Electric paint gun for house emulsion

[Shox Dr]

What's the benefit of remote air. I take it the all in one jobbies pump the paint, while the remote air pressurise the pot?

 

[mtt.tr]

What's the benefit of remote air. I take it the all in one jobbies pump the paint, while the remote air pressurise the pot?

The air and pump ones I know use the pump to push the paint to the nozzle and the air to atomise it.
I've only known of them in cabinet shops so can't say any more than that.

 

[mike os]

If Both are airless, one with the hose the pump is in the body of the machine making for a light spray gun.

The other has the pump and motor are housed in the handheld sprayer and is considerably heavier but better for smaller areas or frequent colour change

 

[Ruffian]

Mate used one the other day.
So quick and easy.
If you are OK at masking it's brilliant.

 

[Farside]

 

[marlinspike]

I can see the attraction, especially if you are doing walls and ceilings the same colour. It's £400 plus to have a room emulsioned round here (no woodwork or doors) and I'm too old to get up ladders these days.

 

[awemawson]

When I needed to paint the walls and insulated ceiling of my 40 x 45 barn that was to be my workshop I bought a big Graco s/h unit off ebay. Cleaned it up and cleared it's passageways then set too. Longest part was moving the scaffold tower arround. But two coats of white emulsion all on in one day - an awesome beast ! Sold it on eBay for twice what I'd paid

 

[henry Kadzielski]

part of my house is 3 stories......
I'm pretty able but at 74 using a lambs wool roller up a ladder is getting too much/heavy......and she doesn't want me up a ladder for days.....
had quotes from locals and lets just say it aint the Fourth Bridge......lab only costings start at €2500.....ps, I can do the job in 5 days on my own but a bit fxxxed after..hahaha...
even using the best paint I still have to paint most of it again each spring to make the property smart for the tourists....
there are a 3 tall almost blank walls u cant see in the photo.....what u do see is easy by roller .....
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henry Kadzielski​

Have been thinking about a 5gal airless srayer with a long hose ...the cheapo's are lets say 500 and the better models 2,000....
are the cheap ones any good...?.....recomendations..those Wagners sound OK but not if it has a small pot....?? ...which is just as bad as a roller......
but perhaps I have it all wrong....

Same subject, at the mo the best paint here is imported Weathershield.....
so very soon, 1/2 of the smooth render will be removed and redone.....loose, cracks n bubbles......
MY QUESTION, is Polyurethene paint any better that W/Shield....not too worried about the cost of paint as long as it's good......just want to start off with the best paint
ps a 10'ish ltr bucket of W/Shield will be over €100 in the spring.......
the local paint is carp.....

What say you.......? thanks.....

What is the 5 gal airless sprayer? can you send me a pic. The paint sprayers that I am talking about, full airless don't have a pot, they draw pint straight from the paint can via a spear, compress it (up to 3300psi), (bigger industrial ones go to 7250psi) and push it up a high pressure paint hose of generally 15meters. The 'cheapos' well over time, unfortunately are not so good, the Graco's, Wagner's / Titan's, even Seiwa's are all good, that is what we have here. There are others, certainly however the ones I mentioned do give the best performance. The problem with cheapo's is that they will stop when you least need them to, the big name brands also stop, mainly due to poor maintenance.
Paint, Weathershield is water based and polyurethane is solvent based. Weathershield we have here and is an exterior UV resistant top coat and works quite fine, doesn't tend to flake or peel if applied correctly. Polyurethane is two part, very high gloss and needs much more prep prior to painting, not to mention much more costly. The polyurethane needs an epoxy base prima prior to it beeing applied. Both can be sprayed full airless, however Weathershield is much more forgiving during painting. Weathershield can be recoated easily, just wash with a stiff broom and away you do. Polyurethane (dependent on type (recotable or non recotable) require more prep. Since the surface will be slightly rough due to the render polyurethane would be harder to recoat over time. It is not very common to have render painted with a high gloss paint either.

 

[Shox Dr]

Wagner for me too , pain to mask up but easy once sorted

ERBAUER EAPS600 ELECTRIC PAINT SPRAYER 600W (394KR)​

Might be worth a punt

Wagner it is then.

After watching a few videos, Ive ordered an Erbauer, here tomorrow. Room long way off

 

[RichardM]

After watching a few videos, Ive ordered an Erbauer, here tomorrow. Room long way off

You're going to be

That's what you get for ordering new toys.

 

[Shox Dr]

You're going to be

That's what you get for ordering new toys.

Not sure I'd class it as a toy, though it will make me smile when I use it. Ive used commercial sprayers before, set up correctly and kept clean, they sure can put paint down. Just have to agree on a colour, as Im only cleaning it once

 

[bigegg]

ive got an older erbauer - 700w.

ive only used it to spray the plylining of no.1 shed, but it worked okay with emulsion - watered down 10%, Just to brighten up the interior, so not "decorative", but it was fast