Sign up ×  I am going to be painting the inside of my 2-story
home except for the bedrooms, so I have a fairly large area to
cover. How much more paint would a paint sprayer use, compared
to using paint rollers? We are considering using Sherman
Williams paint and don't want our expenses to get out of hand.
share|improve this question I would assume that a sprayer will
use more paint than a roller, which in turn uses more paint than
a brush. Obviously the finish is different in each case. – 
ChrisF May 17 '11 at 16:14 Yeah I've heard that a sprayer uses
more; I'm just curious roughly how much more (such as a
percentage, as an estimate). –  Jon Onstott May 17 '11 at 16:33
I meant to say "quite a bit" - but I have no data, hence the
comment. –  ChrisF May 17 '11 at 16:34 That makes sense. I
hadn't thought about how the finish would look in each case. – 
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