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Yesterday, 04:03 AM

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Join Date: Jul 2011

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I'm looking for some updated ways to do lot of painting. The "roller" method is so archaic compared to whats out there on the market these days. I've got my eye on the "Paint Zoom" as advertised on TV. Any of you have experience with newer methods? By the way, I'm just talking about simple wall & ceiling painting ~ not restoring cabinets or furniture or any fine crafting etc.

Thanks,
Kevin

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Yesterday, 09:02 AM

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old guy contractor

Join Date: Nov 2010

Location: Maine on Little Sebago

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Ever tried a 24" roller?

Yesterday, 10:18 AM

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"Archaic" ha-ha-ha! We actually (from time to time) put on a little display with our archaic brushing/rolling methods against sprayers/power rollers or any other sort of new paint gadgets (paint stick). Each contestant gets a 10 x 12 room with a window, door, and trim to paint around. No one on my crew has ever lost against these new gadgets. We get the room done, are cleaned up and outta the room sometimes before the new gadgets even get started. Raced a paint stick once and the individual got ONE, yes ONE wall done while I cut in and painted an ENTIRE room. Gadgets, schmadgets, it's all marketing hallaballoo that sucks people into opening up their wallets. We call these people, SUCKERS!

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Yesterday, 10:36 AM

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Which PR agency do you work with? It looks great but you should have posted a pic. I promise I will try one since it is only $99. I am force retired from doing painting myself but do estimate and bid jobs for those I trained now. They will be so happy I found this tool. All but one.

Small matter does it come in any other color but blue? One of my painters is rather female and drop dead gorgeous. She is the best trim painter I ever had working for me, but like you suggest, it is time she put the 2-1/2 inch trim brush down and learn to mask off everything including pets---and just spray to Hades and back. She will want/demand one in pink I just know it. And, is there a quantity price? And I know the website shows the deluxe model but is there something for like $5 less that isn't quite so glamorous and is more workplace robust looking?

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Yesterday, 11:20 AM

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I MIGHT be tempted to use a sprayer IF I had thousands of feet of picket fencing to paint..... but that's about it.
I have a sprayer someone gave me 20 odd years ago and it's still brand new in the box.

Yesterday, 11:32 AM

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Learning to mask off everything you don't want sprayed is not such a fun learning experience---so some skip it I guess. My fave was buying different size trash bags for the pets to keep the spray off them.

Here fifi, here fido. If I thought I could spray fast enough I just sealed them in contractor bags for a few minutes or hours. If the project was detailed, I would cut leg and tail holes for them and make them hats. Sure most would just put them out of the room or the house but my and client pets got really snarly with exclusion from projects.

Never had major problems but occasional paw prints across poly floors and grand piano tops when brush and rolling. Superglued a soft sculpture of a lounge singer to the top of the Steinway if I couldn't get the paint off the piano and all was good.

Yesterday, 02:18 PM

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If all of these gadgets worked, more pros would use them. Other than standard sprayers, I never, ever, seen a pro using a gadget. Trust me, if a pro could shave time off a job by using one of these "timesavers", they would be in use. But, they're not. Go ahead, waste your money, you modern man you.

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Yesterday, 02:47 PM

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I believe in using the right tool for the right job. Sometimes it is brush and roller and sometimes it is a sprayer and sometimes it is a combination of any of the three.

As far as the paint zoom goes I have not heard anything positive about it other than some funny comments. Wagner makes a similar product at a similar price base that may work well for you. the problem with these types of units are they are made cheap and break, they are not designed for professional use but from a diy stand point they may work ok for the project you are using it for and when you go to use it again it may not work at all that is why they are sometimes considered throw away units.

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Yesterday, 03:40 PM

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NACE Coating Inspector

Join Date: Apr 2011

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hell yeah. i just ordered 4 paint zooms and some 90' step ladders for this new bridge painting project. my guys will be spoiled now. i did opt for the 5 gal bucket attachment to save a few trips up and down the ladder.

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