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Posted by ** Frank ** on April 14, 2007, 10:43 am
>> I've been a painting contractor for 20 years, on my 3rd sprayer, you
>> will
>> not get a good job on walls without backrolling after spraying, so the
>> roller still goes with the sprayer, and not a one man job to spray and
>> back
>> roll, dries too fast, you wont get away from that, if it were me, I'd be
>> cutting it in off an extention ladder, then rolling with my 14' extention
>> pole from the ground, pain in the ass, but I'd have it painted in the
>> time
>> you took to get the scaffold up. Spraying or rolling off the scaffolding
>> will give you a choppy result, it will be in the way for the bottom part
>> of
>> wall, even if you had an expansion joint in the middle I would still do
>> it
>> off a ladder. Cut it all in with ext. ladder, then roll top 8' or so of
>> one
>> wall with 14-15' ext. pole, then change to 5' and finish that wall, then
>> start next wall.
>
>
> Greg, thanks for the input. In my continued reading I did come across
> the backrolling and having a 2nd person follow as the wall is sprayed.
> Probably best to stick with the roller. How would you suggest I paint
> the ceiling (its 18ft). I am thinking there is no way around the
> scaffold for this.
>
> Matt
>
I'm not a pro like Greg but have used a profession airless (Binks) for over
30 years without backrolling. I'm just one guy without a helper so
backrolling is not an option. Results are ok, don't think you could tell any
difference though backrolling would be better. I usually do two coats to get
an even coverage. You could do doors too with an airless too but need to
change your gun tip.
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