Outdoor Wood Painting Tips With A Paint Sprayer

5 Materials
$200
1 Hour
Medium

Are you working on outdoor DIY projects that need to be painted? Check out these outdoor wood painting tips and learn how to use a paint sprayer.



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Step 1: Clean outdoor wood (if needed).If you’re painting outdoor wood, there’s a good chance that you may be working on old outdoor wood furniture. If that’s the case, you definitely want to start by cleaning the furniture thoroughly.



  • Scrub wood with brush and soap (just dish soap works fine!)
  • Finish with pressure washer if you have one or a hose with nozzle.
  • Let wood dry throughly before moving onto painting. This is very important because you don’t want to trap moisture in the wood once its primed and painted.

Step 2: Lightly sand wood.Depending on the state of your wood (whether it’s new or old), you may need to sand more or less. But all wood should be, at the very least, lightly sanded before painting.



Step 3: Prime outdoor wood.

Step 4. Paint outdoor wood with a paint sprayer.



  1. Read manual
  2. Set up area
  3. Set up paint sprayer
  4. Determine paint sprayer settings and test.
  5. Use the proper paint sprayer technique. 
  6. Clean paint sprayer.

Ta DA!The paint sprayer worked like a charm on this project. I love that it easily gets into the nooks and crannies as well as the corners and even the pocket holes on the back of the plant wall.


If you love this paint sprayer tip and want to learn more like it, be sure to check out all of my outdoor DIY tutorials in the archiv es here!

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