I want to paint my barn, anyone put together a spayer?

Bruce from Can. · Feb 13, 2012

My old bank barn would look a lot nicer with a coat of paint but, I don't want to pay out big $$ to have it done. So I would like to come up with a good old famers method of spraying paint on this big old barn.

rrlund · Feb 13, 2012

I think Red Green put a roll of carpet on a forklift. Then dumped the paint in a trough,dipped the roll of carpet in it and used it as a paint roller.
I think another time,he punched holes in the eavestrough then dumped the paint on the roof. It came out the holes and ran down the sides of the barn.

IaGary · Feb 13, 2012

Do you have a rental shop near by?

Those airless sprayers that you set over a 5 gallon bucket of paint work great. Expensive to buy but not bad to rent for a week end.

Gary

John730D · Feb 13, 2012

Go to your local contractors rental yard and get an airless paint sprayer. Simplest and easiest way to do it. Some paint stores also have them to rent.

Bruce from Can. · Feb 13, 2012

Say now , those are some sharp ideas there rrlund, but I was wanting to spray the paint on in simaler fashion to what the barn painting dudes do. Bruce

led · Feb 13, 2012

Wagner makes a sprayer with 2 gallon hopper, Latex makes cleanup a lot easier. Barn wood condition has a lot to do with it, if oil base, can use 50-50 painter thinner & linseed oil for base if wood is really going to soak it up.
Led

Ron A Anderson · Feb 13, 2012

I've been painting wood barn's, granaries, houses etc plus metal buildings for 15 years and I would guess you could get a airless sprayer on E-Bay for approx 350.00 that would work for you. Or as someone said you can rent one pretty cheap. For best results you should brush it in while you are spraying.
The last few years I have been using a red stain as I think it will last longer then regular paint.
If you use two coats you won't need to brush much the second coat.
My first airless was a diaphram pump and was 200.00 . The last one I bought cost 2800.00 but it will run two guns.
A piston type pump is much better and will last longer then a diaphram style.

RayP(MI) · Feb 13, 2012

I painted a barn about that size with a Wagoner PowerPainter, quart size. Now before you all laugh too hard, the quart covered just about what I could reach off one ladder placement, so it wasn't all bad. Unfortunately, the latex paint I used apparently had been frozen in the warehouse, and it went on like whitewash, came off just as fast. Barn now has vinyl siding, and hopefully, further maintenance is a long way off. Do not recommend latex paints for any external painting jobs. Also don't recommend doing it the hard way like I did!

thurlow · Feb 13, 2012

Back in the '50s, we had a home-made sprayer, which consisted of a 10 or 12 inch tube (about 2 inch in diameter, iirc) with a steel-ball check valve at the bottom and the leather covered piston was operated by a pump handle; the whole thing bolted inside an open-topped 55 gallon barrel. The hose was probably about 3/8 inch and 30 feet long. As a 10-12 year old, I was the 'pumper' and my dad was the 'painter'; it would reach about 30 feet as I recall. After I grew up and started dealing with more sophisticated rigs, I realized that it would've worked much better with an air chamber to keep the pressure equalized.

Mark - IN. · Feb 13, 2012

I sprayed one of mine, barn red and it came out great. Great. What I didn't consider though was breeze. Wind. Spray back. Barn came out beautiful. As the job went on, I did too. Beautiful. Went into the house to relieve myself, looked in the mirror, beautiful job. No harm done, not complaining. It came off. Lot faster than rolling, does a beautiful job if you take your time.

Mark

Greg K · Feb 13, 2012

Do they make a 25' wand to spray with so you don't have to get up on a ladder?

flying belgian · Feb 13, 2012

I can't quite tell. Is that shed with the yard light an extension attached to the barn? If so and you are going to paint that as well, you got one heck of a lot of painting to do. I'm not trying to discourage you but with that size job you do want to get the equip. best suited to the job. I would suggest renting the appropriate spray equip. That barn is sure standing straight and well worth the cost of a paint job. You want to do the best job possible as you don't want to have to do it again in a couple years. Also, what do you use that tank for by the yard light? Corn for the stove?

showcrop · Feb 13, 2012

I spray painted one 16x32 wall of my shop last fall just to get the feel for what to expect. I borrowed a nice airless unit that pumps out of a five gal. bucket. It was great!! no up and down for refills, much less over spray than I expected.

Dblair · Feb 13, 2012

rent an airless and a boom lift .

Anonymous-0 · Feb 13, 2012

Mom had ours done a couple years ago, had a guy that does great work, but that wood needs a brush job done no spray. The side that gets alot of sun doesn't look any better than before. The rest is fine though. Just my 2 cents. chris in nebraska

Anonymous-0 · Feb 13, 2012

wagner power painter

Old Ford Mechanic · Feb 13, 2012

Just hang loose up there.A load of Gypsies out of the Carolina's are on the way to paint that barn!

Tony S. · Feb 13, 2012

Move your cars out of the yard before you spray.

5020s rock · Feb 14, 2012

old ford is right--the painter dudes will be around in the summer. "hey how ya'll do'in?
i noticed that ol' barn needs a paint'in...my crew is in the area......." they do good quick work. they always come down on price.
dont even buy a wagner powerpainter, WHAT A
P. O. S. and yes ma,i read the directions.

Bruce from Can. · Feb 14, 2012

Well flying belgian, The exstention on the main barn is a 40x60, with dairy cow stable down stairs and round bale storage upstairs. we can drive our 5640 Ford loader tractor up stairs. And no we whereonly going to paint the old red part of the barn,I was lening toworads dark brown. The newer part is stained and varnished. The hoper bottom bin at the end of the barn is for protien supplement for milk cows.Bruce

Bruce from Can. · Feb 14, 2012

I have found an eight foot wand,it is for a power washer and I think it could be adapted.

Bruce from Can. · Feb 14, 2012

I will take note of this advice for sure,wanting to use a dark brown paint, could cause some confusion in the local neighbourhood. Bruce

Stephen Newell · Feb 14, 2012

Since you have access to a power washer, that would be a good place to start. The newer section that was stained and varnished should be done with oil based paint. Latex paint won't stick to varnish. Assuming the rest is done with latex I would recommend Duration paint made by Sherwin Williams. The cost is about double but I think it's worth it giving how long it lasts. You'll save yourself a lot of trouble if you buy or rent an airless sprayer. Another alternative is if you have a good supply of compressed air. You could purchase a 2 1/2 gallon production tank and a conventional sprayer to spray the paint. It would actually use less paint then the airless.

Anonymous-0 · Feb 14, 2012

Mr. Bean did it with directional explosives.

farmer boy · Feb 14, 2012

Around here(west of you) we have 2 different companies come around and ask about painting. Same truck came 3 times last summer. I"d see what they"d charge you before commiting to painting it yourself.

rrlund · Feb 14, 2012

That sounds like an Edgar Montrose trick.

Gun guru · Feb 14, 2012

I did a lot of painting.
(Like old Ford said below, dont hire any losers) Buy a 2 HP compressor with a pressure tank and a paint gun and go for it. You will have to back roll the paint so that it is pushed into the wood.
If you do hire it out be sure that the guys are insured and reputable.
I hired 3 guys to paint my kitchen, laundry room last spring, $700, I bought the paint, 1 day and it was done. (wife was happy)
The 3 guys were from Eastern European origin, a friend used them in the past.

steve n carol · Feb 14, 2012

[b:336ff0569d]"I don't want to pay out big $$ to have it done" [/b:336ff0569d] that's what you said....
Roll it! :roll:

I bought a new airless, 325.00 us. I painted the house inside and outside. Should have "back rolled" it.....

The airless will go up for sale for about half. It paid for itself in time saved!!

Tip. get a "contractor's" price for the paint/stain. The paint companies are willing to deal.

Don't use a cheap grade paint.... and, as stated by others... move the cars.

The extended wand is a great product and a great idea. go look at the fittings for the extended wand to see if you can adapt it to the pressure sprayer, probably not w/o some $ and time ($). Airless sprayers range up to 3000+ psi.
The boom lift is good too, a bit pricy but safe. Can you use a rolling scaffold?...sl

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