Should I buy a paint sprayer to paint my house (and stuff)?

Post date: 2021-05-07 07:25:38

a good paint sprayer that will handle exterior paint straight from the bucket is $400. I'm not really objecting to the price of this, but here's the hook - I LIKE painting.

We own a house that is about 800 square feet, a bungalow from 1959. The top half of the house is yellow stucco, and the bottom half of the house is wood siding covered by vinyl siding which I intend to remove back down to the wood siding (I know this will involve some repairs and stuff, no biggie - I've already also looked into a lot of the considerations for painting stucco and think I have a handle on paint types and possible problems, etc, though if you have advice feel free to add it!)

Do you think I should invest in a paint sprayer? People have told me that painting a stucco house is a nightmare, but people also say "UGH" about interior painting all the time, and I love painting. But I accept that just because I love painting walls inside my warm house while watching tv etc, that I might not love struggling with the cracks and crannies of painting a stucco house on a ladder while getting a sunburn. People have recommended an airless paint sprayer for painting stucco.

We also have a little single car garage we use as a workshop with the same exterior treatments, and I will also want to paint that. Also all of our eaves are the same yellow as our house, and I might want to paint them (and I think a sprayer would be helpful.) Also we have a lot of fences which are currently hunter green and I could see wanting to paint them eventually. Also the basement of my house has a gross popcorn ceiling that could use some painting eventually and I think you'd HAVE to spray that.

So I guess my question is - do you think investing in an expensive paint sprayer is worth it - maybe based solely on the project of painting my house and workshop? Have you used one? Did you enjoy using it, or do you think I'll be just as happy brush-and-roller painting my exteriors as I am my interiors?

I also love tools if that's a consideration! I am looking at the Graco Magnum X5 Airless Paint Sprayer.

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