Painting the exterior + interior + trim + cabinets of an entire home...time to buy a gun?

Big plans coming up and in an effort to save time I was considering buying a paint gun to help. We will be painting interior and exterior walls, beadboard, cabinets, ceilings, etc etc....you name it. Should I stick with the brush and roller or should I upgrade a little? If so, what?

Also a factor, eventually I would like to invest in a HVLP gun for painting stuff in the garage (specifically boats...maybe even spraying gelcoat). I could see that being useful, but perhaps wasteful, for painting trim and cabinets but probably a mess for painting interior walls.

What say thee?

A paintball gun should work just fine

titan 440, nearly bullet proof and will be a huge time saver. change tips for cabinets/trim/walls etc.

Check pawn shops for the sprayers that shot straight from the bucket. I found mine for $60. Much better than the two Wagner airless sprayers I wasted time and money on. Oh, buy the pump conditioner fluid. Seriously.

itsarebuild wrote: Check pawn shops for the sprayers that shot straight from the bucket. I found mine for $60. Much better than the two Wagner airless sprayers I wasted time and money on. Oh, buy the pump conditioner fluid. Seriously.

^ this.

I have a big airless sprayer for siding and such. But when I did the cabinets used a HPLV unit for the precision. Excellent results.

i have a big professional unit that sucks out of a 5 gallon bucket. being a professional remodeler, it makes sense. if it were me, i would mask the windows/doors/floors and spray the ceilings, then spray the mouldings, and then roll the walls. it's not worth all the time to mask all the trim and ceilings to spray the walls, it takes less time to just roll it.

Sprayed paint is thinner and fails faster on exterior surfaces. That's been my experience and observation.

When I redid the living room, I used one of my primer guns to pre-paint all the baseboard. What a treat that was compared to using a brush. I then decided to use it to paint a couple of the door-frames. Bit of a pain and had to make sure that overspray did not go cause damage. Took doors off and painted them in the shop.

If painting cabinets, I would remove them and sand/paint them in the shop.

I painted a 4BR condo using a Wagner Paint Stick, ~$30.

Buy 5 gallon buckets if High Hide White, cut in the corners with a brush and suck 1/2 gallon of so up with the stick. I could cover half of one wall before having to reload.

Spray does go on thinner, but if there's carpeting etc., it's a PITA with plastic covering.

Dan