Airless paint sprayers ?

[Clive]

Have a load of armco to install around buildings this winter (about 600m) its used stuff so the galv wants painting now to smarten it up

with a lot to do i’m thinking a airless sprayer would speed things up, do a better job than a brush and maybe even save expensive paint ? We do a lot of redecorating rental properties as well - would spraying be suitable for and speed that job up ?

any experience of these things ? looking at a Graco gx21 ? worth the price tag ?


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also - what’s the right paint to use in this situation ? i’m thinking a synthetic enamel ?

 

[quattro]

Tom lamb had one on the video he was building a shed looked quite good

 

[Hilly]

Wagner, had one for years , can paint anything from a house to a shed to a trailer everything you need for a farm .

 

[Clive]

Tom lamb had one on the video he was building a shed looked quite good

i think maybe that’s subconsciously what got me thinking it would be a good idea

a couple hundred lengths of armco with a brush feels like a long job !

@Loading shovel - do you rate it for such jobs ?

 

[Hilly]

i think maybe that’s subconsciously what got me thinking it would be a good idea

a couple hundred lengths of armco with a brush feels like a long job !

Do that in an afternoon with an airless .

 

[David.]

How difficult is it to keep a Wagner clean and serviceable?

 

[Hilly]

How difficult is it to keep a Wagner clean and serviceable?

Not difficult , run thinners through it, or water if water based paint. .

 

[Clive]

i’m assuming with airless there is no messing about with thinners in the paint etc ?

 

[Hilly]

i’m assuming with airless there is no messing about with thinners in the paint etc ?

No , just drop sucking hose in paint
And go , need selection of nozzels for differing
Paint but wagner dealer will keep you right i hAve 3 one undercoat one gloss one house water based paint .

 

[Hilly]

No , just drop sucking hose in paint
And go , need selection of nozzels for differing
Paint but wagner dealer will keep you right i hAve 3 one undercoat one gloss one house water based paint .

I buy paint in 20litre drums …

 

[YELROM]

What model Wagner do you have

 

[Wurzeetoo]

The use in a Rental property tidy up will be debatable if of a standard 3 bed semi size.
with the additional time of masking and sheeting, then of course moving the unit about from room to room. If all in one colour like white it was a breeze. I used to use one years back that you could either use as a sprayer but it also pumped into a roller head on a pole, made light work of big high ceilings.

 

[Clive]

The use in a Rental property tidy up will be debatable if of a standard 3 bed semi size.
with the additional time of masking and sheeting, then of course moving the unit about from room to room. If all in one colour like white it was a breeze. I used to use one years back that you could either use as a sprayer but it also pumped into a roller head on a pole, made light work of big high ceilings.

the rentals are usually a quick lick of white paint everywhere and nothing fancy

 

[B R C]

Just ordered the same one Tom Lamb has in his video’s, Graco gx21from spraydirect, 10% off all orders if you look on their Facebook page for offer code. The cheaper ones would be as good I think as long as they are piston pumped, but will have a smaller max nozzle size therefore slower on bigger jobs.

 

[Adeptandy]

Over spray is the worst part, just done a 4 bed house in 2 days, 2 coats of emulsion, but took a day to mask up before and no flooring either to worry about

 

[Tubbylew]

I hate any form of painting, got a wagner, no problems with it, their only simple machines anyway, as above masking takes the most time so you want to get quite a bit prepped before the actual painting which only takes minutes, masking may not be so important depending on the job though. Still hate painting though gotta be the most boring job on the planet.

 

[Bury the Trash]

Not cheap but Graco is good quality stuff.

 

[2wheels]

galvanized? you will have to wipe it down with white vinegar or some other acid. prime it then paint. avoid alkyd or oil based paints. plenty of info on the net if you do a search. is it worth the hassle?

 

[Clive]

galvanized? you will have to wipe it down with white vinegar or some other acid. prime it then paint. avoid alkyd or oil based paints. plenty of info on the net if you do a search. is it worth the hassle?

old weathered galv - usually ok to paint direct whenever I’ve done so with a brush in the past ?

 

[2wheels]

ok, the age makes the paint stick?