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If you've ever used an airless sprayer to paint a house or trim, you know it can make quick work of a large project. That is, after you have spent hours covering everything that you don't want painted. That is what takes the time.
For jobs like spraying the exterior trim on a house, you can mask off the surface that you don't want painted or you can shield it using a paint shield. You can buy a paint shield that consists of a rectangular piece of sheet metal affixed to a broomstick. You can also use a piece of cardboard or whatever you have at hand. The trick is to place the shield snugly next to the surface you are painting in a consistent manner so you get a nice even paint line.
What ends up happening is that your paint shield will become so saturated with paint, you will be forced to stop and wipe off the paint before it runs off of the shield and drips where you don't want it to. Or you can throw away your piece of cardboard and get a new one.
I like the store-bought paint shields, but I would doctor it up a bit. My handyman tip is to cover the shield with several layers of masking paper secured by painter's tape. Layer the masking paper strips on top of each other so that when the paper becomes saturated, you simply tear off the saturated sheet and start spraying with the next clean sheet below. It will save you a lot of time.
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