plan to paint today.....questions

[jbounds]

Hello all, I plan to paint my garage today. Its a standard two car with 10 foot ceilings and I plan to paint the whole thing, 4 walls plus cieling. Now to my question, I have access to a heavy duty type airless sprayer that would seem to make quick work of the job but im not sure. Would you guys suggest rolling or spraying ? Thanks in advance for all your help...btw, im painting it a similar color,just a bit darker so multiple coats are not an issue

 

[logical]

Just get an 18 inch roller and be done with it.....best paint tool rarely used. Spraying would likely still need to be rolled out and will require much more clean-up/masking/caution.

 

[jbounds]

wow...I dont know that ive ever seen an 18 inch roller...do paint trays come 18 inches also??? Could I get all this at home depot or lowes? thanks

 

[logical]

wow...I dont know that ive ever seen an 18 inch roller...do paint trays come 18 inches also??? Could I get all this at home depot or lowes? thanks

I think that's where I got my big tray, big green plastic job . The frame I have for 18 inch rollers is an adjustable one...you can set it for any width up to 18.

 

[logical]

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=188843-159-BR412-21&lpage=none

 

[OldCarGuy]

Using an airless sprayer will take far less time. However you will need to take more and better care in masking areas off you don't want painted. I own an professional airless sprayer and chose to roller four of my garages five garages. Though I borrowed a roller that is fed by my airless sprayer. Saves a lot of time not having to keep dipping the roller in a pan.

But I sprayed the inside of the 30' X 50' pole barn because it has 3” of spray on foam insulation. Having an uneven surface made it impossible to roller.

 

[BlackMZ3]

I just painted my 2 car garage over the last 2 weekends. I rolled the primer on but tried using one of the Wagner paint sprayers to spray the first color. It sucked ********. It was splotchy and rather than thin 5gal of paint, we just finished rolling it. The ceiling ***** *** to roll.

I still need to do my second color so I exchanged the paint sprayer for this heavier duty model:

The line and tip are much bigger than the all-in-one sprayer I first used but just in case, this model does have the auto feed roller.

 

[Galvatron]

I plan on painting mine next weekend. I'll probably rent an airless system on Sat. so I can get the extra day for free and return Monday. Priming can be very difficult with a roller over alot of uneven surfaces.

I sprayed my last 3-car garage, and prime and paint was all done within 6 hours, and the coverage was outstanding.