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Painting in-wall speakers
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Post 16 made on Tuesday January 6, 2009 at 23:50
pilgram
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I charge an hour per color using my hvlp gun.

The actual painting only takes a couple of minutes for 5-7 speakers.

Un-boxing,prep work,thinning of the paint,and cleanup eats up the rest of the hour.

Oh yea.....

Remove the scrims before painting the grills and just give the scrims a "light dusting" of paint to keep the white from glareing through the grill perfs.
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Post 17 made on Wednesday January 7, 2009 at 23:15
Benford AV
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On January 6, 2009 at 21:15, SB Smarthomes said...
For new construction or remodel where there is a painter
on-site, I'll hand them off to them for painting. Most
have HVLP setups that do a nice job.

When there's not a painter I carry a Preval spray gun
in the van and use it. The thing only costs $5-$6 bucks
each so the cleanup consists of throwing it in the trash.
May be a little wasteful, but it takes 10 mins to clean
one up and it makes a mess so can't really be done at
the customers.

The Preval is a little "DIY" spray can. After a little
practice, I can get results as good as the pros with their
expensive spray setup.

[Link: prevalspraygun.com]

You can find them at Home Depot and many paint stores...
I buy 5-6 at a time so I always have one handy.

Ditto. I highly recommend this to all CI's!

I will have to go back and fix 50% of the grills/frames that the professional painter paints.
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