I have been a handyman for about three years. I have never worked with an actual painter, but I have done around 200 paint jobs. Mostly all residential repaints. I'm slowly figuring things out.
I am trying to determine what role (if any) spray painting should have in my business. I have a Graco Magnum HVLP setup. By the time I get everything in the room masked off, I could have rolled the walls three times. It makes a fine mist of paint that goes EVERYWHERE. Despite my best masking, paint still ends up in the wrong places. Do you actually use this type of setup for a repaint in a room with carpet? Or just in new construction?
I also recently acquired a little 6 gallon air compressor, so I was thinking about experimenting with a siphon or gravity feed sprayer. I ought to be able to lay down a smooth finish on a door or a metal baseboard radiator. Ideally, I'd like to spray all the trim. Not sure if I have enough CFM's. Do CFM's even matter if I am just going to paint a door?
Am I going about this the wrong way or do I just need to get my skills together with the HVLP?
I am trying to determine what role (if any) spray painting should have in my business. I have a Graco Magnum HVLP setup. By the time I get everything in the room masked off, I could have rolled the walls three times. It makes a fine mist of paint that goes EVERYWHERE. Despite my best masking, paint still ends up in the wrong places. Do you actually use this type of setup for a repaint in a room with carpet? Or just in new construction?
I also recently acquired a little 6 gallon air compressor, so I was thinking about experimenting with a siphon or gravity feed sprayer. I ought to be able to lay down a smooth finish on a door or a metal baseboard radiator. Ideally, I'd like to spray all the trim. Not sure if I have enough CFM's. Do CFM's even matter if I am just going to paint a door?
Am I going about this the wrong way or do I just need to get my skills together with the HVLP?