Quick question mebbe some of the paiters can help me with.
I recently sided a small ( 2 squares) bump out entrance way with cedar shakes. The shakes were factory primed. I rolled and then brushed on the first coat of finish paint. Getting between the spaces left for expansion (1/8″-1/4″) seems impossible.
Had it been a larger project, I would have considered renting a sprayer…..but its all cut up with windows, door, rail and the like. Would have spent twice as long protecting that which wasn’t to be painted.
Its a custom mixed color….so a can of spray paint is out of the question.
Aside from going around with a tiny brush to get the nooks and crannies…..do I have any options?
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
Edited 10/3/2006 11:29 pm ET by JDRHI
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On all the shakes I put on my house that I installed what I did to get into the cracks showing the undercourse was to use a spray can color that was close and that really was good enough however there was a section that I didn't use new shakes on that the owners before me had painted and on those sections "close" wasn't good enough so I used my cheap Wagner spray gun because it was a lot easier to clean out than my Fuji turbine spray gun. It really was a breeze!
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I've had good success in smaller jobs (and I'm not a painter) by getting on of those compressed air cans that attach to a small bottle, which I can fill with paint/stain.
My local Sherwin Williams store has them, and I've not seen them at either HD or Benjamin Moore.
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AaronR Construction
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I've had good success in smaller jobs (and I'm not a painter) by getting on of those compressed air cans that attach to a small bottle, which I can fill with paint/stain.My local Sherwin Williams store has them, and I've not seen them at either HD or Benjamin Moore.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
With all due repect Aaron...I used those in the past and saw a load of those cannisters on sale at HD so I bought a half a dozen of them and tried what you're saying to get into the inside of radiator rungs I was painting but you have to thin it down so much I found that it was more of a pain then it was worth...mighta been my luck that day....I donno. The cost of one of the cheap Wagner airless was well worth it. I think I paid about fifty bucks for one.
My Fuji as I said in another post was too much of a hassle for some things.I mainly use that machine for finer work.Creation arises, is sustained for awhile, and then things change. That’s the dance.
Like Andy said, a cheap Wagner cup gun will do the job. They seem to work better if you thin the paint quite a lot, and then turn up to max strength, if they have that adjustment. You've got to spray from a bunch of different angles. spraying upwards at 30º seems especially important.
zak
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