Hi all, I've been researching this for a long time but don't seem to get anywhere with it..
I'm trying to spec up a job to paint 3 floors of outside metal stairs (10 steps per landing, 3 floors total... That's 6 landings, around 60 stairs plus railings around the whole thing.
Its already been painted before, there are some areas which have rust which will need to be wire brushed and primed.. But my understanding is that the rest of the 'ok' paint will probably just need two coats.
Because its just me and time isn't on my side I was hoping I could use a paint sprayer instead of a brush as that will just take forever..
I was looking at one of these to use to do the spraying: http://www.screwfix.com/p/earlex-hv5500-hvlp-650w-professional-paint-sprayer-220-240v/50944
And was thinking about using either Dulux metalshield or Johnstone smooth metal paint.
The Johnstone although more expensive is a primer and top coat so to me makes sense to just use that,, its about £10-15 more per tub ( I'm not paying for the paint ) where as the dulux will need essentially 3 coats at least.
The thing I don't know is..
1) Can I use a paint sprayer to do this project??
2) Is that an OK sprayer to use? Will it work for the paint I'm looking to use
3) Is this the right type of paint to be using?
4) Can anyone give me any wisdom and advise lol??
Thanks in advance
Matt
I'm trying to spec up a job to paint 3 floors of outside metal stairs (10 steps per landing, 3 floors total... That's 6 landings, around 60 stairs plus railings around the whole thing.
Its already been painted before, there are some areas which have rust which will need to be wire brushed and primed.. But my understanding is that the rest of the 'ok' paint will probably just need two coats.
Because its just me and time isn't on my side I was hoping I could use a paint sprayer instead of a brush as that will just take forever..
I was looking at one of these to use to do the spraying: http://www.screwfix.com/p/earlex-hv5500-hvlp-650w-professional-paint-sprayer-220-240v/50944
And was thinking about using either Dulux metalshield or Johnstone smooth metal paint.
The Johnstone although more expensive is a primer and top coat so to me makes sense to just use that,, its about £10-15 more per tub ( I'm not paying for the paint ) where as the dulux will need essentially 3 coats at least.
The thing I don't know is..
1) Can I use a paint sprayer to do this project??
2) Is that an OK sprayer to use? Will it work for the paint I'm looking to use
3) Is this the right type of paint to be using?
4) Can anyone give me any wisdom and advise lol??
Thanks in advance
Matt