lazy painting

[anonymous-user]

hate painting, are electronic rollers any good?

[Gingerbread Man]

Had to Google that after thinking to myself that the action of manually rollering spreads the paint. Maybe you fired it up and it dragged you all around the room like a powered lawn mower. 'Painted' a fun image.

[Blakeatron]

Had to google it too - looks like it would be easy to make a mess.

I will turn my hand to anything in the house and am actually a very good decorator. But I loathe doing it and is one job I will always get someone in - for £150 a day it's worth it to me!

I am quite fussy though and have never found an easy way to get a good finish.

[CorradoTDI]

Either Spray if the room is empty or get a Purdy roller frame and 18" roller - takes no time!

[wolfracesonic]

Paint ball gun and lots of ammo.

[hornetrider]

I don't mind the actual painting, it's the masking that does my head in. Hours of ballache.

[kooky guy]

Didn't Mr. Bean have the ultimate labour saving way to paint a room?

[g7jtk]

A tin of paint and a camping stove

[CountZero23]

Was hoping this thread would yeild and answer. Psyching myself up to hit the hallway, the more it looks like it will be a nightmare and I'll probably end up killing myself on a step ladder.

Only good news is duluxe are doing a half price sale from Monday.

[g7jtk]

Steps and ladders should only be used for tasks that take up to 30 minutes according to the working at height course I attended on Monday.

[ladderino]

I did a charity event through work a few years back that involved painting a church - the bloke running it ran a painting firm and showed me the quickest way to paint.

Get a good, wide, roller cage, stick it on an extending pole, and then move up and down the wall in one full stroke. I still hate painting, but at least I can do it quicker now.

I did buy a HVLP paint sprayer, it's great for things like radiators, but couldn't get on with it for emulsion.

[uncinqsix]

hornetrider said:

I don't mind the actual painting, it's the masking that does my head in. Hours of ballache.

This. The rolling part is trivial. It's the fiddly masking and cutting in that takes the time

[g7jtk]

Don't smudge then you don't need to mask

[dave_s13]

Over the last 2 months I've done the hall and landing and the kitchen/diner. The kitchen/diner/family room is open plan with pitched roofs and a couple of velux windows plus various structural beams. So, st loads of surfaces all at different angles and with different colours.

Absolute fking pig of a job. Never again. How anyone can do that for a living is beyond my comprehension. I'm glad they do though as I'm paying someone next time.

My only tip is to use green from tape. It's ridiculously expensive but seems to be the only one that actually works ie. It stops paint bleed and doesn't pull patches off emulsion off with it on removal.

[mattdaniels]

SWMBO swears by our Dulux Paint Pod for rollering large areas and rooms.