Unpopular opinion: paint sprayers are overrated for small rooms

Spent last Saturday cleaning a Graco sprayer for 2 hours after painting my 10x12 spare bedroom in Phoenix. A roller would've taken the same time and saved me the headache of masking everything. Anyone else find sprayers more trouble than they're worth for tiny spaces?

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robin_foster123d ago

Stopped using my sprayer for small rooms after the same thing happened to me. Now I just use a good quality roller with a 3/8 inch nap for walls and a smaller trim roller for edges. It takes maybe 15 minutes more than spraying but I save two hours on cleanup and don't have to tape off every damn thing in sight. The key is using a wet roller and not overloading it so you don't get drips. Works perfect for rooms under 12x12 in my experience. Sprayer stays in the garage until I'm painting a whole house or doing cabinets.

juliaa2523d ago

Yeah the "wet roller" thing took me way too long to figure out. I used to roll completely dry and ended up with these weird patchy spots that drove me crazy. Honestly I still grab the sprayer for closets though, something about rolling in tight spaces just makes me angry.