I use an airless hand held spray all the time. I am renovating an old Quenslander with VJ walls. Rollers don’t cover the joints, brushing is very slow so I tried spraying, brilliant! As already advised you do have to mask everything off. I use a double cartridge filter mask which is OK. Just take a breather in fresh air every 5-10 minutes. I have never had to thin acrylic in order to spray, straight from the tin seems fine. For non acrylic paints you need to guy a different nozzle. I bought a bendy nozzle for doing the ceiling (very useful)as it allows me to keep the gun level and to spray longer before the paint runs out. I have found the best way is to spray the whole room with undercoat (if needed)then spray the ceiling with topcoat. When dry I then spray the walls to within 40cm of the ceiling keeping the gun angled down slightly when near the ceiling. I then hand paint the gap. This proved a lot quicker and cheaper than painting the walls first then having to mask off all the walls with plastic sheet to then spray the ceiling. Done carefully you will get virtually no overspray onto the ceiling. If you do just touch it up with a brush, easy. It seems like a big job masking everything off but once done the spraying is so quick, especially if it requires more than one coat. I use the Wagner gun. Seems to be good quality and Mitre 10 etc. carry a complete range of parts and accessories. With regards to dress code, I wear nothing but work shorts, get covered in paint then shower. Acrylic comes off easily in warm water. Don’t try this method with solvent paints though.

I own an IP on 1,000 sq m. I also own the vacant block next door which is 1300 sq m. Can anyone explain how the council has come up with identical land valuations for both blocks or, as the old saying goes, does size really not matter?

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