Advice Needed: Do you own (or have you used) a Wagner Paint Sprayer?

[arwalden]

Is it worth $80.00 for the mid-sized one?

Did you like the results? Was it hard to control the paint and get it to spray where you wanted it to?

Did it really SAVE time for the entire project, or did it just shorten the time spent on painting and REASSIGN the remaining time on cleanup of the equipment?

Was there a LOT of time needed for attaching masking-tape and plastic-sheeting to avoid over-spray and misting?

Would you recommend it, or was it a mistake?

Thanks!

[GirlinContempt]

1. I personally don't know

But epinions has a few reviews
http://www.epinions.com/Wagner_Spray_Tech_Electric_Power_Painter_Shop_Tools/display_~reviews

[arwalden]

3. Hey! Thanks For The Link...

... I had never heard of that one before.

[GirlinContempt]

4. No problem

[azmouse]

2. I have the Power Roller but not the sprayer

I would heartily recommend the Roller. Saves a lot of time painting and I've found I get fewer drips because the paint is pumped right to the roller. I'm not going back and forth from the paint tray to the walls. I've painted my entire house with it, inside and outside. It's does take a little more time to clean than a conventional roller because it has a hose and small parts that need to rinsed throughly but the time is more than made up in how quickly you can paint. Little to no masking is needed because the paint isn't being sprayed everywhere.

Don't know much about the sprayer. Sorry.

[mongo]

5. Personally, I love mine

I sprayed 15 gallons of paint on the interior cinderblock walls of the store before I moved in.

It's not that hard to control, and you get really good coverage with it. Not that bad to clean up either. Takes a little more time, but you will save that in painting time.

Just be sure to change the valve nozzle thingie (sorry about the technical term) when it starts to spray unevenly.

[arwalden]

9. I'll be painting exterior (unprimed) concrete block...

... I suppose I'll have to prime it first (rather than waste the expensive paint on the first coat).

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. My experience...

1) It is loud as heck.

2) It's great for spraying wall surfaces -- but god forbide you have eaves (and lots of them) that require you to spray upwards. It just didn't happen - not enough "umph" to get a good, steady stream of paint going under the eaves.

Otherwise, it worked fine.

[arwalden]

8. Yep... I've got eaves. Argh!

I guess I'll be doing those by hand.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

11. You poor, poor man. :(

I had to scrap/sand/seal/prime my Mom's eaves up in Lake Tahoe and I really though I was going to lose it. It was the most challenging paint job I have ever done. Luckily, a bunch of great DUers came up and helped with the final coats.

I do not envy you. :cry:

[Blue Diadem]

7. DH didn't like it

Time consuming with clean up and he wasn't happy with the job. In fact..I think I ended up painting the lattice a year or so later.

[Coventina]

10. My DH's opinion is: good for large jobs, not worth the trouble for small

ones.

The larger the job, the more time you save. For small rooms it's not worth it.

I myself have never used one, though.