painting

[plunkinberry]

Any rule of thumb or generalizations regarding general square feet covered per hour? day?

I'm looking at prime and paint for new construction. Very little to cut around; no carpet or finished floors; minor fixtures. All that said, I will look into spray systems, but I believe they'd prefer I roll.

[montytx]

Ive had a crew spray the inside walls of a 2000 sf house in 1 day. It gose quite quick and is quite messy. YOu need to tape off everything.

[Thumper]

"Quality" jobs begin on Mondays, "fast" jobs begin on Fridays :-)

[bkrahmer]

I bought a Graco sprayer at HD to paint my house. My main floor is about 1100 ft2, and it took me about 1/2 day to prime it. Took me another couple days to do the rest, because just about every room is a different color. If all the walls were the same color, probably could have done the whole job in two to three days. If you spray, be sure to back-roll it. There is a bit of a learning curve on spraying as well.

[tooltroll]

...If you spray, be sure to back-roll it...

Is this just to get the roller texture, or does it affect adhesion, or something?

[bkrahmer]

To give even texture, and if you aren't perfect with your spray technique, also to give even coverage.

[VALENT]

Most of the paint "institutes" suggest that the greatest advantage to backrolling is merely the ease of repairs and touch ups matching the paint well.