HomeRight C800060 5-Piece Paint Stick Kit
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Product Details
Manufacturer: HomeRightModel: C800060
Product features:
- Mess-preventing 5-piece paint stick kit
- Paints three times faster than standard rollers
- Easy-to-use and easy-to-clean
- Draws paint directly from the can--no need for paint trays
- Paints an 8-by-8-foot wall with just one fill
Tools and Hardware Reviews of HomeRight C800060 5-Piece Paint Stick Kit
Customer Review: Trade off: time vs. quality
Summary: 2 Stars
Here is our situation; We just built a new house, and we decided we would paint it ourselves to save a bit. We had to prime and paint everything including ceilings, walls, and stairways. We used pretty much the top of the line paint from a top of the line paint store, not a big box store. We had six people who primed in shifts with three of these paintsticks. The priming took about six hours altogether, so 18 man hours with the sticks. We had all levels of experience from my daughter who is 16 up to me who has done a lot of painting etc. We had also bought a "rejuva roller" cleaner, and a spin dryer for rollers and brushes.
As we painted, folks commented it seemed like a long time to get the paint on the walls, and when we pushed the sticks to get more paint out, we would get a dot pattern from where the paint pushes through the roller. That had to be gone over a lot to get the wall covered. The roller covers were pretty much beat down by the end of the day, and we ended up buying new ones at about $7 a piece (The price of a really good regular roller cover). The rollers were hard to clean, and because they have holes in them for the paint to come out, they won't clean up in the rejuva roller (which is AWESOME on regular rollers).
Friday we started painting the ceiling. Same issue with a struggle to get adequate paint on the ceiling. Many people try to spread paint too far, when in fact you want to load up the roller and cover about 8-9 sq. ft. per load. We stopped on Friday and recoated the ceiling yesterday. Still streaky from too little paint loading in the roller of the stick. It seems that if you get enough paint through the roller, the lower quality nap won't hold it, and you get drips and spatters.
THEN, our contractor stopped by, and said the primer was too thin on the walls and we needed to recoat. Two of us worked with regular rollers for about 8 hours (16 man hours), and recoated the walls with primer. A MUCH better job, and it did not take a lot longer for the walls than the sticks did. The secret was too keep the roller loaded with paint from the tray. Overall exhaustion level was better too as we weren't holding the heavier sticks. Clean up took about 5 minutes with the rejuva roller and the spinner and those roller covers will be used many more times, as they came totally clean.
The verdict: The quality of the stick itself was ok, but the rollers were marginal at best, and perfect, time effective cleanup was nearly impossible, meaning to do a good job next time, you pretty much would need a new roller. Time savings on the painting was maybe 15-20%, but that savings was lost in the clean-up. Regular, high quality rollers are cheaper, do a better job, are less fatiguing, and clean up nearly immediately with a roller cleaner, making them more cost effective. Regular rollers = cheaper + better quality job in the end.
Description of HomeRight C800060 5-Piece Paint Stick Kit
The HomeRight 5-piece paint stick kit takes paint directly from the paint can and feeds it to the roller, eliminating the need for spill-prone paint trays. The paint stick holds approximately 18-ounces of paint, and one fill will cover an 8-by-8-foot area (each gallon of paint contributes about seven fills of the paint stick). An included splatter shield keeps paint from splattering over you and the floor, and the paint stick weighs only 2-1/4-pounds when full, making it efficient and easy to use. What's in the Box
Paint stick with 3/8-inch roller cover, splatter shield, and a can cover with fill tube.
There isn't a single one among us who hasn't paused while painting with a roller, looked at the spills accumulating around the paint tray, and thought, "There must be a better way." Fortunately, HomeRight put its thinking caps to good use and developed the PaintStick. Borrowing from the time-tested technology of the fountain pen, the PaintStick takes paint directly from the paint can and feeds it to the roller, eliminating the need for spill-happy trays. The PaintStick holds approximately 18 ounces of paint, and one fill will cover an 8-by-8-foot area (each gallon of paint contributes about seven fills of the PaintStick). Use the included Spatter Shield to keep paint from splattering over you and the floor. The PaintStick--which weighs only 2-1/4 pounds when full--even extends from floor to ceiling without a ladder, making it efficient and easy to use. This five-piece kit includes a PaintStick with 3/8-inch roller cover, the Spatter Shield, and a can cover with fill tube.
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