How To Paint Walls With Sprayer - 5 Tips For Beginners

In this video I show how to paint walls with a sprayer. I reveal 5 simple paint sprayer tips that I wish I knew before using an airless sprayer for the first time. Airless spraying is fast once you learn how to us an airless sprayer. Enjoy!

Timestamps
Intro 00:00
Tip #1 00:13
Tip #2 05:02
Tip #3 05:28
Tip #4 06:26
Tip #5 08:44
Outro 13:02

Disclaimer: This video is all based on my personal opinion and is for entertainment purposes ONLY. I am not a financial advisor, CPA, attorney, tax advisor, electrician, plumber, housing contractor, designer, or any type of profession to give advice. I am just a consumer sharing my experiences and research. If you do need knowledge for those types of things, I will advise you to seek help for those professionals.

[atlmacman]

Your channel offers extraordinarily valuable information that's easy to follow. I'm sure I could still mess it up, but at least I feel like I could watch these videos a few more times and give it a solid try. Top-notch production value, too. Thank you very much!

[GS._Mart]

Man, When I found your channel you had less than 10k subscribers and now you are close to 100k!!! So happy for you and glad you are spreading the knowledge..
thank you for your videos. Keep them coming. They are very useful!!!

[T.E.P..]

Prep is everything ... another great vid Josh !

[renostubbs]

Awesome video Jeff, I have learned a great deal today...I appreciate your time and talent

[sethdasilva]

Good video, I did giggle when I saw you lift the whole machine to change paint buckets. Just keep topping up the first bucket with paint from subsequent buckets once the first bucket hits half empty. No splattering paint and repriming each time!


Lifting

[AlexKunstar]

Need a cleanshot valve buddy(this is not optional when using any extensions). It's going to nearly eliminate spitting. I also recommend getting some fflp tips, they spray way nicer at lower pressures so you won't get nearly as much blowback and get a softer more even sprayfan. Right now you're getting very, VERY lucky because you're not using any real colors... It's basically white on white, but once you start having actual contrast on your walls you'll be able to see the difference, especially before backrolling. I also highly recommend using emerald trim paint... And emerald wall paint... Especially on dark walls, it leaves behind an absolutely incredible finish with a nice microfiber roller (my favorite combination on high end projects).

So the cleanshot valve... Just to give you a quick summary of its importance, first off it allows you to swivel your tip. So even if you're using a big extension you'll be able to get a good angle on even the tightest, tiniest spaces. In addition to this it has basically a pressure regulated mechanism right at the tip that you can adjust, this is going to be your best friend when you spray exterior vinyl/aluminum siding that you shouldn't be touching with a brush or roller, and where a clean consistent spray fan is crucial. Even without any extensions on you will notice added benefits of having a cleanshot valve at the end of your gun. It makes it feel so much more responsive.

In the future I would consider upgrading your sprayer to a Graco 395 pc or 495pc... Fantastic units that will noticeably increase your speed and finish quality and make way less noise than your current setup... if you want to splurge on a dedicated trim sprayer the Graco gx19 (gxff overseas) is a great little compact unit with a hopper. Now I know what you might be thinking... These airless sprayers just pressurize my line to ~3000psi...how could it be faster? It just is, trust me. It sprays faster and cleaner with far less pressure drop. I remember when I first upgraded, and noticed productivity just flies through the roof. You instantly just notice that you all of a sudden have to move your arms faster or turn down the pressure a little (whatever you prefer in the moment). It's the equivalent of using a rearwheel drive car in the snow, then using an all wheel drive suv with studded snow tires, instantly noticeable performance difference (with the 395, the gx19 is just a massive convenience upgrade for trim). It will save you so much time spraying large projects out it'll blow your mind. It can just pump out the paint faster than you can imagine.... And you'll be ripping through those 5gallon buckets.

Edit - you should also invest in thr yellow stir stick at Sherwin and start stirring up your paint with a drill... It makes the paint buttery smooth especially if you strain it as well... And gets the tint properly distributed better than even the shakers st Sherwin or homedepot. This is crucial on darker colors, especially if it's been sitting around for a few days. Heck I've seen some colors/products start to seperate within hours. Never hurts to stir it up before use. The thicker the paint thr more important this is, especially on things like blockfiller, drylock, or any other waterproofing paints or paints with sand added in for texture/grip. These products are practically unusable without stirring them up with a drill.

[ckuiper]

Steep angle on removing tape - even when taking the tape off the roll (especially if the tape roll has been kicking around for a while) so that you get the full width of the tape and not have it shred from the roll or the substrate. I am amazed at how many DIY's (and novices) don't shut down the HVAC when doing messy work that really calls for blocking or shutting it down, same with thermostat/ smoke/ cO2's.. electric outlets, etc., .
Great Tips and awesome video - As All~ways!

[cski]

I do flooring on the east coast but I’m headed down to my old man’s condo to help paint the interior that was damaged from hurricane Ian gained a new subscriber will be following up on your other paint videos never used a sprayer before

[mudder]

Thanks for your channel. If possible, a video of wall spraying when walls are a darker color than ceilings would be informative to show/dismiss concerns about overspray on ceilings.

[desrobertson]

may i ask why you back roll does this not ruin spray finish

[davidharrison]

Thank you for addressing the tape removal. It's a big help. 👍🏻

[TiberiusPixel]

Why would you roll after you sprayed? Isn't the whole point of spraying to get that quality finish you cannot get by rolling?

[doogie]

I’ll be spraying my whole house over the winter. Last time I used a sprayer Ws 20 years ago for my basement. These tips were very helpful. Thank you!

[alxndercrawford]

Nice and helpfull video! Do you saturate roller with paint before starting backrolling process?

[DrewCodr]

Thanks for the video. I have walls that are all plaster that I will be priming twice before painting with my main color and was wondering if back rolling was necessary? and if so could you explain what it does for the walls after you spray them, along with if you need to back roll after every coat. also when you back roll will you see the roller marks ? Thanks

[todd]

When you get comfortable enough not to backroll you should grab a Cleanshot valve with an extension that long. It will get rid of spits. I bet you are getting a lot of spitting but don't notice it because of the backroll. If that was dark paint you would really see it. Good video though and good tips.

[petemiller]

Good tip on removing the tape. Cheers.

[kenbagwell]

Do you paint the trim and doors first? What if the trim and doors are already on the walls?

[IceCat]

I need to paint all of our interior doors, mouldings and baseboards. I have the same sprayer you have. I will be using it for the first time and wondering how much overspray I would get. Would it be ok if I mask off 12” around the crown mouldings plus the floors or should I plastic wrap all of the walls from the ceiling down? Don’t want to ruin the walls with overspray while doing the crown mouldings. I like the look of the spraying vs rolling on all trim. That’s why I bought the sprayer. I know I’m making work for myself but it is what it is.

[TheKrazykarl]

Is the first extension on the spray gun just a heavy duty ext then looks like followed with the regular graco ext?