To spray or not to spray.
I recently had a chance to try a portable, hand held, battery operated sprayer at Sherwin Williams. It was easy to spray at ALL angles, used latex paint and primer straight out of the can, easy clean up and lightweight enough for us girls. This may be the next toy for my wish list.
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Ana M on Feb 23, 2012LIKE!! Might have to put this on my wish list, I hate painting, it's my least favorite DIY thing!Helpful Reply
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Kevin M. Veler, Law Office of on Feb 23, 2012Okay I need to get a gorilla like that for the space over my entry doors!Helpful Reply
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Douglas Hunt on Feb 24, 2012This post was worth it just for the photo of painting the gorilla.Helpful Reply
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Peace Painting Co., Inc. on Feb 24, 2012We like no VOC. That ladder was the ticket. Let us spray.Helpful Reply
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WallsTreat Studio/ Kass Wilson on Feb 24, 2012Douglas, I do a lot of "special effects" but this one went way out of my box. I have never worked so hard but had so much fun.Helpful Reply
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Miriam Illions on Feb 24, 2012Kass, your gorilla is out of this wold! He belongs in The Guinness Book of World Records!Helpful Reply
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Peace Painting Co., Inc. on Feb 24, 2012He looks good on the floor where you can see more of the detail work.Helpful Reply
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Charlene S on Feb 24, 2012Thanks for the info...just might have to budget one of these into my tools.Helpful Reply
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Dan's of Central Florida, Inc. on Feb 24, 2012I tried on of those Graco sprayers you have pictured up there. Wasn't really impressed myself. It didn't produce a constant spray stream, more like a chatter or machine-gun fire spray. Maybe it was the machine itself or the battery charge was low. Was your experience different?Helpful Reply
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WallsTreat Studio/ Kass Wilson on Feb 24, 2012Yes, Dan, for me it worked perfect. The only time it wasn't perfectly even was when the battery was getting low. It comes with 2 and only takes about 15 minutes to fully charge again. You do need to make sure and purge it when you start or if you leave it setting idol for more than 10 - 15 minutes. I also found that it was important to have the tube in the container facing forward. It seems to use less paint that way.Helpful Reply
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Dan's of Central Florida, Inc. on Feb 25, 2012Hmm, maybe I will have to give this another try. It could be useful to me for doing doors and such, not much else besides that really.Helpful Reply
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