It took me a couple of hours to paint the back side of my garage yesterday (8' x 20') with a brush and roller. While doing it, I thought, This isn't so bad, I should just do the whole house myself. Of course, there was a nice breeze and the temps were in the mid 70s. Ask me again when it's 95deg out with high humidity.
Anyway, there's no tricky terrain around the house but it is two stories so there'd be a lot of ladder work. I'll be painting a few hours here and there, maybe up to a day's worth of painting if the wife lets me. So I don't think it would be economical to rent/setup scaffolding.
I rented an airless sprayer once to paint my fence but it seemed like I wasted half the paint and my neighbor walking the dog thought I was frosting the bushes for Christmas. I'm sure it didn't help that the fence was half empty with slats--unlike a house wall, but man was it fast! I think I've seen on TOH their painters use a shield towards the edges to prevent over spray. I'm still debating whether I should buy one (bummer that the Ryobi one is discontinued) or just stick with brush/roller.
Anyway, if you have any advice (best paint/tools/method of work for the job) or want to talk me down from the edge, please let me know.
Thanks
Paul
Anyway, there's no tricky terrain around the house but it is two stories so there'd be a lot of ladder work. I'll be painting a few hours here and there, maybe up to a day's worth of painting if the wife lets me. So I don't think it would be economical to rent/setup scaffolding.
I rented an airless sprayer once to paint my fence but it seemed like I wasted half the paint and my neighbor walking the dog thought I was frosting the bushes for Christmas. I'm sure it didn't help that the fence was half empty with slats--unlike a house wall, but man was it fast! I think I've seen on TOH their painters use a shield towards the edges to prevent over spray. I'm still debating whether I should buy one (bummer that the Ryobi one is discontinued) or just stick with brush/roller.
Anyway, if you have any advice (best paint/tools/method of work for the job) or want to talk me down from the edge, please let me know.
Thanks
Paul
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