Exterior house painting - Hand brush/roll or spray

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mentalinc

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#261273 18-Nov-2019 20:42

Hi all

We're looking to get the exterior of our house painted professionally and trying to figure out if it should get painted by hand or spray painted?

In addition, does anyone have recommendations for someone on the shore in Auckland?

Thanks

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#2356974 18-Nov-2019 20:51

Brush/roller/spray depends on what the surface is (ie for weatherboard, you'd be better off using a brush, a roller might be best for a lightly textured plaster, spray is good for large smooth areas).

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#2357007 18-Nov-2019 21:51

If you are hiring a professional, surely you should look to them for advice on the best application for your situation? Depends on so many factors including the surface and what you are painting over.

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#2357037 19-Nov-2019 01:44

mentalinc: In addition, does anyone have recommendations for someone on the shore in Auckland? Thanks

It would be great (for me) if you could update this thread if/when you find someone! :)

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#2357059 19-Nov-2019 07:21

I recently moved into a run down rental that the landlord has engaged a painter on.
He is spraying it and it seems to be achieving the desired result. Trim and edges are getting rolled and brushed. Preparation is the key though. He has spent 90% of his time on prep and 10% on actually painting. 1 or 2 primer/undercoats and 2 top coats. Lots of filling too, as you can imagine.
This job is not a good example as the house is full of borer and the builders employed to fix up before painting were cowboys so even though the paint job is turning out great, the house is still "rough"

This is what he started with. Not finished yet.

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#2357095 19-Nov-2019 08:59

Thanks, looking at the quote there is extensive prep work for sure (which is expected).

And agree listen to the professional, but keen to get others viewpoints.

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#2357096 19-Nov-2019 09:02

Price up a reclad too, because if you have stuff in rough shape thats going to take hours of remedial work, the reclad prices dont seem too bad. Also if you have cladding that may contain asbestos there cant be any sanding of it for obvious reasons, so painting over that tends to be a waste as it will just peel off again.

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#2357111 19-Nov-2019 09:47

Reclad might require consent?

When we had the house stripped and painted last summer the prep took at least 75% of the time. They applied paint with a brush. Seems to have worked well.

Be careful of the paint you choose. We have painted cedar weatherboards, we had to use a particular product to seal and prime it - Dulux oil based something I could look up - oil based one step I think.

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#2357128 19-Nov-2019 10:16

When I asked about it the failure of a system thing didn't apply if the maintenance wasn't done, so if it has been neglected for cleaning or painting like the original system required, it didn't fall into the trap where the system had failed so needed consent, but there are still other reasons it could need to be done. Breaking into stages may help tho?

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