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Boundary line paint
#4312672
04/20/25 11:13 AM
04/20/25 11:13 AM
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Joined: Aug 2002
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Lower AL
k bush
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Lower AL
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Has anyone tried running water or solvent based paint through a hand held pump sprayer like a Solo ? Is it possible to thin it enough to flow but still get decent life ? Want to avoid the mess of a brush and cost of aerosol.
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Re: Boundary line paint
[Re: k bush]
#4312687
04/20/25 12:30 PM
04/20/25 12:30 PM
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Lower AL
k bush
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Yeah a Nelson paint gun is going to run over $400. I figure the Solo would be better than a generic sprayer. Iāve done the brush and can deal but would rather avoid the mess. Aerosol would meet the speed efficiency but is cost prohibitive.
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Re: Boundary line paint
[Re: k bush]
#4312689
04/20/25 12:40 PM
04/20/25 12:40 PM
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Joined: Jul 2011
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Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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I've tried several methods and found easy doesn't last long . A brush and old school oil base lasts longer than anything else I've used. If you thinned down oil base enough , it might just work through a pump up sprayer . Keep us posted if you give it a try.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Boundary line paint
[Re: k bush]
#4312716
04/20/25 02:12 PM
04/20/25 02:12 PM
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Joined: Jan 2017
Posts: 4,871
Lower Alabama
Andalusia
12 point
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Gallon of oil based paint and brush works well and is the fastest I have used. If you don't want to throw brush away and use the next day put in ziplock bag in fridge until you need it again, works great.
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Re: Boundary line paint
[Re: k bush]
#4312753
04/20/25 06:09 PM
04/20/25 06:09 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 12,660
Kennedy, al
globe
Booner
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Booner
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Kennedy, al
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Iāve marked hundreds of acres with tree marking paint from Nelson and a gallon pump up sprayer. Iāve also marked all of our landlines with Nelson boundry paint and a 1 gal pump up sprayer. The Nelson sprayer is useless. A paint bucket and a brush is not handy (at all).
Go to Loweās, buy two one gal sprayers with a built in strainer on the bottom of the pick-up hose. Buy a gal of paint thinner also.
If itās cold you may have to thin it some, but if itās hot, we didnāt have to thin at all. Pour what you donāt use back in the bucket, pour a cup of thinner in the sprayer and shake until so thin itās like water. You may have to do this twice. Then run a cup of thinner through the spray wand to clean the wand and pump. Iāve had a sprayer last a month using it 5 days a week. Some just donāt last, thatās why you need a spare. Buy a nice pair of kitchen cleaning gloves for clean up. And a pair of channel locks for when the paint lid sticksā¦š if you use Nelson or similar.
I had everything I needed in a 5 gallon bucket (from Loweās.
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Re: Boundary line paint
[Re: k bush]
#4312754
04/20/25 06:13 PM
04/20/25 06:13 PM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 12,660
Kennedy, al
globe
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Booner
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We literally used a pallet of paint one spring through those sprayers.
The nozzle will stop up every now and again but that IS the way to go. We tried the handheld pump up 1/2 gal sprayers but theyāre heavy on one hand and most didnāt have the strainer on the pickup line. Thatās a must. I think we used champion, Chapman, something like that.
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Re: Boundary line paint
[Re: globe]
#4312802
04/20/25 08:26 PM
04/20/25 08:26 PM
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Joined: Aug 2002
Posts: 6,172
Lower AL
k bush
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Lower AL
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Iāve marked hundreds of acres with tree marking paint from Nelson and a gallon pump up sprayer. Iāve also marked all of our landlines with Nelson boundry paint and a 1 gal pump up sprayer. The Nelson sprayer is useless. A paint bucket and a brush is not handy (at all).
Go to Loweās, buy two one gal sprayers with a built in strainer on the bottom of the pick-up hose. Buy a gal of paint thinner also.
If itās cold you may have to thin it some, but if itās hot, we didnāt have to thin at all. Pour what you donāt use back in the bucket, pour a cup of thinner in the sprayer and shake until so thin itās like water. You may have to do this twice. Then run a cup of thinner through the spray wand to clean the wand and pump. Iāve had a sprayer last a month using it 5 days a week. Some just donāt last, thatās why you need a spare. Buy a nice pair of kitchen cleaning gloves for clean up. And a pair of channel locks for when the paint lid sticksā¦š if you use Nelson or similar.
I had everything I needed in a 5 gallon bucket (from Loweās.
Great info. Exactly what I was looking for
"Cull" is just another four letter word...
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Re: Boundary line paint
[Re: k bush]
#4312936
04/21/25 08:49 AM
04/21/25 08:49 AM
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Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 12,660
Kennedy, al
globe
Booner
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Booner
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Kennedy, al
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Paint needs to be shook very well, if you notice thereās chunks in the paint, you can thin it with a small amount of thinner per gallon (shake well). We marked in 30 deg weather and 90deg. I really like Nelson paint. Their jugs and screw on lids are so much better than any gal paint bucket.
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