Paint sprayers?

Only time a sprayer is any use for walls etc is in an empty factory where you have miles of them. In a house you'll spend *far* more time masking up and clearing up afterwards than it will take you to use a roller or brush.

Given that all your previous descriptions of your other half portray him as bone idle, dim witted and incapable what makes you think that buying a gadget will fix that problem? Even if he does use it, it will be single use. Then he will fail to clean it properly because it will be too much like hard work. So you will have wasted £200 or so.

Also spray painting really shouldn't be done as the show it in the adverts. Before spraying you should mask everything you want to stay unprinted using masking tape and paper. This is a harder job than painting a window with a paint brush.

Do you think he's likely to prepare properly before painting?

Divorce him.

Oh FWIW the Wagner HVLP gun looks OK. No idea about longevity. Also you do realise that the gun holds 1.4 litres of paint? Think about what sort of muscles you need to lift 1.5 kilos at arms length. Try it with something weighing that much. Go in the garden and try waving around the weight like a paint sprayer. Still want to work with one?

Spray painting is an art. You need lots of practice before trying to paint a house with a spray painter.

Many years ago I was working somewhere that was being refurbed. The expert decorators spent ages masking whole rooms. Then sprayed them.

Despite that, there were patches where spray had got round the edges. I realised then that spray painting can be worth it for the finish, but is not for time and effort reasons.

(This place was done in spotted paint. Only way of applying that is to spray.)

Thanks. I did wonder. Since itsonly a couple of walls, I might do it myself instead.

I remember my old school literally "had the painters in" one holiday and sprayed a whole load of classrooms in some spotty eggshell stuff. By the end of the next term it was all flaking off having not adhered to the old coats beneath. This process was possibly helped by the inevitable "who can peel the biggest single piece off the wall" competitions....

That's another problem with spraying - the surface needs to be prepared properly or you just paint the dust, grease etc not the actual walls/ceilings, when you brush / walk past it all comes off. Rollers brushes etc agitate the surface so, presumably, it sticks better.

Jim K

You may have a point but he isnt bone idle.he just never got over his beloved work place making him retire early. He used to be good at all sorts of things. Still is if he can be motivated to finish what he starts.

No - although, itsmorelikely he will do the preparation or start it and then give up long before he gets to painting and I will be left with a worse mess than before ( or any of my botch it jobs).

I married him for life. I do notrecall the vows saying " until he becomes bone idle, depressed or cant be bothered anymore".

No I dont think so. Thanks.

Thanks. At least I know now it isnt worth it. I'll sort a new roller out for him and finish off when he gets tired.

I read that last paragraph as "finish him off when he gets tired"

Sweetheart is a wind up merchant. Tip Adam! If I am really looking at snipped-for-privacy@blueyonder.co.uk do something about it.

Such as?

Nah, forget it. Use the Mr Bean method:

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Remove it. You are a spammers bread and butter.

painting for me.

Ah, I see that you too have been touched by his noodly appendage, fellow Pastafarian.

I am Adam Wadsworth. I am NOT an alias, a pseudonym or number six.

I only tried to be of assistance. As you wish Adam.