Paint Sprayer for house painting - What is the best type

[Brian425 0]

I am planning to paint my outside of my house this summer. I own an air copressor and was trying to figure out what is the best sprayer to get. I can buy an airless sprayer for $200 to $300 or I can look to get an attachment to put on my air compressor. Any advice or experience?
Thanks

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[Misternatural 0]

air compressor driven guns tend to shoot the paint at such high velocity that much of it will bounce back in your face, plus filling that cup all the time can be a real drag, I tried it once with an HVLP and it did a better job (I think you can get a converter for your compressor), but you still have the cup to deal with. airless with a paint supply hose is the way to go. You using stain or paint? if stain then you're gonna need to brush back after spraying to keep it even.

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[1969912 0]

Rent a professional airless sprayer. ything you can purchase for less than $300 or so is too wimpy.

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[Brian425 0]

I'll be painting. I'll look into renting if I cannot get something decent for home work for around $300. I like tools and hate to rent anything. I figure that the cost of the tool just comes out the savings from doing it myself.

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[billeisele 130]

i used an airless to paint stucco and it worked great once i learned how to use it, the work went real fast

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[CSpenceFLY 1]

I bought a $300 ball park airless and have used it several time. It works well. clean it well when you are done and run some oil through it. It's not something you would want to use everyday.

[Ironmanjay 0]

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Rent a professional airless sprayer. ything you can purchase for less than $300 or so is too wimpy.

That would be my advice to.....
Dont forget to back roll it too to even everything out

[Lindsey 0]

I think the best type is the kind I'm hiring to do the painting for me. :)

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[willard 0]

http://www.graco.com/Internet/T_MainSite.nsf/Webpages/StartPage

Anything from these guys. Of course, most are well over $300 so renting would be best.

[jm951 0]

For my remodelling and repair work, I recently bought the Wagner Paint Crew. It's an airless sprayer with a 2 gal capacity. I've shot decks and exterior walls with it and run both latex and oil based through it. So far, I've been pretty happy with the unit. It also has a roller attachment, but I haven't tried it yet. The unit works best when the paint has Flotrol in it. The only real difference between it and the pro units is the paint capacity. Pro units can be set into a 5 gal bucket.

I also have a compressor with HVLP and conventional spray guns. I wouldn't even think of using them to paint a house.

If you're careful, there is very little overspray, just keep the gun moving while you're shooting paint.