Applying Masonry Paint With Bosch PFS 3000 - 2

Bosch PFS 3000-2

Main Benefits

• Allows one to paint from the top of a tall ladder without specialist equipment.
• Allows better coverage per coat than roller brushes. Less coats needed than with roller brushes.
• Requires less effort than painting with a full size single-hand roller brush.
• On maximum setting it can put down a lot of paint per stroke with a broader fan than that seen in the video if the circumstances allow. However care must be taken with the overspray and splashback. In the video I use the small nozzle, minimum paint flow and low air volume to maximise control and minimise splashback. On a plain wall with no overspray issues I could have taken far less time per square metre by using the large nozzle, maximum paint flow and high air volume.
• Robust and good quality product.


Points of Caution

• Care must be taken with overspray. Any paint that misses the target flies a long way. Wind can pick up droplets and splashback and deposit them even further away and in unexpected random locations.
• Cars and objects of value must be moved a long way away from the target or be covered.
• Paint consistency and application technique matter. A bit of trial and error will be required, specially with masonry paint which the instructions specifically say it is not suitable for (however as my video shows, if you dilute the paint to the right consistency then no problem).
• It is better to do the detail first with brushes or rollers and then spray the large areas in between.
• Whilst the paint reservoir’s plastic is not affected by solvents, the foam gasket used between the reservoir and its red lid is, so be careful. The gasket is necessary so that air pressure can push paint up into the nozzle. A few replacement gaskets are supplied.


Bad Points

• None – the Bosch PFS 3000-2 is a robust and good quality product with a defined range of uses. I chose to use it outside this range for my two videos. I am confident that it will work perfectly well indoors with the appropriate paint and paint consistency.