I Tried Spray Painting My Living Room

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[@molnaromatic]

First of all good job bro! The finger print in the briks is a counter. Every one fingerprint is means 12th brick, every two fingerprint means 100th brick, every three fingerprint means 1000th brick and the four fingreprint means end of shift. This type counting was tipical at the end of 19th century.

[@Witcold]

But 100 is NOT a multiple of 12... Should it be 10 or I'm missing something?

[@molnaromatic]

@@Witcold I am not hundred percent sure but as i known the dozen related with doing pile for drying

[@doubledarefan]

@@molnaromatic Maybe the numbers are 144 (one gross) and 1728 (one galore).

[@joeynessily]

Wow… I can’t believe it’s been over a year since you started working on this new apartment. Looking great! My parallel project to hang a picture on my wall is reaching it’s final stages. It’s now leaning against the wall in the rough area it will hang….. we’ve both worked so hard this year. 🙏

[@xyzspec82]

🤣

[@JonLake]

I feel you bro 😂👌

[@tomsavige]

😂 same here

[@Thomllama]

Dude.. you are doing an awesome job on the whole place!! As someone who has been doing construction for 40+ yrs here in the states, I can say, you should be really proud!

[@loserplanet]

The over spray is always much more than I anticipate! You cannot over prep!

[@bullpaxton2001]

yeah and if theres one little hole with airflow you know theres gonna be a pattern of settling paint paticles there !

[@TastelessChicken]

You need a 3M M3000 to significantly speed up masking, the one with a support on both ends of the roll of plastic. edit: also, for round holes, grab a bag of party balloons, faster and easier, not to mention more effective than masking. Just blow it up and squish it into the hole.

[@hrdcpy]

Balloons are a genius idea. 🎈

[@adsfadd-d6w]

dude you are a pro. this kind of work demands higher than normal pricing, you are in demand. know that and charge accordingly.

[@SomewhatAbnormal]

Tip: start with the ceiling, then spray from the top of the walls to the bottom. This way you’re constantly overlapping your overspray and making it more even looking. Use gravity to your advantage!

[@michalech6654]

Exactly!

[@ErikisOfficial]

When you say start with the ceiling are you saying paint the entire ceiling first? Or start a little on the ceiling and come down on the walls? I'm going to spray a room one color but unsure of what to start first. I see everyone doing walls 2 coats then ceiling 2 cotats

[@SomewhatAbnormal]

@@ErikisOfficial If your ceiling is a different color than the walls then I'd probably paint the walls first. My reasoning is that ceiling paint (which is usually white and flat) doesn't hold up well to taping like the wall paint will. Also, if you start with the walls you'll find it easier to tape plastic sheeting to a vertical wall instead of trying to tape sheets to the ceiling. One more note, I don't usually spray ceilings because it requires a ton of prep work - you have to protect the whole wall, the floor, and anything else you have in your space. I hand cut the ceiling edges, then roll. Anyway, this has been my experience, but I'm not a professional painter - I'm an amateur painter who has painted a bunch of stuff!

[@ErikisOfficial]

@Vaughn D. Taylor thank you. My friend has a business off she wants to paint but the previous tenant paint every other ceiling tile black! The tiles are painted to the frame. The owner said we could paint the ceiling. I thought I'd be much easier to just spray it since it isn't flat. Some of the walls are even black.

[@111smd]

@@SomewhatAbnormal not you always start with the ceiling then do the walls if it is a different color you can never get a perfect corner so you paint the ceiling and go down the wall a few inches then use an edge board in the corner and paint to it to hide a bad transition

[@jmonsted]

It's looking awesome. I'm in the middle of my own building project and it's always fun to get to the painting part and see all of your toil and trouble pay off.

[@pitsnipe5559]

What an amazing transformation. Can we look forward to you making furniture for the apartment?

[@raredavid98]

Looks great! I can't wait to see what the flooring will look like! I love the commitment, great job

[@Marco_zlb]

Very cool video as always, one question: why not white ceiling which would make the room appear higher?

[@skFriberg]

As a professional painter I would usually be anxious watching a video of this nature, but I believe in you - Alexandre! Now lets watch it...

[@jeevana.6391]

Where I live in Canada, backrolling is very common. I know in some parts of the States, they use different kinds of textures to cover the wall, which I'm not really a fan of. Also to achieve that perfect spray look, over here you have to do what they call a level 5 wall, where they cover the entire drywall with a skim coat of mud. That way you can get a very even surface that absorbs the paint the exact same.

[@JBLewis]

The texturing varies in different regions of the US, even. I've always lived in the midwest, and the walls tend to be finished smooth, with just a little texture introduced with the primer. Out West, "knock down" or "orange peel" wall texture seems to be the norm.

[@ChristianBehnke]

It's looking amazing - you must be so happy with how things are progressing. Keep it up, almost finished!

[@antonvink]

Awesome job, in case you where wondering, the little squirt of paint that comes out when you release the trigger is due to your tip extension, the air is shut of inside the gun, but there is still pressure inside the extension which is releasing but is decreasing rapidly thus creating a squirt of paint. I use a graco and they have a shut off vale for that, the valve only opens above a set pressure so it never releases paint below the set pressure. Sometimes i use the Graco pressure roller, i think Wagner has something that looks the same, its a roller you attach to your sprayer. And yes masking is always a choir, altough you get faster with it, but i like spraying and hate rolling. I always spray ceilings first, the overspray that lands on the walls creates otherwise a bit of texture on your finished walls. I you chose different colors for walls and ceilings you do walls first, masking walls is easier than ceilings. In small rooms i do cover the ceilings, the masking foil sticks to the ceilings a few small tabs of tape and you're golden.

[@TheLindsay720]

Really enjoying the series and the place is looking great. I have basically the same sprayer and I only use the extension when I really have to. I started out using it and then decided to try without it and found it much easier.

[@frankierzucekjr]

So glad you sprayed. Way to go for sure. I'm excited to see how it looks.

[@dragondiy]

Love the color that you picked, and the finish came out really nice. I've found sprayers are good when you have a lot of corners to get around. (spraying around ceiling rafters and conduit is much easier than brush or roller) But I have to admit, I like the surface finish from a roller better.

[@MrTakoyaki1]

Man that apartment is starting look amazing! Awesome work, excited for the flooring, it'll really transform the place.

[@scratchinjack608]

Thank you for this video as I was about to buy a sprayer. I can see using a spray for outdoors paining but I agree that rolling it on inside is the best AND no extensive masking needed!

[@snmartin]

This video is the epitome of why I hired painters for my home renovation. There is just some things we refuse to do. Painting is one of those things for me. 😂 You have great perseverance!

[@chaosplan]

Funny, I’m the opposite. There’s nothing more satisfying than pulling the tape away to reveal a job well done.

[@PetriKaerala]

First of all... Nice job Alexandre! I'm not a professional but done a similar old house renovations couple of times. First I do all the drywall seams, screw holes and sand them down. After that I use this rollable drywall mud and cover the entire wall. Next I smooth it out with wide trowel, angle is almost parallel to the wall. It dosen't have to be perfect, just so that mud is some what even thickness and there's no roll marks. When it's dried down, I sand it with 225mm low rev surface sander. Corners and small bits by hand. Takes a little bit more time and efort but the surface finish is graet for a DIY job.

[@usmanworks2616]

Im excited for the kitchen project. youre eyes say you need to sleep more, take care of yourself man. Health is Wealth!

[@nickjahraus9780]

One thing in life we all appreciate is holidays, well, except when they show up when we're painting! The best reason for back rolling all spray jobs on drywall and imperfect surfaces. The apartment is coming along great, you'll be super comfortable when occupied and not stepping around tools and supplies. Cheers

[@Mark-EFMB-Combat-Medic]

Alexander, I certainly like your enthusiasm. While I am no professional or specially trained painter, I did notice how you made full passes across the surface of walls when practical. Many years ago, an old timer taught me how to use pressure pot style and airless painting systems. He reinforced the importance of keeping the spray gun at a consistent angle and distance from the work surface. And to as practically possible, reduce the amount of starts and stops in the middle of the surface being painted. From my perspective, you accomplished those fundamental things. Keep up the good work sir,

[@renesalinas7426]

Cool renovation and thx to tell what didn`t went so well - best way to learn ;-) Eager to see the endresult. Seeing your belt bags on the last cene - I use those from Tough Build. Easy to mount and unmount and have a free stand + afordeble.

[@davidenbom7685]

Spray painting is the bees knees, we painted the guesthouse at our cabin this summer, took probably a day to mask out everything that wasn't gonna be painted, and then 40minutes to paint the whole thing.

[@nbdcbn]

your attention to detail is amazing. a truly social media worthy build. I am currently building a 2 bed detached house with garage just me and my father and I couldn't get the finish nowhere near that good. It's all about the prep work and the plaster skims. Unfortunately its not as good as your flat but its to a higher standard than new builds in the UK so I am pretty stoked.

[@Drunk3nMonk3y72]

Teamwork maks the dream work as they say. Your videos are so inspiring, and your partner is delightful and such a hard worker

[@madst7521]

I watched The Restoration Couple about two months ago with a couple of videos about spray painting their drywall. Very similar situation but better results and much less overspray from having picked the right setup for their paint sprayer.

[@kloining]

Great work, thanks for a really entertaining and educational series. I used the Fermacell drywall, which requires a thin coat of a finish mud over the entire surface. The end result was amazing with spray finish, but it was pretty time consuming😅

[@JohnnyMotel99]

Final surface finish is why we skim coat plasterboard before painting, in the UK. A good plasterer can produce a perfectly flat surface with zero blemish.

[@MCsCreations]

Really fantastic work, Alexandre! It's looking better and better in there! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@vkalvaitis]

Interesting choice painting color on ceiling too; can't wait to see how it turns out at the end.

[@Lego70001]

In US, West Coast, Washington State, I worked with a painting company that only back rolled interior walls if there was no primer completed prior to top coat. Some contractors were cheap and cut corners. (New construction) When I quit and started my own business, I cut and rolled EVERYTHING, except new construction.(primer required) Since the majority of houses have textured applied before painting, the primer coat sealed the texture and helped prevent shadows. Here in Texas, I back rolled everything. It always gave a better finish. Unless specified by customer on exterior, all bare wood was also brushed and/or rolled. Very few houses I've painted with smooth walls. All of which, whether sprayed or not, got at least 2 coats and a final roll coat. The nap of roller also varied depending on customer preference. You did a nice job regardless, but you learned from it and shared with others. Thank s for your videos.

[@victorbaker4585]

Thank you for showing us your work. I'm somewhat a retired painter. I've learned many tricks to the trade. Car's, houses, the list goes on. I'm not here to tell all, but I do like to share somethings i've learned during my long journey of painting. Few things I'd like to share. Interior hardboard wall panel, make shields. Train the board to stay straight by flexing it carefully back to straight. There is more art to it than what it may seem at first and ways to use it on various things. Try using a G-10 hand gun. Use flat tips, use a needle or razor carefully on how u might can do a quick unclog if it happens, strain paint well first. The G-10 is great for point blank range and easier to hold than other guns. Remove the duck beak and trigger guard. 3/4 roller nap is great for painting full size rooms using latex. Pastel, light base walls, leaving a good dose at the end of run to help continue on without leaving stop and start places. There is an art to all this that branches out that will serve you well. Think out of the box. lol Have a Nice UFO/UAP Day. Yes, nonhuman flying saucers are real.

[@sanderdegroote]

Spray painting is good if you have to do big projects. Preparation is key as you noticed that and cleaning the machine takes most of your time as the painting generally goes very fast. As for the finished product I have done both only spray painting no rolling and spray painting and rolling before or after the spray painting and I do like the only sprayed version more especially for ceilings. The only downside as you mentioned is if you have to do retouching but rolling the whole retouched wall fixes that issue (the same problem would occur if you would use a different type of roller than the first time just on the patched bit you would also see that). Some tips for future sprayers make sure the area is clean no dust, open a window right after spraying if not to windy good to have a bit of airflow(reduces the chances of paint running of the wall), pull masking tape right after painting the last layer when paint is still wet tape pulls way more easy from the surface also lower chances of tape residue sticking to paint if the quality of the tape was not great, keep an extra of the same roller for future retouching. @achappel you did an amazing job with the painting and explanation as always and good luck with the rest of your renovations; Greetings from Belgium

[@jakecarter2414]

Straight out of high school, I went to work for my cousin who owned a painting business and we would spray and back roll the primer coat and then just spray the two finish coats.

[@ThePanickedMonk]

As a former professional painter, primarily residential, but I did also did commercial work for a while. We always back-rolled. Personally, I like nicely sprayed enameled trim and rolled walls, as long as the nap on your roller isn't too long. For flat walls I prefer using a 3/8" (9.5 mm) roller. It leaves a fairly low stipple, but still enough to help give the wall a nice even appearance while allowing any touch up done later still being fairly easy to blend. Also sanding between coats helps the end result, so I was glad to see you do that. :) Overall, nicely done! (And As someone pointed out earlier, you can't over prep for spraying. :) )

[@Arterexius]

1 day late, but if you want a finish with a roller that is at least close to the sprayed finish, use a foam roller instead of a brush roller. Foam rollers are typically used for roll on lacquer, which requires a smooth finish. Great video as always and I'm looking forward to see what kind of flooring you'll choose and of course the finished room too

[@karlmathews7483]

We called it the "million dollar finish" when you would do drywall with no texture. It takes alot of patience and practice to get zero blemishes.

[@MovieNutter]

Your videos are amazing mid week... talk about the energy and smile they provide! Your apartment is going to look absolutely amazing too. Out of interest, what light panel are you using when painting... it looks like a photography light panel ? When I search amazon here I cant find anything similar and it looks really good!

[@allantolladay2130]

I'm a professional painter and decorator from the UK and over here we would fill out the walls and then miss coat with a roller to get rid of any imperfections in the walls and then spray finishes them

[@TheMixmastamike1000]

it goes everywhere and the spray suits are like ovens in the summer.

[@seanwelding4183]

Spray only is my favorite. I paint a lot of houses (interior and exterior), cabinets, trim, etc. I prefer it for finish, and speed, and most my clients say the same "I can't believe how smooth the [walls, trim, cabinets] are!". I've found the wow factor coupled with a very high quality paint like urethane or/and a urethane clear top coat that cures for the requisite time before being subjected to bumps and whatnot FAR outweighs the difficulty in matching the finish with touchups as with a urethane it's way more durable than most paints. When it does get a nick you can use an air brush to match pretty dang close with not much effort.

[@cliffwright1970]

Top quality workmanship as always 🙂 As an avid DIY'er, rather than any kind of "Pro", I could never be bothered with the amount of time it takes to mask everywhere, setup the sprayer, clean down after, vent the air of the overspray "Dust" and clean said "Dust" up from the floor etc after. I personally quite like the finish left by a traditional roller - and IMO it's faster to cut-in with a brush, then paint with a roller, than it is to mask-spray-tidy-up. Look forward to your next instalment 🙂

[@fookingsog]

Prep time for spraying is *ridiculous* as you have to cover *EVERYTHING* to protect from overspray!!! Best results I've achieved have been from simple masking around doors, windows, etc. Then cutting in with an angled 2" brush around masked items and finally rolling the rest with a semi-textured roller cover..."floats" out all the slight surface imperfections!!! Just a note: I always work "Top Down" meaning that I paint the ceiling first and then the walls!!!...just in case any ceiling paint droplets fly off the roller, they'll land on an unpainted wall that will get painted subsequently. Shur-Line makes a great covered/shielded roller holder so that when you have your heavy knap roller fully loaded with paint for painting your textured ceiling, you won't get "fling off" of paint droplets!!!

[@contentnation]

One of the apartments I lived in was a former show-room for an interior work company. In one of the rooms they had slightly textured, lacquered and polished walls. It looked amazing, but was extremely expensive because of high labor cost (that's what I was told). I was forbidden to drill holes/nail into it ;) So I can understand that you like the clean look more. But from a practical perspective, you did the right thing to roll over it. Not sure about Norway, but here in Germany we often just use wallpaper to hide the mess on the wall. That's also a reason those walls stood out.

[@onebeatshort]

Here in the U.S. we spray and backroll. For flat walls, you need to use the shortest nap to keep the introduced roller texture to a minimum. Some people use foam rollers to back roll sprayed surfaces.

[@PawPedersen-s]

Great Job, another option to sanding and fixing small imperfections is just applying filt(Flat wallpaper) before paint. but can be hard as well if not trained.

[@bullpaxton2001]

Having a lot of painting experience i find the sprayer is obviously amazing in so many ways but I usually have trouble justifying it for the extra amount of prep it takes. Additionally, I kind of hate using them inside as I feel a normal particulate mask isn't doesn't quite cut it... notice the paint around your nose. If I were to use one inside in the future I would want one of those fancy over head filtered masks.

[@bullpaxton2001]

Love the vid as always. This series is amazing.

[@vladisark]

I also noticed the thing with the mask. Seems the seal with the face is broken. Actually, as much as I can see, the mask is too small for him. Seems like size M mask, since it lies quite low on his face. Additionally, as he often looks up, if the mask straps are not properly tightened up, these masks tend to slip down, which brakes the seal. I also had a similar problem with M size mask, so I bought L size after the first use. Of course, a bit practice and experience with setting up the mask helps.

[@bullpaxton2001]

@@vladisark the older i get the more i worry about safety gear! haha

[@vladisark]

@@bullpaxton2001 So true.

[@sanderdegroote]

You cant really do much about the overspray getting in your face even with the full face masks. The mask get always full of particulates so you wouldn’t be able to see if you don’t wipe it down every few minutes especially if you do overhead spraying. Most of the time I wear a good sealing mask(head and neck strap) no goggles a hoodie with the hood on even in super hot weather and sometimes a cap that helps me the best to keep you clean and safe I find.

[@FernandoMontielSerna]

Very interesting video, here in the area of Mexico where I live, paint Spraying with an airless equipment is so rare that I don't know anyone who does it. I want to start doing it, so I'll check whether back-rolling makes a big difference

[@frankierzucekjr]

Also the best part about back rolling is that If you need to touch up later after moving furniture and stuff in and scuff the wall (it happens). Now when you use the roller, it will match. Just make sure to stir the paint very well so it matches. You guys did a beautiful job. Proud of you both, not a lot of people would ever attempt this, let alone do such a great job . Hats off to you both. Well done and now you can stand back and be proud of your achievements.

[@frankierzucekjr]

Lol you just said that at 16:17 lol. I'm glad those guys came to help, very nice of them

[@CrinosAD]

A good friend of mine is running a painters company here in Norway. He shy away from using spraygun, as it takes to much time to prep everything for spraying, compared to a steady hand and a "svabe" (guess wiper is the proper English word for it?) instead of masking. A second drawback on the spray approach, according to him.... The airpump might start to leak, and on two occasions the high pressure house blew a fitting and dumped large amount of paint.

[@fidiak]

Great work, great fun.

[@ricosrealm]

If you get a thick 'high build primer' you can hide the minor imperfections like sanding marks, then sand it primer down and then spray finish the walls. You might need a bigger sprayer though, but you can roll it, just takes longer!

[@MrMNRichardWright]

It all looks great. One thought on the texture is to back roll the base coat and the spray. Or what some builders do is spray a stucco texture. This really hides the imperfections.

[@JaskaranSingh-rn7sk]

nearly perfect for first time ✨great job

[@ShandraBombay]

Congratulations!!

[@davidrodriguezfernandez6073]

One thing, the mud and similar materials that stick in the boots, can be easily removed with the help of an air compressor. Maybe is a little messy, but you get rid of it in a minute and you don't have to be spreading crumbs every time you walk around. Regards from Spain.

[@scotter_dotter]

Looks great!

[@Bastelsaal]

Very nice. Wagner has their main office in the City I grew up (Markdorf, Germany) 😀

[@Reno-pz3kt]

For the first time, you guys have done an awesome job...thanks for sharing. What was the most challenging part of spraying the room for you??

[@devKazuto]

In Germany we mostly only roll and just roll, at least we did this during my internship. Never seen a spray finish in anyone's home too.

[@agn855]

There's one thing that is mentioned all the time when it comes to spray painting: don't do it like shooting top to bottom from the hip but move the nozzle at a 90° angle up and down the wall. Nevertheless, nice job.

[@suburbanme2783]

As a second generation painter I’m impressed how well took to spraying.

[@bagsfoto]

Nice work 👌👌👌👌

[@makernova8160]

Interesting technique of back-rolling after spraying! Would you say that spending the time to mask everything off and then spraying was easier and more efficient than just rolling and brushing?

[@jmoery]

you can move a lot faster than that with the airless sprayers. You probably have some really thick coatings.

[@simonmou88]

Looking forward to the next video

[@georgeswahid4663]

Amazing before watching ❤

[@frankierzucekjr]

You can also use sheet rock mud and use a spray "hopper" before you paint. You spray the walls with little dots, big and small, let it set up half way and knock it down with large sheet rock knife. It's called.... you guessed it, "knock down texture" lol. Also a great finish and keeps you from doing all that hard work in sanding. You guys did great, congrats.

[@fredthedude2]

That's an American thing... you will hardly, if ever, see kock down texture in a Norwegian home. I personally really dislike the look of it, looks really old and outdated. It's usually either smooth drywall or wood panel that's used based on different people's taste

[@vaclavblazek]

"... which the neighbors weren't exactly super happy about..." Yep, when you are in the middle of your project, the time flies by so fast. Been there, done that. Anyway, reminds me an old joke of a guy telling his friend: "Man, you're not gonna believe this! My neighbor rang my doorbell at 3 AM last night! Can you imagine it? At 3 AM! It startlet me so much that I almost dropped my hammer drill!"

[@DavePalmer]

For the first half of the video I was yelling at the TV for you to back roll😂 Glad you ended up doing it.

[@RichDasix]

Hi everyone, I'm just at this stage with my renovation. I got my hands on one of these Wagner machines and I really would like to spray then roll it, to hide sime inperfections, sanding marks etc. My question would be that how to do this back rolling? Fill the roller with paint with every roll, or just prime it and glide over the sprayed paint? Thank you a lot! Your job turned out fantastic imo, I'd be really happy with that finish. 🤗

[@aleksnec8994]

In Serbia nd Austria wie back roll after spraying. It's mutsch faster and better than only to roll the paint. Ther is nazel for mud also , so you can apply mud wery fast.

[@Elemental-IT]

texture on walls is the only way to go. If you need to patch later, there are a dozen ways to match it - and they even make texture-in-a-can that can give you a flawless match. also, flat white ceiling and semigloss colored walls with 4" crown moulding painted brilliant white.

[@dragade101]

Sometimes a brush works better than masking fine details. You brush first. Let that dry and then can mask directly on your painted surface than having to mask careful details. (if and only if brushing is faster). Have you used paper to mask with? I find it is easier as it has dimensionality to it and its compostable than plastic is.

[@karenalefounder4083]

Where you been? Missed you. Great job with the painting.

[@louisfkoorts5590]

The Lady look so cute at the end of the video... (cute/ attractive in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty). Nice work people. Soon You will be able to enjoy the fruit of all the arduous effort. 👍🏻👋🏻

[@Snaffer01]

Good job showing all the imperfections. It is NOT easy to get a perfect finish if you are not a professional. People should know this because on video it always looks perfect.

[@nefariousyawn]

That exposed brick looks good. I've been in too many houses (rentals) with painted brickwork, and I think it always looks tacky.

[@jamesthomas4080]

It is very typical in the USA that the walls are textured using a very thinned out drywall mud as the last step of the drywalling process. The texture can vary from very fine to coarse "droplet texture" using a sprayer contraption to a thicker troweled on stucco type texture. The texturing prior to painting has all the benefits you mentioned from backrolling on the painting step only since there is more texture it is even easier to blend/hide defects and repairs.

[@PvtHaggard]

If you are doing much more spraying I would highly suggest a full face respirator and maybe have a fan in a window pushing air outside.

[@adamrohde3513]

Awesome job! It really looks great! Do you know what color white you used? I need to paint my living room and wouldn't mind using the same color

[@tahirski]

So, a question. In Denmark we put glasfilt on the walls after they have been plastered in order to hide imperfections and achieve smooth finish when painting, however this comes with its own set of issues, like crappy seems and not enough glue on the wall which causes uneven finish. Is this a practice in Norway as well, or is it more common to see the current approach - plastered seems and then paint?

[@frankierzucekjr]

45 mins compared to at least a whole day to cut in and roll. Spraying is the way to go. Well done bud

[@Rainbow__cookie]

i like how you choosed yellow ish white its a do colour but it looks great

[@Dave_1966]

I think it would be better with a white ceiling but that’s just a matter of taste 😊 good job well done 👍 😊

[@mr.electronx9036]

I use it to but with shorter adaptor. It's easier to paint. Good job btw

[@TechnologistAtWork]

You could just spray with a motorized unit instead of a large pressure based sprayer. The one you used is a large one for construction projects so it makes sense that it's more complicated to use and pretty nobody owns at their home.

[@lipripper3410]

For masking doors and windows, run your plastic and tape it tight at the top and tack both sides and then come back and run your tape so your not wasting tape and time.

[@timcity]

bro... your hair is madness and I love it.

[@Joe-bm4wx]

Interesting to see the culture differences between there and the US. In the US, it would be a faux pas to paint the ceiling the same color as the walls. Ceilings almost always get flat white.

[@simonbern]

Jag tycker det ser lite halvklart ut mot teglet. Själv hade jag nog fyllt springorna med fog. Annars, mycket fint!😄

[@Cergorach]

Lighting is very important, when you put on the color, it looked like 'smoke yellow'... You know, the color a white ceiling gets when there are chainsmokers in the house. Later lighting made it look MUCH better!

[@mvadu]

This airless sprayer is in my wishlist.. I wanted to get a perspective from a first time user before I buy it.. I wasn't sure how much prep is needed and how much it over sprays compared to old compressed air based ones.. This looks promising. Can you use it without cleaning the whole room? I. E. With some furniture in place? Also can that yellow tube be shortened? All the paint in that is going to waste, right?

[@akacreq]

Looks awesome. Was the old filler clay/sand or roman cement? question, the mortar you used is harder or softer than your bricks? maybe irrelevant on such a tiny corner compared to the house but normally you dont want the joinery to be harder! the put is supposed to loosen up and shift but not the bricks.

[@acidspermdicktears]

I like your work at the apartment, tell me please where did you purchase the covers for windows doors lights etc, you might of said it and didn't hear it.

[@st170ish]

Spraying and then back rolling, just 4" foam roll the corners and roll the rest much faster and less paint floating about in the air... and much much less masking if at all. Spraying is good but only if no cutting in is needed ie; a new build with single colour or for sealer primers