andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 10:06 AM |
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masonry paint and a spray gun
Just thinking outside the box here...
I've got the 'Aldi special' 25litre compressor and spray gun etc.
Just wondering if I could use it to apply smooth masonry paint to my rendered walls. I know it would need a lot of thinning down but would it still
clog the nozzle?
Has anyone done it?
(I've got a bad back and don't fancy spending hours up a ladder balancing paint tray/roller etc. if I can help it! Plus I'm too
tight to pay for scaffold etc.  )
Andy.
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balidey
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 10:14 AM |
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I got one of those electric fence sprayer type guns to paint the inside of my garage walls (breeze blocks) and it had to be thinned down so much the
coverage was awful, that was with white emulsion In the end I gave up and did it with a brush. Harder work, but it had to be done.
[Edited on 20/3/08 by balidey]
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fatfranky
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 10:19 AM |
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Dunno if this helps but a mate of mine wanted to emulsion the inside of his garage a few years ago and tried the same thing.
He found that the paint was "dry" (presumably due to the compressed air) before it hit the walls.
He ended up using a schutz (underseal) gun and watering the paint down.
In terms of your question i suppose best option is try it on a small test area
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 10:19 AM |
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Mate of mine did his house last year. I know he hired something in and I only saw it in bits but it didn't look like a conventional spray gun.
There was part that looked like a pressure vessel that must have had a capacity of 8 to 10 litres.
Edited to add: Apparently it was a HVLP system. 10 litre pressure vessel that you fill with the paint which is pressurised by your compressor and then
feeds the paint up to the gun.
[Edited on 20/3/08 by Richard Quinn]
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scotlad
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 10:19 AM |
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As balidey above for me- gave up trying to spray as paint had to be like water so coverage was awful. Ended up brushing too
[Edited on 20/3/08 by scotlad]
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 10:19 AM |
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I got one of those Ronseal electric fence spray things and it was dreadful, nozzle was extremely pish and in the end I just threw it away and used a
roller. Quite annoying really as it was expensive.
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MikeCapon
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 10:43 AM |
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Get yourself a roller with a very long shaft (stop sniggering at the back). That way you'll get the majority covered without the ladder.
You'd have needed the ladder to mask up anyway. Instead you just need to brush in the edges.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 11:30 AM |
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For masonarty paint the idea is a non-starter.
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Litemoth
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 01:09 PM |
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As I think has already been mentioned you need to hire this affair:
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diyer
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 02:54 PM |
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Firework in the tin?????
Hug a Hoodie!
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andrew.carwithen
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| posted on 20/3/08 at 04:04 PM |
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Thanks for all the replies, everyone.
Looked up a local tool hire centre and to hire one of those HVLP systems is £100 per day!!!
Looks like I'll be topping up on the ol' pain killers and climbing the ladder.
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gregs
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| posted on 5/11/14 at 07:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by fatfranky
Dunno if this helps but a mate of mine wanted to emulsion the inside of his garage a few years ago and tried the same thing.
He found that the paint was "dry" (presumably due to the compressed air) before it hit the walls.
He ended up using a schutz (underseal) gun and watering the paint down.
In terms of your question i suppose best option is try it on a small test area
Old thread, but in case it helps anyone, I painted the blockwork in my garage using the Schultz gun technique - watered the paint down about 20%, and
then sprayed at about 100psi. Took 3 coats each one taking 20mins for a 14m2 wall.... I reckon about 10x quicker than brush I used previously!
Greg
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