Spray paint and be damned !

[Pocster]

Plasterers arrive next week ...

 

Once dry I have walls and ceilings to paint , all the same colour to make life easy .

 

I presumed I could just spray the ceiling and literally continue down the wall .

This a bad idea ?

Should I do just the ceiling ; let some over spray onto the walls . Then do the walls ?

 

Does it even matter ???

[nod]

I gave everything a mist coat then brought the ceilings to a finish and about 500 down from the tops of the walls 

[Pocster]

1 hour ago, nod said:

I gave everything a mist coat then brought the ceilings to a finish and about 500 down from the tops of the walls 

I find a mist coat with a sprayer difficult!

[nod]

I just mixed more water in the first coat 

[Pocster]

2 hours ago, nod said:

I just mixed more water in the first coat 

What ratio ???

[andy]

Mist coat - circa 1 water to 3 paint.  Ceilings, walls, anything in the way gets coated.  Give it at least 1/2 a day to dry then put a nice even 2nd coat on and leave it for 6 hours before you do a 3rd coat to cover areas that may need it.

 

It's better to spray too thin and do an extra coat than put it on too thick, trust me.

[Pocster]

1 hour ago, andy said:

Mist coat - circa 1 water to 3 paint.  Ceilings, walls, anything in the way gets coated.  Give it at least 1/2 a day to dry then put a nice even 2nd coat on and leave it for 6 hours before you do a 3rd coat to cover areas that may need it.

 

It's better to spray too thin and do an extra coat than put it on too thick, trust me.

Do you mean 1 mist coat ? Then 2 normal coats after ? ( no diluting ) 

[andy]

1 hour ago, pocster said:

Do you mean 1 mist coat ? Then 2 normal coats after ? ( no diluting ) 

Yup, that’s it.

[SteamyTea]

Make sure the paint is the right viscosity for spraying. My Chinesium sprayer came with s gauge. Still in the box as I have not got around to using it yet.

Regarding mist coats, before I had my eyeballs drilled, lenses liquified and replaced with new, shiny bright acrylic, everything was misty. 

[Pocster]

I went for it 

Even the Wagner extension rod doesn’t seem to work ! Just a dribble !

Back to the short nozzle .

Man in paint shop said not to dilute just mix well .

Kept blocking over and over again !

I then ran out of paint ( sprayers seem to use tons more )

Sent SWMBO to get more 

Mixed the 2nd tub in and magic . No blocking - runs like a dream !

I’m over stretching to do ceiling and the mess on me is amusing .

But the quality of finish is the dogs ! ?

 

Photos don’t do justice . Perfect white not one dribble ( not one !! ) 

 

Almost like a skilled man did it 

Edited May 28, 2021 by pocster