Touchup and area painting
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I have a large wood frame home built in the 1860's and it is constantly in need of painting in certain areas every year. The scaping has to be done by hand of course but the priming and painting might be handled with a sprayer I'm thinking. I'm looking for advice as to a type and/or brand of paint sprayer to purchase that is easy to use and maintain. I've always used a brush but I'm thinking a nice sprayer would make this task easier and faster, any suggestions?
5 answers
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For you to have this much damage to your paint, I think you are not priming the wood properly before painting. Not sure if you can use a restolium product on a vertical surface but this paint is 10x thicker,also are you caulking around the window trim first? I think that Home Depot also carries a new super thick paint usually made for deck surfaces. Hope this helps!
Funnygirl
on Apr 24, 2014
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Sprayer is awesome, very fast, but the paint has to be thinned, and windows, etc. have to be covered. Pressure washer might be a good idea too. They make paint with primer already in it.
Adrianne C
on Apr 24, 2014
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Adrianne, I've used the painter & primer combo and it works pretty good. I was just checking into a pressure washer today on ebay, might get one of those too. Thanks Eugene
Energy Wise Mfg.
on Apr 24, 2014
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My suggestion is to rent the sprayer. Unless your going to use it a lot. I have a Graco unit that is capable of running two guns and I love it. I spent a ton of cash on it. But for most of my projects I use a rental unit. Although I need to clean it before I send it back, It does not need the same amount of care that the one I own does. Also you can get a better idea if you really want to invest in this type of machine. I was thinking also about the porch post with the peeling paint. Notice the amount of paint peeling around the windows edge? This is directly caused by indoor humidity leaking out around a poorly air sealed window. very common with older homes such as this Blistering paint on older homes is directly caused by lack of proper air barrier.
Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on Apr 24, 2014
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Professionally installed does not mean they air sealed the gaps around the framing of the older windows. Many times the balance areas on the old double hung windows are left empty where all the energy loss is really at. They should have used a slow expanding foam and applied it in and around the frame between the older window and the house framing. I see this all the time when I do energy audits and infrared scans. .
Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on Apr 25, 2014
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