Hi there,

So we're going to be painting the INTERIOR of our new home.
(livingroom, dining, kitchen, stairway walls, 3 bedrooms, 4 walk in closets, 2 bathrooms, and a hallway)

I was going to roll it all as I have done so many times before, but the home will be completely vacant so I thought I'd go ahead and buy a decent sprayer to help get the job done a little easier and quicker. I bought the Graco X5. I've only used a sprayer once, it was a higher end pro model, and I was just doing production work on

I will be painting the CEILINGS, WALLS, TRIM. (I've got plenty of time to do all this, so I'm taking a day to just do the prep-work.

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**So here's my dilemma. I normally knock out the ceilings, then walls, then trim.

But I was thinking it may be easier to do the ceilings last, because I was thinking it may be easier to tape and paper the walls, (18 inch paper roll) letting gravity do the work. Instead of taping and papering the CEILING, which is a pain if it falls, need to use more tape to keep it up there.

Any thoughts on this method, or suggestions?

2) I'm using 4 different colors white for ceiling, closets. and three others for various areas.

In regard to SPRAYERS, can I switch out the colors of paint easily, or do I have to do a full clean of the sprayer before each color?

 

I own 2 Titan airless pumps but rarely ever spray an interior repaint. What do you intend to do about all the light fixtures, windows, cabinets, carpet, etc? Removing and/or covering stuff up usually negates any time saved by spraying. Also, the paint job will look best if you back roll behind the spray. Overspray won't necessarily stay in the room you are spraying - it can and will travel throughout the house.

I've always sprayed the ceiling first. On walls you only need to spray up to a foot or two from the ceiling - the roller will spread the paint the rest of the way - you still need to cut in. A spray shield works well for spraying up close, just remember it needs to be cleaned frequently. IMO, paper/tape is my last resort. Besides taking a lot of time to put up, the pressure from the spray gun can knock it down in a heart beat if the tape doesn't have a great bond with the substrate. Tape can pull uncured paint off of the wall when it does stick good.

Regarding clean up between colors - it depends a lot on the colors. If any of the previous color gets mixed in with the new color, it will alter the color in the areas that it is mixed. I usually run a quick rinse between colors. I may or may not remove/clean the filters - depends on the paint and how much was sprayed. Some paints/brands are harder on filters than others.

While I usually spray the finish coat on the doors [new construction] I rarely spray the woodwork as it doesn't save me any real time. I almost always spray the primer BUT as mentioned earlier, I rarely ever spray an interior repaint - it's almost always faster to brush and roll when you consider the extra prep and clean up time.

almost forgot welcome to the forums!

 

Hey thanks! I just discovered the forum while researching paint spraying.

"What do you intend to do about all the light fixtures, windows, cabinets, carpet, etc?"

The downstairs hardwood floors that are going to be repaired and resurfaced and stained after the painting, so I don't have too much too worry about there.

There's no overhead lighting fixtures in the living room, and the only window is a big bay window on one wall, and I was just going to put plastic up for that.

There's a ceiling light fixture in the dining room, but thats being trashed for a new one, so I'm pulling that off before I paint. but the dining room and kitchen are one big open space, only division is the kitchen tile. So I have to tape plastic over the cabinets, toss something over the refrigerator.

Upstairs, it's all old carpet thats coming up anyway so I do't care about paint getting on it. and new lighting fixtures are going in in each room, so nothing to worry about there. Just the windows, I'd cover with plastic.

"Overspray won't necessarily stay in the room you are spraying"

Thats my real worry, the drifting paint.

My alternative, is use the sprayer for the ceiling since I don't have to do much taping. And then spray all the trim with a narrow spray tip. And just roll the walls. That way I'm not switching out paint as often.

I've also got plenty of time. I was planning on taking a day just to tape and mask everything I need to and paint the next day or two.

Thanks for the help, I usually have help, but I'm all by my lonesome on this one.

 

Heed well what Mark has written.

My daddy was a painter and he was constantly fighting with people that wanted to spray. Spraying paint WILL get paint all over everything no matter how hard you try not to. This is especially true of a person not well-versed in the ART of spraying paint. Trust me, it is NOT like they show on television. Set-up of the job and clean-up of the equipment will ALWAYS take a significant amount of time, often every minute and more of what you thought you saved by spraying.

 

Don't forget on the door jambs that you have hinges that you may or may not want to paint. They do sell a masking kit for door hinges but I've never used it. I don't know if you plan to keep the rest of the door hardware or not - just something to think about before you get started.

Another thing to consider is what type of paint is currently on the woodwork. It's never a good idea to apply latex enamel over oil base enamel. If it currently has oil base and you want to switch to latex - use a solvent based primer first. http://www.doityourself.com/forum/pa...latex-oil.html

 

"Set-up of the job and clean-up of the equipment will ALWAYS take a significant amount of time."

I figured that would be an issue, so I'm tackling it by taking a Friday to tape/plastic/mask all that I need to. day one is just prepping.

Day two, I'm spraying the ceiling, and spraying the trim work (which currently is latex)

let that dry for a day or two, maybe the whole week if I'm beat (my guess i will be)

Then the following Sat tape off the trim. Cut and Roll the walls, using an 18 inch roller to make things go a little faster.


"you have hinges that you may or may not want to paint."

I'm pulling all the doors off, and replacing all the hinges so no need to mask.



So Ceilings getting sprayed, trim getting sprayed, then roll all the walls.