Spray Painting a Living Room

Spray Painting a Living Room

Materials for Painting: Spray Painting a Living Room

124 Fluid Oz Sherwin Williams-Alabaster in eggshell

Primer for the Brick Fireplace

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Tools for Painting:

Wagner Spray Painter

3M Large Paint Project Respirator

Respirator Mask Filters

Paint Suit, protective spray sock (protects head)

Painters Tape

Plastic (Hand Masker 1.41-in Multi Surface, 1.5MIL 12ftX50ft, 72inX90ft, 48inX180ft, 12inX180ft green masking)

3M Hand Masker Dispenser

Drop Cloth

List of other Painting tools we already had. 

Spray Painting a Living Room

Next it was time to prep the room to paint. We used the tape and plastic/paper dispenser to make covering the windows, fireplace and opening to the rest of the house, easier and faster.

Spray Painting a Living Room

We had to literally close off the entire room with plastic.

Spray Painting a Living Room

Here is Cody in his painter’s suit.

Spray Painting a Living Room

Here is what it looked like right after we painted the fireplace, shelves and some of the walls. With a spray painter, you have to cover everything so that you don’t have over-spray on your floors or furniture.

Spray Painting a Living Room

Getting closer.

Spray Painting a Living Room

Closer with the mantle installed and the cabinet and drawer fronts installed. We painted the cabinet and drawer fronts outside with the sprayer.

Spray Painting a Living Room

Here is the end result of the painting. We did spray paint the walls as well, but I had to roller paint one wall. The larger the surface, the harder it is to get a real even coating with the sprayer. I would suggest roller painting large walls instead of spraying. The Wagner Spray Painter worked wonderfully for the built-in shelves and the fireplace. The brick would have been really hard to get a nice finish if it was painted by hand.

Tip for using the Wagner Spray Painter: Make sure that the opening

Here is some video of the spray painter in action:

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