Emulsion Paint Sprayers. Home use.

Are they any good and can any be recommend one?  Non professional, just reasonable DIY. Thinking of taking the plunge with one. Ta.

If you want to spray larger areas like walls and ceilings a Graco GX21 would be a good shout but for smaller areas or cupboard doors etc I have the handheld Graco sprayer which runs off DeWalt batteries and is very easy to prime/use/clean up.

I got the cellar and stair/landing to do.

I bought a cheaply mains powered one from Amazon and used it for painting 23 internal doors.

It worked well.

I got a very cheap one with a separate compressor and hose, works fantastic but I did trip over it quite a lot. I see the “for makita” cordless invasion is well and truly on for these, I’d be tempted to try that just for the convenience. Sometimes I found the paint seemed to sort of “sit on top” especialyl when I was doing some previously treated wood, I ended up basically spraying on and then quickly brushing over just to sort of work it in, on those bits which was a wee bit annoying but still miles faster than brushing or rollering especially with shapes and edges and such.

The main thing is to be quick on the cleaning, lots and lots of water, especially at the cheap end where teh “needle” is usually plastic. It’s very, very helpful if it comes with a separate lid for the paint tank, so you can just seal it up between coats or jobs rather than having to empty it every time, I think most decent ones will.

I had a decent £100 Wagner sprayer and I broke it using thick paint! Prior to breaking it it worked well painting ceiling roses and other stuff which would have looked poor with brush painting

I bought another cheaper sprayer £50 which I’ve yet to use but I reckon it’ll be just as good if I thin the paint correctly.

I think its really a case of what’s your actual budget ?Apollo is a semi pro brand. and this seems a fair price to me.

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When we built the house we bought, I think, a Wagner airless sprayer.  Even in a new build empty of furniture we ended up with overspray.  The level of taping up you need to do is phenomenal and even having done that we found a little bit of tape would lift somewhere and paint would get through.  Was also a massive amount of waste (Ie paint that dried and fell as dust rather than onto the wall).

plus the clean up after each use took ages.  We gave up on it – unless you have a huge house with very big rooms I don’t think the prep and set up time balances out against the time saving.  it would be different in big commercial spaces, or there was a team of you so that someone could keep painting while someone was doing th prep for the next space

Wagner 350m. Technically its a DIY sprayer but I’m a deccy and have used it to spray out many new build flats with no problems (that being said I do thin the paint down slightly anyway)

It’s the right time of year to try the Mr Bean approach…

I cant say I would fancy spraying even emulsion paint inside an enclosed home where I am living.

I posted the other week on here about decorating a large room. I ended up using a Purdy 18″ roller. Was so much easier than rollers I had used in the past ie the one sided ones. With a good quality large roller sleeve I got the main walls done really quickly in a room 6m x 6m x 3.5m

How easy is it to manage overspray with these?

I have a garage to paint inside, which is rough blockwork.  I did paint one wall using a foam roller with good results, but it was very slow going.

Mine was accurate, so you could paint a reasonable edge with some care, but tbh it was more hassle than it was worth. I ended up trying edge tools (which worked but could have a little bleed), tape (which is a pain in the cock) and settled mostly on just spraying close then using a brush to cut in the edges, easiest overall.

TBH I’m not sure I’d use it most jobs inside a house- it’s messy, but also you tend to have better surfaces to paint on. But for what you describe is a little overspray really a problem? Especially if it’s a painted floor.

I used a Wagner 590 to do all of our external windows, doors and garage doors in anthracite.  It worked beautifully.  Easy to control, little to no waste (far less than a roller) and super easy to clean.  Recommended.