Interior Painting

[Randy (SELA)]

When painting interiors with a sprayer, in what order do you paint? First we are going to prep the entire interior with primer. Any tips will be appreciated.

[Debbie]

For interior, it would NOT be a good idea to use a sprayer.....However, that would be ideal for exterior paint.
Thanx. Debbie

[Aldo]

To properly paint the interior of a rental unit, or any unit designed for human habitation, the correct plan is:
1) Sell your sprayer on E-Bay
2) Buy and use the appropriate rollers and brushes.

If clean-up of overspray isn't the world's nastiest job, it runs a close second place. I must add that I agree with Debbie about using a sprayer for exterior applications. I'd also add that spraying uses a lot more paint than rollers/brushes. A lot more. If you were spraying paint for someone else, you'd be accused of drinking paint for lunch.

[Randy (SELA)]

Heh heh, good one Aldo. In spite of everyone's advice, and I do appreciate it, I am going to try it and see how it turns out. The house is totally empty. There is no flooring, cabinets, furniture, etc. I will post the results afterwards :thumbsup:

[brianb_cobbres]

There is nothing wrong with spraying the inside of a house. Just make sure you have proper protection and I do not mean one of those cheap paper breathing masks. You really need a quality mask and good eye protection as you are going to have paint and paint fumes at concentrated levels.

[Randy (SELA)]

Thanks, will do

[Dan Auito]

How timely a topic! Doing the same thing myself as we speak. No cabinets, flooring, vanities or doors to get in the way so on goes the Sherwin Williams Super Paint via the spray gun baby! Masking off the windows, trim and such, then heating the house to 70-75, turning off the air just before blasting away.

When you have a clean slate to work with, spraying is the way to go. It seals everything!

[Jeffery (LCLA)]

When painting interiors with a sprayer, in what order do you paint? First we are going to prep the entire interior with primer. Any tips will be appreciated


When spraying inside, you usually spray primer on walls and ceiling and then spray ceiling white on ceiling. Then roll walls.
You need a GOOD mask rated for paint mist. You'll also want to wear a long sleeve shirt. Tape off your sleeves and pant legs. Then, get an old t-shirt and put it over your head with just your face sticking through the neck hole. You may also want to put some vasiline on your face and make sure you've got some good safety glasses.

If you're painting all the walls the same color, spray the walls and roll the ceiling. The only problem with spraying walls, is that if you have to make a repair to the wall, you can't match the paint texture from a sprayer.

[Debbie]

The only problem with spraying walls, is that if you have to make a repair to the wall, you can't match the paint texture from a sprayer.

:SM040: Hence, NOT a good idea to use sprayer for interior.....Sprayer is GOOD for exterior..... I know, I know - that's my opinion....Just looking at a big picture..
LOL :SM040:
Debbie

Oh bummer, the smilie symbols are not in the right spots!!!!

Uh, they're not even the right smilies! Wha?!?

Hey Deb, use your EDIT button when you want to modify a post to your liking!

[brianb_cobbres]

How is it not a good idea? It much faster and uses less paint. There really is no down side as long as the house is empty.

And Jeff, have someone follow behind the sprayer with a roller (dry roller) to get the correct texture to eliminate any problems in the future.

[Dan Auito]

We're going to go deep on this paint Job and take the mud bucket under pressure and texture the whole place, my knockdown guy follows behind after about 10 minutes and hits the high spots to smooth things over, day two the paint goes down and this baby looks like a million buckaroos!

[Aldo]

Brian, I have to disagree with you about spraying being much faster and using less paint. It's pretty much common knowledge coupled with personal (exterior) experience that spraying generally uses much more paint. That's not a biggie because paint is cheap.

Then there is the time factor. Spraying a room can be done in probably 20-30 minutes, but that doesn't include the prep time. I'd probably be cleaning my tools before someone is done masking the 'unpaintables' (windows, doors, woodwork, etc.) before spraying. My clean-up takes about 5 minutes as opposed to at least 20 minutes to properly clean a sprayer and another 20 minutes to remove the masking materials.

Actually, I'd prefer spraying. Time is my biggest enemy so, if you can convince me that I somehow missed the boat, I'd be interested in knowing how to save some of that irreplaceable time.

[brianb_cobbres]

Not going to try and convince you of anything as its only worth spraying the interior in very specific situation such as the entire house being empty including trim.

"Spraying a room can be done in probably 20-30 minutes"
We are not talking about a single room, but the entire interior. No chance you can roll an entire house faster. Would never break of the sprayer for a single room.

As for paint, I am going to have to pay more attention next time to how much I use. Dunno

Lastly, a auto-cleaning, reverse flush sprayer for the win. Clean up is simple.

[Maddog56]

Last time I had one of my houses professionally painted, they sprayed the walls and ceilings--the benefit of a single color for investment properties. I am not sure they even masked out everything--the trim and doors were just screened from the spray and then painted with brushes and rollers.

If time is money, spraying can't be beat for a large job.

[Dan Auito]

Bottom line, If the house is stripped to the bare walls and floors. It's no contest, the sprayer wins hands down.:SM117:

[Aldo]

Brian, I agree, hands down, that spraying is faster when doing an entire unit. Since I use different colors for different rooms..........well, I guess you see where I'm coming from. And, since I don't spray, I'm not familiar with the auto-cleaning feature you mentioned.

While I'm eating my previous reply as my Christmas dinner, I still maintain than spraying uses more paint. I'd be interested in hearing your evaluation of paint consumption with spraying vs rolling/brushing.

[Debbie]

I see your points as well regarding with bare walls and floors.
I concur with Aldo regarding the usage of paint via sprayer.
I'm going to think about using that idea for our upcoming brand new house (we'll be building next 1 1/2 months).
Keep us posted.
Thanx. Debbie

[JoeC_Cereniti]

I use to paint professionally. The sprayer does in fact use more paint then rolling but as mentioned above, paint is cheap. Time is money. Painting an interior that is totally stripped is better using a sprayer. As for windows, I don't tape or mask. Most painters that spray have a paint shield which is a 3 foot heavy but flexible vinyl or plastic with a handle. This will keep the paint from getting on the windows. You can also adjust the spray to a lower PSI to minimize the overspray issue. Definetly use proper masks and eye protection.

Most of your current model sprayers have auto flush and cleaning devices that have greatly reduce cleaning time.

Another thing to keep in mind, is that a lot of today's sprayer have roller attachments that produce the same texture as a regular roller but do not require the constant roller in the paint tray process. The commercial sprayers will also do a better job with rolling then the cheapo Wagner Power Rollers.

As for Aldo's jobs, changing paint colors can be a downside to using sprayer inside. But it would be a job by job determination based on the size of rooms and the number or rooms using the same color.

[Randy (SELA)]

Well, here's the results of my experiment. After using 10 gallons of primer and 10 gallons of mud to texture the living room and kitchen with the sprayer, we decided to roll the bedrooms. Paint might be cheap, but primer ain't. We rolled the 2 bedrooms and still have half of our 5 gallon buckets left. Spraying is a little quicker, but rolling saved me about $130. So IMHO, spray if you have the cash and roll if you have the time.

[Debbie]

Well, here's the results of my experiment. After using 10 gallons of primer and 10 gallons of mud to texture the living room and kitchen with the sprayer, we decided to roll the bedrooms.

What!?!?! Only 10 gallons!?!?! :SM101:

[Peach State Property Buyers]

We do it all of the time. If you know what you are doing, you use about the same amount of paint, spend a whole lot less time and it looks fine. Just make certain you tape everything up. We also learned a trip. Take up the corners of windows and put Vaseline on the middle of the windows. Paint won't stick to Vaseline and it's an easier clean up.

[Randy (SELA)]

Please elaborate

[REItobe]

so what if you are painting all the ceilings one color and all the walls one color but doing the whole house? Would you still spray or is there too much work in trying to protect the other color that one should be sprayed, then the second rolled?

Is it possible to spray the walls first, then roll the ceiling last? Will I get splatter on my walls?

[AIR]

does spraying looks better or rolling?

[REItobe]

i only sprayed the exterior of a stucco house in florida and it looked fine. I dont think there would have been any difference if i rolled it except the time

[Randy (SELA)]

Spraying is much quicker. If you are spraying an interior, you better make sure you're wearing a good ventilator. But I'll never brush or roll an exterior again.