Here's a question for the experienced painters out there. I'm looking to have the exterior of my house repainted. It's older cedar lap siding, mostly in good shape, but with spots here and there that need scraping and priming. I've talked to three different painting contractors. All three will pressure wash first. Two say they will then spot prime and repaint with two coats of the new, darker, color. The other one says he would like to prime the whole house with tinted oil-based primer (spray and back roll) and then apply one finish coat in the new color. Other things being equal, which approach do you think would produce the best results? Thanks.

I own a Grayco Ultra 395 airless sprayer. Is there some kind of accessory I could buy (or make) that would allow me to use this sprayer, for small jobs, with a 2-gallon max container? I was thinking about buying a Grayco Truecoat 360 VSP for $200 but I just cannot justify spending that kind of money when I already have my Ultra 395. If I could somehow rig it to use the 1-gallon cans that would be great!