🧑‍🤝‍🧑 / 🏡 A combo pack that had a regular & spray of paint of the same color? (UPDATE: AI comes in handy.)

[TerryP]

Context: Other than it's painting time. Shutters. Exterior doors.

It takes forever and a day to paint, by hand, window shutters. Spraying? An hour by hand, 10 minutes or so with spray? Easy choice.

BUT, it's not like I can easily just "spray" the three exterior doors. It needs to be done manually, so to speak.

Which led to try something (trying to avoid going to the actual store) I hadn't considered. The same color paint, but a small can and a spray can in the same combination pack.

I couldn't find a thing like that after a few minutes. To me, it seems like a no-brainer.

 

[alabama mike]

Never heard of it but makes perfect sense.

 

[It Takes Eleven]

Buy a cheap sprayer, use the very same paint. I still think the finish may look different between sprayed and brushed, but exterior from a distance, flat, you'd be fine.

 

[TerryP]

Never heard of it but makes perfect sense.

It looks like they are close. But alas, no cigar.

I went to Home Depot to check. Rust-Oleum has cans and spray of the same color; not in combo packs. And, more importantly, in very basic colors sans a few.

I was after a dark, red brick color. They had the spray, no can.

(Out of the 30 or so colors of each there were a dozen "off colors." But, never the same between the spray and the can.)

In the end...can of spray, can of Behr mixed to match.

 

[TerryP]

Buy a cheap sprayer, use the very same paint. I still think the finish may look different between sprayed and brushed, but exterior from a distance, flat, you'd be fine.

It's two difference surfaces: PVC and metal. (FWIW, a satin on the metal blends really well with the shutters.) It's a 6-panel, two window: I can roll a lot of it; most.

Eight shutters. It seems like a hassle to buy a cheap sprayer. I've never looked at their cost.

 

[OldPlayer]

Context: Other than it's painting time. Shutters. Exterior doors.

It takes forever and a day to paint, by hand, window shutters. Spraying? An hour by hand, 10 minutes or so with spray? Easy choice.

BUT, it's not like I can easily just "spray" the three exterior doors. It needs to be done manually, so to speak.

Which led to try something (trying to avoid going to the actual store) I hadn't considered. The same color paint, but a small can and a spray can in the same combination pack.

I couldn't find a thing like that after a few minutes. To me, it seems like a no-brainer.

Having the same number of hot dogs and hot dog buns in their respective package makes sense too. Doesn’t happen.

 

[Krimson]

It's two difference surfaces: PVC and metal. (FWIW, a satin on the metal blends really well with the shutters.) It's a 6-panel, two window: I can roll a lot of it; most.

Eight shutters. It seems like a hassle to buy a cheap sprayer. I've never looked at their cost.

Never had much luck with cheap sprayers, they clump. Of course I only bought 1, returned it and bought a decent one. Then used it once and sold it for a loss but it did save me a good bit of time and aggravation

 

[TerryP]

Never had much luck with cheap sprayers, they clump. Of course I only bought 1, returned it and bought a decent one. Then used it once and sold it for a loss but it did save me a good bit of time and aggravation

It's on my list. It's not something I want for this size of a job. It's getting time for some ceiling work. I'm not sure if that's something I'll just contract out, or not.

 

[Krimson]

It's on my list. It's not something I want for this size of a job. It's getting time for some ceiling work. I'm not sure if that's something I'll just contract out, or not.

Ceiling i would contract unless it's flat then maybe roll. I hate, hate painting but I hate the prep and trim work the most. Having to plastic a whole room to spray a ceiling, no thanks.

 

[TerryP]

Ceiling i would contract unless it's flat then maybe roll. I hate, hate painting but I hate the prep and trim work the most. Having to plastic a whole room to spray a ceiling, no thanks.

Yeah. I mean, yeah. Now add vaulted ceilings in the living room, kitchen, and dining room.

 

[Krimson]

Yeah. I mean, yeah. Now add vaulted ceilings in the living room, kitchen, and dining room.

Yep, definite hire. Adding scaffolding to the job....

 

[TerryP]

It may not seem like that big of a deal because you've seen the same stuff in other areas: flooring, furniture, etc. A program that will allow you to "visualize" a room.

Thought crossed my mind about using the same color in the interior of the doors as the exterior. I wondered how the wine would look against two shades of gray with white trim. Wine, gray, makes all kinds of sense but how would it look?

How simple are some things now?

Pic of the front door outside.
Pic of the front door, inside.
Ask Grok to change the color.
Boom.

It's going to look good...