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Hi All, I got a very small job to do and i cant get my truck in to it. I plan on driving the car over and dont laugh "rolling it on" and stenciling the numbers with "upside down marking paint" NOT. What i really want to do is to spray traffic paint. My question is this... Is it possible to use a "Chemical pump type sprayer" to spray waterborne traffic paint? Have any of you actually tried this? Now for those of you wondering, Of course i would tape off the lines to be striped before spraying them with such a primitive device.

You would be better off rolling them with a 4" roller. I have painted stencils with a roller before. take the roller pad a grid for a 5-gallon bucket and unload most of the paint from the roller, and make as few passes as possible over the stencil. You can roll a parking line with a roller by poping a line and taking your time. But if you have a decent machine I would use the machine regardless.

Patch - you can spray waterborne traffic paint with the chemical pump type "striping machine" - if you thin the paint A LOT and make multiple coats. I know, I bought one when I first started out. But - a 4" roller works about as good and you don't have to thin the paint. Paint it with a $10 paint roller, and save your money to buy a real striping machine.

If we have a line that we can't paint with the striper but can reach it with our 50" hose we just tape the edges and hand spray.

For 3 lines, measure them, pop chalk lines 4" apart, tape them up and roll them on. It should take you about 10 to 12 minutes, and you will have really clean lines when you remove the tape. For your stencils, there are some inverted paints that will hold up, especially on a very small lot. You can do 3 or 4 coats to make them last. Domingo

This is the deal, I have line lazers and a truck with overhead clearance of 10'8", the job is down a narrow one way street that has branches and limbs that are only about 9' up from the street and also there is nowhere to park on the street, the driveway to the house has a tree limb which i can jump an hang from. Basically, I dont want to attempt to drive my truck to this lamo job. The customer is a long time one from 9 years back. My first thought was to tell him to get someone else to do it but that wouldnt be the right thing to do. It does seem un natural to even think of rollers and tape so thats why i pondered the thought of using a "pump chemical type sprayer" . I do consider myself as a seasoned "i know what im doing" kind of guy (thanks for the tips guys) I am however curious about whether a hardware store pump sprayer would work. Im gonna give it a spin and let you all know how it works out. I really want to use traffic paint and dont want to buy another piece of equipment "thanks for the tip Robert" aside from spending 10 - 20 bucks for a pump action hardware store unit. Any further comments would be welcomed, especially from anyone who has actually attempted spraying traffic paint through one of those things.

Can't you just park somewhere and push machine? We painted 5 lines one time a little over a mile from entrance.. It was on a Sunday gate was locked, over a hour drive one way, gate should have been unlocked.. Lot had to be inspected on Monday morning.

My thoughts are along those with Jim. We have pushed our machines through landscaped areas and across whole other properties to get around locked gates to avoid an extra trip. Heck, we already walk many miles every day, just park in the closest (safe and secure) lot and push in your machine. It is even better if you have a Lazy Liner or Line Driver. Hook up a wagon to the back to carry all your stuff and "head out".

You could do like Dwan and fly it in. When Patch mentioned "chemical pump type sprayer" I thought he was talking about a Truline or Trusco, since that's what they are based on. I would rather roll the lines than use the upside down cans. I think you can do a neater job. But, with only three, it would be possible to tape them entirely. Another option is to use a Line Stencil

Why not grab a couple cans of aerosol striping paint, snap a line and mask it off however you choose (tape,LDPE,2x4's,shingles,tiles...) whatever's available. I see many striper's use aerosol striping paint (inverted cans), especially for stencil work. I did for years before I had multiple machines. Plus you won't have to mess with buckets, roller pads and so-on.

If you can't get close enough to push the machines in, I would tape and use cans before I would roll it because the paint always seeps under the tape when rolled leaving a ragged looking edge.

why monkey around? just park as close as you can and push (or ride) your machine to the work area. no problemo