house when I built this time last year. I use an X7. I also bought a tip for trim. A lot of money and I didn't see any great difference. I found a lot of overspray, prep, and cleanup using a sprayer. If I were doing trim, I would invest in good paint and a couple of excellent brushes. There are a lot of good paint edging devices out there for cheap too.