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Thanks for the reply.
Any room I paint gets emptied and taped/sheeted off due to roller splatter so there's no change to my process there.
The overspray on those Wagner's looks minimal so think I'll go for it. It's only money and I can always rent it to family. And it should be cheaper than getting someone in one room at a time. Plus as the kids grow up we can change room colours easily
Grumpy_Git
Airhead
If you are doing a whole house and it's empty then a sprayer is your friend. Buy a lot of masking tape and be prepared to spend most of your masking and prepping. When you do get to spray it goes on fast. You might need a mate to follow it with a roller to add texture.
That's a big ticket item. There are plenty of cheaper options for sprayers; not sure about the advantages about airless vs HVLP, but airless seems a bit overkill.
If the house is not empty then the overspray is a bit of a sod and you'll spend a lot of time covering things and trying to remove paint where it isn't supposed to be. With airless it will be worse, compared to HVLP, it seems.