Got a PM recently so thought I would post the answer here and get any other spray boffins out of the closet with your own ideas and tips. The question was what is the basic process for spraying a house. My response below:
Hey mate, there aint no dumb questions...
Im very much a begginner but here is the basic procedure for spraying acrylic painted walls that just look old or have daggy colours:
1 make sure surface is clean, no grease, grime dust etc (i should add sand if rough bits or repairs)
2 Buy GOOD masking tape (i like blue 14 day because no residue when you pull it off DO NOT buy cheap stuff from the reject shop you will regret it when removing )
3 Ideally use a tape/plastic gun dispenser but if not you can do it by hand, get a big roll of clear or thin white plastic (dont get black as you will lose all light) The paint shops should have the guns and 3M brand rolls of plastic to go on the gun, this is the easiest method but as I said you can do it by hand with any thin clear plastic roll.
4 Mask up all windows well (its fiddly and takes time but if you cut this corner you will regret it
5 Mask up anything else (if keeping existing kitchen etc)
6 Ideally you will be replacing those stained old carpet so you dont need to worry about the floor but if you have nice new floors you need to cover them too with tape right around the edge at the bottom of your skirting boards.
7 Hire or buy a gun (hire ones are better but pay 100+ per day I bought one with a mate for 450 and its had some running repairs but still goes after maybe 15 total days of use so far
8 Buy paint (I have sprayed with cheap old stuff, cheap undercoat and premium taubmans they all worked. I found aquanamel and the anti mould ones harder to avoid spatter but that may have been my tip dying Im still working out what tips for what purpose.
9 I strain paint with panty hose to minimise lumps in the gun,it has its own filters but they can clog.
10 Buy a disposable body suit and mask
11 Go nuts, spray the house like a crazy person
12 Check you didnt miss any bits
13 Clean up the gun (this takes a while)
14 Pull all the plastic off when the paint is dry
Thats the basic process for a 1 colour job.
For my own place I did that but sprayed the whole house with undercoat first (it was new gyprock), then sprayed the ceilings all the next day with ceiling white, then end of that day I sprayed all my window frames and skirting boards with aquanamel. Then I called my painter friend and payed him a couple of days to cut in a roll my walls in the wall colour.
Apparently there is a way to spray both wall and ceiling with 2 colours without masking, I dont know what it is yet.
Thats all I got - others can help maybe?
Hey mate, there aint no dumb questions...
Im very much a begginner but here is the basic procedure for spraying acrylic painted walls that just look old or have daggy colours:
1 make sure surface is clean, no grease, grime dust etc (i should add sand if rough bits or repairs)
2 Buy GOOD masking tape (i like blue 14 day because no residue when you pull it off DO NOT buy cheap stuff from the reject shop you will regret it when removing )
3 Ideally use a tape/plastic gun dispenser but if not you can do it by hand, get a big roll of clear or thin white plastic (dont get black as you will lose all light) The paint shops should have the guns and 3M brand rolls of plastic to go on the gun, this is the easiest method but as I said you can do it by hand with any thin clear plastic roll.
4 Mask up all windows well (its fiddly and takes time but if you cut this corner you will regret it
5 Mask up anything else (if keeping existing kitchen etc)
6 Ideally you will be replacing those stained old carpet so you dont need to worry about the floor but if you have nice new floors you need to cover them too with tape right around the edge at the bottom of your skirting boards.
7 Hire or buy a gun (hire ones are better but pay 100+ per day I bought one with a mate for 450 and its had some running repairs but still goes after maybe 15 total days of use so far
8 Buy paint (I have sprayed with cheap old stuff, cheap undercoat and premium taubmans they all worked. I found aquanamel and the anti mould ones harder to avoid spatter but that may have been my tip dying Im still working out what tips for what purpose.
9 I strain paint with panty hose to minimise lumps in the gun,it has its own filters but they can clog.
10 Buy a disposable body suit and mask
11 Go nuts, spray the house like a crazy person
12 Check you didnt miss any bits
13 Clean up the gun (this takes a while)
14 Pull all the plastic off when the paint is dry
Thats the basic process for a 1 colour job.
For my own place I did that but sprayed the whole house with undercoat first (it was new gyprock), then sprayed the ceilings all the next day with ceiling white, then end of that day I sprayed all my window frames and skirting boards with aquanamel. Then I called my painter friend and payed him a couple of days to cut in a roll my walls in the wall colour.
Apparently there is a way to spray both wall and ceiling with 2 colours without masking, I dont know what it is yet.
Thats all I got - others can help maybe?