Comments on: How To Paint Trim With A Paint Sprayer

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 00:18:45 +0000

In reply to nt.

Thanks NT!

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By: nt

nt — Thu, 24 Jul 2014 23:44:29 +0000

It might be a good idea to invest in a real with replaceable cartridges (3m or Honeywell brands have worked for me). They’re not that expensive and it’ll keep your lungs from being coated with latex and varnish.I did 7 gallons of latex on a basement earlier this spring and was terrified when I realized how much paint accumulates on the filter cartridges as you breathe through them.

By: Penny Smith

Penny Smith — Tue, 20 May 2014 14:41:09 +0000

After watching Nichole (is that her name) from HGTV “THe Rehab Addict” apply a liquid “tape” covering to the windows ref ore painting and it comes RIGHT off, maybe you can use figure out what theta is before you do something like that is? Sorry I don’t know what it is called. But it’s SLICK!

By: YoungHouseLove

YoungHouseLove — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:54:52 +0000

In reply to Feddie.

Thanks for the tips!

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By: Feddie

Feddie — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 02:41:48 +0000

My friend told me about this post because she knows I do a lot of painting. I just thought I’d give my thoughts. I painted all the trim in the house I built with a sprayer before I installed it.

Early on I went through a few of those inexpensive sprayers with sad results. There’s three keys to successfully spray painting with latex paint. 1) A quality HVLP sprayer. Yes, this means expensive. There’s no way around it. It’s an investment but you will find that you can’t wait to use it over and over again. I use a Fuji Mini Mite 4. Here’s a couple of videos reviewing this sprayer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB48XTSa-QQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2W6r5wIMGU

2) The proper needle. A quality sprayer will give you ability to change the needles for various applications from shooting stain to latex.

3) Proper thinning of the paint. You cut latex with water and I like to use a product called Floetrol. Water thins the paint so it won’t clog. Floetrol has some thinning effects but more importantly it slows the dry time so the paint gets a chance to “settle down” before it dries. Here’s a video of thinning the paint:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51cRM-iPw3E

Sorry if it seems like I am doing a commercial for my YouTube Channel, that’s not my intent, but I have some experience on the topic and I thought I’d share it here. Good luck!

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:20:10 +0000

I’d say you did the exact right thing. All that blue makes me want to cry, thinking of the time and effort it would take to paint it by hand. It looks so clean and new now!

By: Bailey

Bailey — Tue, 18 Mar 2014 16:17:08 +0000

It’s amazing how much larger and brighter the room looks with the trim painted white! I can’t wait to see how it looks once the walls are painted!

By: Val

Val — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:01:46 +0000

I say hire it out. At this point, you’ve earned it. You’ve established that both ways suck. You’ve established that you are perfectly capable of both and not-at-all interested in either. Only one room left at this point (with built-ins!! eesh!!). It can be your reward for all the trim painting and wall-paper pulling.

(The fact that I think this way is probably why your budget is in much better shape than mine. :))