Airless sprayer advice, recommended order to paint a room?

spraygunn said:

Hey Tomdiy,
We all love our toys and tools, but the difference between a DIYer and a professional is knowing when and where to use those tools. Only a DIYer would think of using a piece of spray equipment inside an occupied home. I seriously doubt you would EVER find a professional that would consider that approach. I know you probably want to convince your wife that you needed that new airless sprayer, but spraying an interior room in your home is not the place to demonstrate its benefits. You will find many projects around the house that the sprayer will shorten your working time and it will eventually pay for itself, however interior rooms are not one of them. If you have a fence or a garage or a basement, someplace to experiment using that sprayer, then you will see what I am talking about. Learn it’s benefits and it’s drawbacks first before you take that first step toward your first mistake.

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Thanks for the reply.
Actually the first job for the sprayer is exterior - prepainting the miles of clapboard siding to be installed later in the summer.
Also, the house is configured such that we can seal off the inhabited portions of the house quite effectively from all the dust and painting. Admittedly, like all diyers, I do like the new toy and do intend to be very meticulous and targeted using it
in tandem with the brush and roller. Having experience with Multi-million dollar projects I have seen the time-saving benefits of spraying odd / irregular surfaces like old woodwork. I hear what you're saying, though I have to think that there has to be some measure of time-savings considering the years (and multiple layers of) paint and *bad* holiday-drips I've been sanding smooth for the better part of a week!
BTW - to the other question re. the sheen of the ceiling & walls; ceiling: flat, walls: flat or eggshell, woodwork: satin or gloss.
Again, thanks for the advice. Keep it coming!
T