What is the Best Airless Paint Sprayer for the Money in 2024?

December 22, 2023 By

If you’re looking for an airless paint sprayer that is gonna bring ultimate value for your money, then you will want to consider a couple of options currently on the market today.

The best products in this category come from well known and established companies with a track record of great products. One factor that will help determine which one is optimal for your situation is to ask “how often you will use it and the type of projects you plan to use the paint sprayer for”. Spending a little extra for a nice sprayer can be worth the investment in the long run.

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How To Repair and Restore Termite Damage and Dry Rotted Wood

August 6, 2020 By
damaged wood on an abandoned house in much need of repair

Termites love wood, it’s their food source. And while that is natural in their own wooded environment of fallen or rotten trees, it makes for a lot of problems for homeowners.

Being that most of our homes are made from wood, there is a likelihood that it will at some point have termites or wood rot damage.

In this article we look at how to repair and restore wood that has been affected by these pests.

In California, this year has produced an unprecedented amount of rain. I’ve seen plenty of roofs covered with tarps to protect the structure from leaking.

Along with this rain, decks have also been pummeled with seemingly constant moisture. These elements make a perfect breeding ground for wood rot and termites to flourish.

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Graco Project Painter Plus Reviews

March 3, 2020 By

The Graco Project Painter Plus is one of the small utility airless paint sprayers that provides most home DIYers a simple and easy way of accomplishing some of the painting jobs around the house.

It works with a 2.5 gallon hopper and has some common features that some of the other Graco paint sprayers utilize.

While it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that some of the other models (similar to the X7) have, it still has enough features to really save you some time while trying to paint your space.

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How to Paint Your House’s Exterior with an Airless Paint Sprayer

November 3, 2019 By
How To Paint A Home With Airless Paint Sprayer

Using rollers and brushes to paint your house is an exhausting task and you risk painting certain parts unevenly.

Airless paint sprayers make the job faster and cleaner. Instead of air, this tool makes use of a very high pressure of up to 3,000 psi to pump out the paint.

The paint goes through a hose and out through a fine tip that releases the paint in a fan-shaped mist.

It’s important to know that there will be some paint particles that will just drift off into the air and won’t actually make it to the surface that you’re painting.

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How to Prepare a Room for Paint

July 7, 2019 By
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You’ve decided that it’s time to brighten up your home’s interior living space…makes sense, since we spend most of our time inside the house. Typically, we cover a lot of the exterior painting that you can do to make big changes in the curb appeal of your residence or commercial building.

But, there are opportunities to make changes on the walls and ceilings inside, and prepare the room for painting is probably the most time consuming although ultimately it pays big dividends by creating a professional look.

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Graco TruCoat 360 DS Handheld Review

March 23, 2018 By

For ultra portability and lightweight options, you’ll want to check out the Graco TruCoat 360 DS Handheld (model# 17A466). Weighing only 3.5 pounds its much lighter than it’s cordless battery powered counterpart dubbed the TrueCoat Pro (discontinued but replaced with the Ultra Cordless) .

The 360 DS is designed around being a convenient and easy to sprayer. One of the best features of the the TruCoat is unique technology called “VacuValve” which because of the air tight seal allows you greater flexibility in painting angles  even holding the unit upside down.

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