Post by simpsongal on Apr 22, 2015 13:56:10 GMT -5
Who has done it? I'm like skeered to think about it but I really think this is the best way to paint my wainscoting. I know I need to 'Dexterize' the room. The spray should be pretty controlled right, much like a can of spray paint? I keep picturing this ridiculous Mythbusters episode when they tried to make a paint bomb. I would probably thin the paint w/extender and do 2 thin coats.
I did it. It worked great but I'd tape and plastic everything in sight because paint will get in a lot of places. I had a big wide open room with no trim or anything to protect at the time so it wasn't a big deal for me.
I did it. It worked great but I'd tape and plastic everything in sight because paint will get in a lot of places. I had a big wide open room with no trim or anything to protect at the time so it wasn't a big deal for me.
Yeah, I was geared up to paint the ceiling first, but I'm thinking I'll do the wainscoting first if I'm going to use the sprayer. Ugh, I have furniture in the middle of the room, I probably need to move that out
I did it. It worked great but I'd tape and plastic everything in sight because paint will get in a lot of places. I had a big wide open room with no trim or anything to protect at the time so it wasn't a big deal for me.
Yeah, I was geared up to paint the ceiling first, but I'm thinking I'll do the wainscoting first if I'm going to use the sprayer. Ugh, I have furniture in the middle of the room, I probably need to move that out
Definitely spray before you do anything else. Mine got a bit drippy/out of control in places.
When it was done and cleaned up though it was awesome. My basement has the best job in the house!
Post by mrs.jacinthe on Apr 22, 2015 15:22:22 GMT -5
If the room is completely empty and you're prepared to tape/plastic everything in sight, I'd do it. I would not do it if there were furniture in the room - too high a margin of error for my taste.
(And that's saying something - I take serious chances when it comes to paint.)
I've done it and paint "dust" still gets everywhere. Why do you want to spray versus using a brush/roller?
I've hand painted a lot of the doors in our house and I know it takes forever. It's also downright impossible to avoid 'lap' marks painting such a large area by hand ( even w/extender I can't maintain a wet edge). I could apply paint to areas with a roller but I would probably back brush it b/c I don't like the "orange peel" texture of a rolled paint on things like doors & wainscoting.
You were just doing your walls right, NBQ? Did you pick a color? You wanted a yellow right? There was a good thread on yellow paint colors on H&G the other day.
I've done it and paint "dust" still gets everywhere. Why do you want to spray versus using a brush/roller?
I've hand painted a lot of the doors in our house and I know it takes forever. It's also downright impossible to avoid 'lap' marks painting such a large area by hand ( even w/extender I can't maintain a wet edge). I could apply paint to areas with a roller but I would probably back brush it b/c I don't like the "orange peel" texture of a rolled paint on things like doors & wainscoting.
Ugh....decisions.
Gotcha. One other idea could be to use paint with self leveling (like BM Advance) or add Floetrol to your existing paint. It is supposed to help with the brush/roller marks.
You were just doing your walls right, NBQ? Did you pick a color? You wanted a yellow right? There was a good thread on yellow paint colors on H&G the other day.
Not yet. We just started work on a long dormant redo of one of our bathrooms so once the dust settles from that project. I like something like this:
but we have dark trim and some unavoidable furniture and paintings to contend with so no decision yet.