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Today I'm looking at six tools to help you paint
a room faster and better there's two more We just bought this property and it came with these nice
red walls but it's not 1995. so the red has got To go so this is gonna be the perfect opportunity
to test these tools and see if they're faster and Better most paint jobs start with cutting in
and so we'll test one of those tools first and That is The Edge Trimmer so this is supposed to
make it faster and also you think the packaging Even says it eliminates the need for tape and
if I wasn't clear I'm testing these tools and We're going to see if they actually do make it
faster and better versus in this case just a Brush all right so I've always seen these little
paint trimmers and they've always seemed like a Gimmick to me we're gonna find out if they
are but right out of the gate I am not too Impressed uh these little rollers were kind of
all out of whack and I had to pull them out and Put them back in there and it just doesn't
look like it's going to roll real smooth so I don't know let's just uh try it out all
right I'm gonna load this thing up man like I said I've never used one before and they say
just to dip it in there and now we can roll it On the wall so I already got a little bit of
paint on this roller and they say you have to Make sure you keep those clean uh so yeah hopes
are not high all right let's see how it works Okay okay going back up so first thoughts
obviously you'd probably need to get this Loaded up because that first streak was not good
at all but when I came back by uh it's kind of Okay but it's definitely still streaky and there's
a lot of paint built up on the edge here which is Going to cause a problem if I don't brush that
out and make it kind of flow in so I'm going to Load it up a little bit more paint and go through
it again and then we'll look at it after I get This whole side done all right I got a lot more
paint on here this time let's see how this works Thing in there all right so the edge painter
First Impressions I do not like it and it did Put a lot of paint on the wall but the problem
was is that it got paint on the trim that did Not come from the rollers it actually came from
the pad here also it had a lot of paint build up Right on the edge here and when it dried it left
a ridge which I'm gonna have to either sand down Or I'd have to brush it out anyway if I was doing
it while the paint was still wet one area this is Definitely not good at is up against a corner and
like this chair rail because you can't really get It going and at the end you're gonna have to use a
brush anyway and then lastly is just a little bit Streaky because you're just going up and down and
not left to right so it kind of had little spots Where it was a little more dry than the other
so this one is from bear love their paint but Uh I'm not digging the roller and there's lots of
different varieties out there and my assumption Is going to be they're pretty much all the same
I like to think that I know how to paint pretty Well because I used to own rentals when I was
younger I probably painted over 200 rooms in my
Lifetime so if I can't figure it out the average
person probably won't be able to figure out either But if I got something wrong let me know in the
comments all right the second tool that we're Going to check out is uh this little Foam Guy
right here and this is called the three inch Maxi Trimmer and basically it's just a foam roller and
it's a little bit bigger than some of those little Small jobbies so it says that it will hold a lot
of paint and save you a lot of time and this is Perfect to test out in spots like here where you
can't use a big roller and you don't want to hand Rush the whole thing so let's see how it works
now there are definitely some spots here that I'm Going to just have to get with the brush so I'm
going to go ahead and get those and got everything Taped up but except for the outlet cover day
one of landlording school they teach you how to Paint around those that's perfect we call that one
the landlord special but seriously folks for all That is good and holy make sure that you take off
your light switches and your outlet covers before Painting so I feel like hitting areas like this
you may as well just use the brush because you've Got to cut in around everything anyway and we'll
use the roller on the top and the bottom part I've Got everything cut in and now I'm going to go in
here in this little spot with the foamy and see if It does it a lot faster than brushing and if it's
a better finish than the brushing better coverage Now the paint is dry and I'll show you some
close-ups here in a minute but I've got to say The little Maxi trimmer I'm digging it it's got
a lot more coverage than one of these little hot Dog rollers has just because there's a lot more
foam there it's also a coarser foam than these Little rollers that I've used before so I think
that helps it hold more paint and distribute more Paint as you're rolling it on so when you look
at the wall the coverage is definitely a lot Better than with the paintbrush on just one coat
now you can see there are a few little Spots I'm Not sure if that shows up on camera but in the
brushing area you can definitely see some areas Where I've kind of brushed too hard and brushed
away the paint so I'm going to give this one a Thumbs up especially if you have a lot of areas
of little small patches I would go with it if you Just have something small you know a foot by two
foot just brush it but if you have a lot to do I'd Definitely pick one of these up now the third tool
to give you faster and better paint job is this And that is painters tape and this one is a bit
controversial because some people love painters Tape and other people think you're a hack if you
use it personally I use it sometimes and sometimes I don't and I'll tell you when and why but one
thing I think we can all agree upon is that If you use painters tape you are going to get a
better job but probably not a faster job and I've Never really timed myself to see how much extra
time it takes to put up the tape and then how Much more time it saves as you're going quickly
across because you have protected your surfaces Versus trying to get that line just right with the
paintbrush so I'm going to use this wall to find Out I mentioned this wall and it's a 126 inches
wide and so I put a tape line right down the
Middle at 63 inches on the left side over here I'm
going to tape the crown molding the chair rail as Well as the baseboards now on the right side I'm
not going to tape anything off and I'm going to do It by hand I'm going to see how long it takes me
in between the two and also more importantly we're Going to check out the quality difference and see
how well I can hold a line and how different it Looks from the taped version all right I'm going
to start with the left side and do the taping and I have a laptop right here with a stopwatch on it
I'm going to let it roll through the whole thing So you can know that it's exactly at the right
time this video is sponsored by a scotch painters Tape and that's the painters tape I'll be using
they have a whole family of different products for Any surface that you have and I'll be talking
more about them as I go start the clock now After cleaning all the surfaces I started
with the crown molding with the scotch blue Original painters tape number 2090. this is a
great multi-surface painters tape and this is The same one that diy-ers and professionals have
been trusting for over 30 years now since I just Painted the chair rail yesterday I'm using Scotch
delicate surface painters tape number 2080. this One is perfect for fresh paint that's been cured
at least 24 hours and it has Edge lock technology To help the paint from seeping through and on
the baseboards I'm using the scotch blue sharp Lines painters tape number 2093. this one is
great for smooth to lightly textured surfaces Just like this trim and it also has the edge
lock technology Scotch brand has a whole family Of tapes to match any surface that you want to
protect it makes getting that prep job easy so You can get your best results in your painting
now I'm going to have links Down Below in the Description to all these items and a big thank you
to Scotch brand for sponsoring today's video all Right I'm going to pause this here 7 minutes and
19 seconds because we need to let the tape set up For about 30 minutes before we paint so I'm going
to switch over to this one and I'll come back to The 719 after I'm done all right now I'm going to
paint as good as I can with no tape starting now All right six minutes and 42 seconds so just
slightly less than the time it took me to do All the taping I'm gonna wait a few more minutes
and then we'll do the tape all right now I'm gonna Paint the tape side and I'll add whatever time
is here to the 719 it took the tape starting now Please All right four minutes and nine seconds
I'm gonna clean up let this dry a little Bit and then we'll take a look at the
results now of course with tape you Do need to take it off and I'm going to
score it with a box cutter because it's Now dry cut the line and then pull it off
so go ahead and time that too starting now Two and a half minutes for that all right
so here's how it All Shook out it took me A little over seven minutes to tape the wall over
here another four minutes to paint it in another Two and a half minutes to get all the tape off cut
it and of course there was the drying time within
There so in total it took me just over 14 minutes
on the other side it took me just under seven Minutes to do the painting without any taping at
all over here now that is just for one coat so if We did two coats it would take me another seven
minutes here taking me to 14 minutes here but it Would only take me another four minutes over on
this side so if you're doing multiple coats then Actually the time is going to get a bit closer
but for one coat it's about twice the time for Painting so you'll definitely be investing time
doing the taping but the quality results are Definitely better if you're a painter like me and
I thought I was doing a really good job but going Back and inspecting the non-tape side I definitely
ran over in quite a few spots and uh you know you Can even tell it from a few feet away and if you
really get up on it you can see where I just kind Of got over onto the trim so that would need to
be touched up or you know redone if I wanted to Have it looking good or just look how it looks
so is tape going to help you pay faster probably Not but it's definitely going to give you a better
result if you have tape protecting your trim it's Not going to get drips or hits with a roller or
a brush that might make you have to go back and Touch up later so definitely gives you a line
of protection and that quality so I'll leave That up to you whether the tape is right for your
job for me I'm going to keep doing the crown and The chair rails and in the baseboards you know
I'll do it where I really want to have a great Job maybe in the kids room I'll skip the tape so
everything is everything is in the room except for Eigner and this next tool number
four is a corner trim tool a Many people want to know about it because
I can't think of an easier place to paint Than the corner with a brush it goes so
fast so uh yeah it's just this little Foamy bristle thing and um let's give
it a try maybe it's going to be amazing Part about to dip this thing in here and get
going but one thing I did notice is the way in It it's got the little hairs on the top and then
the little foam pad underneath I'm wondering if I Just didn't get enough paint into the pad on that
edge roller so for this one I'm going to make sure I get some paint into that foamy pad and then
you know maybe it'll go all that in one stroking Be the best thing I've ever seen all right
we're just gonna start up here in this corner On there let me really push it in oh
there we go just gonna push harder Oh no I overdid it let me go back this honestly
was not as bad as I thought it was gonna be uh You definitely have to push in to get it into the
actual corner and then after I think the second Stroke if I had to stop it would have actually
been pretty okay but it's still the brush is Just as fast and how many corners do you have
in a room four typically uh but not that many So I'm just gonna stick with
the brush because painting Corners is just about the easiest thing you can do All right now it's time to roll the
walls and Tool number five is one
That I've really been wanting to try out
and these are roller covers I have always Typically used just this standard nine inch
roller but I've always seen the pros using This guy please be kind in the comments uh this is
an 18 incher and this is obviously twice the size So does it actually make it twice as fast how hard
or easy is it to use let's find out so I'm going To start with both of the rollers loaded with
paint so for the nine inch one let's get going now All right four minutes and 15 seconds not bad now
again I know I'm not the fastest pair of the world Or the best and let me know do you like the W's
or straight up and down or what's your favorite Pattern for the walls let me get the 18 inch
roller we'll do this side all right I'm ready With the 18 incher but first off this bucket
is massive you look at the size of this little Nine inch roller in it it is just ridiculous
I've got it all loaded up as much as I can We're gonna see how long this one takes All right Two minutes and 11 seconds so yeah twice the
size half the time so believe the hype uh 18 inch Roller is absolutely amazing and actually one of
the things that I like about it the most is you've Got support on both ends so when you have just
the nine inch roller it's cantilevered on one end And so you're always kind of pushing and you get
more pressure on one side versus the other with This double support it's all even pressure and it
makes it a lot easier to get an even coat of paint So absolutely if you're painting a big area get
one of these it's going to save you a ton of time I'm definitely interested in this next one as well
because I was using it and this is a little grate That you hang over the side of a bucket instead
of using a tray pan and a liner so I can see some Definite advantages over this I think with the
speed you're going to get is not having to clean Up as much because there's no tray or liner to
clean up so we're going to try this out see how It works now the idea here is that it's going
to act just like a trade it has the little gray There to wipe off the paint but instead of having
to fill it up you can go right to the source and You don't have to be using a five gallon bucket
worth of paint you could pour other Paints in here And then put a cap on it to save it so you don't
have to go through the cleaning but uh we're just Going to put this right down in here I'm assuming
you can't do this on like a super full five gallon Bucket but maybe like in the three to four gallon
range all right so now I can just fit the entire Roller down in here and I'm just going to go and
dip it on the paint down there foreign distribute It and roll it off right and excuse the cardboard
box over the window filming in all afternoon sun It's getting a little crazy here all right so
let's see how much paint this actually is okay So yeah I definitely get about the same amount of Paint here let me go back and forth
a few times and see how this feels Even just using this in this small little
section I can already tell what I like and
I don't like about this and I gotta tell you I
am torn so I like it I think it's great because It's getting a lot more coverage on the roller
in this great really just distributes it a lot Better than the pan and those little ribs
on the tray and I always find myself with Not enough paint in the tray because I don't
want to fill it back up and see if I can get More out of it and that leads to even less paint
on the roller so I really love it that you just Have the constant source of paint with the grit
but the reason that I'm torn is because of this Guy the one she told you not to worry about
this guy is so much better at putting a ton Of paint on there and this will not fit into a
five gallon bucket so you'll probably want to Use the grate when you're painting a larger
area because it's with a five gallon bucket But if you're going to be doing that why wouldn't
you just use this and this does not fit with the Grate so I will probably be using this with the
bigger tray and still have to fill it up but now What if we had a 10 gallon bucket
I'm so glad that red is finally If you want to take a tour of the new
property to see the rest of the house And the shop I've got that video queued
up for you right there a big thank you To the fdbt builders club I'm Brad get
out there and build something awesome