Great Video! I wondered why contractors did not use a simple paint spraying machine that's not a line sprayer. I have a Graco x7 that I wanted to keep in the trailer/truck hooked up to a quiet generator for my lines. Your video shows it's doable. No big money equipment but still great results!
Thank you for your comment sir i was doing a job with about 70 lines and started it and realized it would take me waaaayyyy tooo long taping and rolling it. Your a genius thanks brother
Nice job... For width consistency you can actually drive some long screws from one board to the next (near both ends) and if done right, it might give you the ability to change width by adjusting the screws.
built my own using a generator an airless spray unit a trolley and made all stencils arrows lines etc built for less than a grand and paid for itself 20 times over
Thanks David! I’m doing my first parking lot stripes today and I needed the tutorial. I was planning on using a 211 but I had no idea how I was gonna do the lines! Haha. Thx Carnal!!! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 -Sam.
Bolt the boards together, and an extended handle on one end of the boards and lawn mower wheels on the other end. Now you can move a lot faster when striping.
I have done several parking lots but I have always just free-handed it. I've never used line snaps,tape measures or anything like that. I usaully use a paint roller on a stick and drag around a paint tray I can do 500 space parking lots by myself in one day.
lol, if you are going in the parking lot business you better not be doing this method, that's like a 5 min job with a big fancy striping machine, literally the easiest job to do, no layout restripe.
Nice video mate. I think a way to speed things up might be to cut Timbers to the length of the lines needed so you don’t have pick up and move them to finish. One long piece for each line. Great video bro
Great video, I have to paint a new Handicap van parking space at our HOA. This really helped me out, I have a sprayer but I think I will use a roller using your method with the 2x4s Thanks for the video!!
We just asphalted a small area that we wanted to fit two cars in. They fit, but barely, so I wanted to add lines to make it easier to consistently park correctly. I just used duct tape and the results were just as good. However, it took longer lining up the duct tape and it was a pain, because some parts didn't stick well and I had to be careful to not get the paint under the tape. I like this method better. Much quicker and eaiser. One thing you might want to do it when you're spraying, use a box. I noticed when I did it, even though I never went over the tape, there was the tiniest bit of overspray here and there, almost giving the lines a "halo effect" in spots. Again, it looks great, but using a box, there would be 0 overspray. I'll have to redo the lines every year (since I have to seal the driveway) and I'll use your method with a box, which should be super quick.
The paint used for striping is slod by Sherwin willams its called traffic striping paint it comes in 5 gallon pails and usually its wise to thin it down slightly and no a wagner paint sprayer wont work it needs to be a proper airless paint sprayer with the correct painting tip . a roller does a very sloppy job . if you know how to setup your paint sprayer you have 0 needs for 2x4 boards unless your doing crosswalks or stop lines or arrows .
I got the paint from lowes, you need to strain the paint as it will clog your pickup filter . Another tip, take the filter out of your gun and you will run smooth all day
Boards are great but 1x4 are much lighter and just as effective. And get a good used machine. I can stripe that pushing my machine in the time it takes you to do 8 lines. I’m not hating but I think when you get one you’ll love it
Sending to property management for a request to paint two or three parking lines, so I can see to park at night or in winter and make the line far enough from my car on each side, for the next car not to park too close. I need space to open my doors all the way in order to get my rolling cart close enough to put bags into the rolling cart to roll in. Love your simple and inexpensive technique, I think might get this done at very little cost to the owner.
Actually it was more like a minute a line, some times faster when we were moving. Your right I was a rookie when I did this job, first time actually!!! I was put on the spot that morning and by the end of the day we were able to stripe the entire parking lot you see there. Plus extras. The purpose of this video is to show people that something can be done no matter what as long as you put your mind and will to it.
