Spray painting interior walls

[theboyfold]

I have a room which has just been freshly plastered (including the ceiling) and my plan is to paint it all white. Is spray painting an option for freshly plastered walls?

I've never done it before and might paint the garage to practice.

[anonymous-user]

I'll tell you next week. i just bought a Wagner paint crew thingy to do our entire house. Have much masking to do first. Anything has got to be better than rollering!

[cptsideways]

I've often wondered....


Must take a LOT of masking up

[selwonk]

Apparently in Australia this is the standard way of painting interior walls. My friends moved over there and he used to be a painter and decorator. He lets someone else do his painting now as he loves the soft finish the spray gives.

[theboyfold]

cptsideways said:

I've often wondered....


Must take a LOT of masking up

Seeing as my room is bare floorboards and a fresh skim of plaster, I only need to cover over the window.

[Simpo Two]

theboyfold said:

Seeing as my room is bare floorboards and a fresh skim of plaster, I only need to cover over the window.

Or just open it...

[theboyfold]

Simpo Two said:

theboyfold said:

Seeing as my room is bare floorboards and a fresh skim of plaster, I only need to cover over the window.

Or just open it...

Or just paint it!

[Muncher]

I am thinking of doing similar. There will be a lot of masking to do but I suppose if it is not effective to do it in our house at that stage of build it won't be effective doing it anywhere!

[RWA441]

I did this when we built our place. Did the whole house. Following the plastering did the whole place with a 50/50 white paint/water masked off anything that didn't want covering and it worked a treat!!

[foz01]

Presumably hiring the kit is the way to go?

[theboyfold]

foz01 said:

Presumably hiring the kit is the way to go?

Well, I won't have it gathering dust with all the other tools that I've bought if I were to hire it...

[bimsb6]

theboyfold said:

Seeing as my room is bare floorboards and a fresh skim of plaster, I only need to cover over the window.

Bizarre a room with no door , do you climb in and out the window?

[anonymous-user]

Apparently hiring is not a good thing - as they don't get cleaned properly so don't work properly. I've been to Machine Mart (see blog) this week and bought one. It may well be a pile of do do, I'll let you know next week. I got to beat rollering an entire house!

[Muncher]

Bagsie a lend of it Emma if it works!

[anonymous-user]

No worries, I'll send it over with the plasterer

[theboyfold]

bimsb6 said:

theboyfold said:

Seeing as my room is bare floorboards and a fresh skim of plaster, I only need to cover over the window.

Bizarre a room with no door , do you climb in and out the window?

I abseil everywhere. It's the future I tell you.

[V8RX7]

I have considered it (I have a compressor and various guns) but you can't get much on (paint thickness wise) with a spray.

A roller on a 4ft pole doesn't take long anyway and I wanted white ceilings with coloured walls and it's the cutting in that takes the time.

However as my garage is bare blockwork I think I might spray that (internally) to get a better finish.

[bimsb6]

theboyfold said:

bimsb6 said:

theboyfold said:

Seeing as my room is bare floorboards and a fresh skim of plaster, I only need to cover over the window.

Bizarre a room with no door , do you climb in and out the window?

I abseil everywhere. It's the future I tell you.

You are spiderman !

[Ken Sington]

In the final stages of a converion. The decorators used a sprayer pretty much everywhere in the house and I have to say the finish is fantastic. Way better than I have ever seen achieved with a roller or brushes.

[theboyfold]

Ken Sington said:

In the final stages of a converion. The decorators used a sprayer pretty much everywhere in the house and I have to say the finish is fantastic. Way better than I have ever seen achieved with a roller or brushes.

What state were the walls in beforehand? Were they already painted or did they have a fresh skim?

I'm tempted to put the 50/50 coat on first of all, then spray it (after testing out the sprayer on my garage)