Can we talk about painting with a roller versus a sprayer for a garage door?

Honestly, I painted my garage door last month with a roller first, and it took me two whole days with a lot of streaks. Then I borrowed a Wagner Flexio 3000 sprayer from my brother and did the other door in about an hour with a super smooth finish. The sprayer was way faster and left no brush marks at all, but it did use more paint. Has anyone else switched from rollers to a sprayer for big outdoor jobs like this?

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blair_hill5918d ago

Yeah, that extra paint the sprayer uses is the real trade-off for the speed.

adam_nguyen718d ago

Forget the paint cost for a second, @blair_hill59. Think about the cleanup time and mess. A roller tray is one bucket of soapy water. A sprayer means cleaning the gun, the hose, the filter, and the whole unit. That's an extra hour of work you're not getting back, easy. The speed is great until you're stuck scrubbing tiny nozzles instead of being done.

lisa_hart2618d ago

But is the extra paint that big a deal, @blair_hill59? The time you save is huge. Just seems like a fair swap to me.