Ideas that you have - Paint Talk

johnpaint · 07-29-2010, 10:27 AM

Ever had a new idea that would help you at work that no one has ever created a product of your new idea?
To give you a idea that I think would help all of us in the field. I have a ton of drop clots and when I'm trying to find the right size for job I'm doing I always find myself unfolding drops that were too small or too big, so why don't the drop cloth makers come up with a color coding system? I'm not talking about deep reds or blues, but a little color so you know what size it is.

Woodland · 07-29-2010, 10:31 AM

Yes, plenty of ideas. Cant discuss them though. They will all be in my book Im writing.

Drop cloths will be in chapter 3.

CApainter · 07-29-2010, 10:31 AM

Not a bad idea!

Was your thought process stimulated by all the Harry bashing yesterday?

johnpaint · 07-29-2010, 10:36 AM

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Not a bad idea!

Was your thought process stimulated by all the Harry bashing yesterday?

Don't derail my thread now.This is a good thread that people can use I think.

**RCP** · 07-29-2010, 10:38 AM

Rob is always coming up with stuff like that, he once tried to make a caulking gun with a light at the end for doing inside closets. I found him some of those hat brim lights and he was happy.

**ProWallGuy** · 07-29-2010, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by johnpaint

I have a ton of drop clots and when I'm trying to find the right size for job I'm doing I always find myself unfolding drops that were too small or too big, so why don't the drop cloth makers come up with a color coding system? I'm not talking about deep reds or blues, but a little color so you know what size it is.

Yep, I've done that. Back in the day, I would use a marker to write ProWall on all my drops so other trades wouldn't walk off with them. 4 X 15 runners were in black, 9 X 12 were in blue, and 12 X 15 were in red. Plus, we always put the drops down with the writing up, so we knew which side might have paint on them. The name was written on both ends so if folded up, the name was usually easy to see.

VanDamme · 07-29-2010, 01:47 PM

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Originally Posted by johnpaint

Ever had a new idea that would help you at work that no one has ever created a product of your new idea?
To give you a idea that I think would help all of us in the field. I have a ton of drop clots and when I'm trying to find the right size for job I'm doing I always find myself unfolding drops that were too small or too big, so why don't the drop cloth makers come up with a color coding system? I'm not talking about deep reds or blues, but a little color so you know what size it is.

Yes, two paint related ideas. I was working with a mechanical engineer and have preliminary drawings, but haven't moved to the prototype/testing stage. Need a chunk of $$$ to burn for that.

ewingpainting.net · 07-29-2010, 03:00 PM

A non compete biding clause.

Roamer · 07-29-2010, 03:20 PM

I've always thought it would be a good idea to have a drop cloth/plastic/paper that you mounted on the ladder so as not to have to drop out more ground space.

It would work like this: Two telescoping arms that would mount on any extension ladder. You would place them about 2 feet below where you were working on the ladder. Between the two arms you could either drape a small runner or perhaps one of the arms would have a spool of plastic and the the other arm could have a serrated blade like a hand masker. The plastic could spool out from one end and then be cut to fit or to be removed with all the debris contained.

Make sense? If I see this an infomercial about this in the coming weeks I'm coming back here to kick some ass.

johnpaint · 07-29-2010, 05:49 PM

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I've always thought it would be a good idea to have a drop cloth/plastic/paper that you mounted on the ladder so as not to have to drop out more ground space.

It would work like this: Two telescoping arms that would mount on any extension ladder. You would place them about 2 feet below where you were working on the ladder. Between the two arms you could either drape a small runner or perhaps one of the arms would have a spool of plastic and the the other arm could have a serrated blade like a hand masker. The plastic could spool out from one end and then be cut to fit or to be removed with all the debris contained.

Make sense? If I see this an infomercial about this in the coming weeks I'm coming back here to kick some ass.

Can't picture what it is.

Dave Mac · 07-29-2010, 06:03 PM

ok I was thinking of one today then thought well if I thught of it its probaly already been done lol. But poles to help guid lines arounde a house. this would be more for powerwashing when you hav a rig parked and 250 ft of hose going around the entire house, stick poles at the corner with guides for the hose so you drag up against plants and the corneer of houses and such.

Schmidt & Co. · 07-29-2010, 06:18 PM

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ok I was thinking of one today then thought well if I thught of it its probaly already been done lol. But poles to help guid lines arounde a house. this would be more for powerwashing when you hav a rig parked and 250 ft of hose going around the entire house, stick poles at the corner with guides for the hose so you drag up against plants and the corneer of houses and such.

Already invented. There are these little pully wheals that have a spike in the center that HO's put on the outside corners of there flower beds for when they are dragging garden hose around the yard.

Sorry to bust your bubble.....

johnpaint · 07-29-2010, 08:56 PM

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Already invented. There are these little pully wheals that have a spike in the center that HO's put on the outside corners of there flower beds for when they are dragging garden hose around the yard.

Sorry to bust your bubble.....

Don't you hate those things, they are always catching my hose.

Dave Mac · 07-29-2010, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Schmidt & Co.

Already invented. There are these little pully wheals that have a spike in the center that HO's put on the outside corners of there flower beds for when they are dragging garden hose around the yard.

Sorry to bust your bubble.....

lol I said I figured it was

johnpaint · 07-29-2010, 09:06 PM

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lol I said I figured it was

I just want a hose that wraps itself up at a push of a button.

aaron61 · 07-30-2010, 06:38 AM

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I just want a hose that wraps itself up at a push of a button.

Allready have that too. I have 1 in my front yard.You flip a lever and the water pressure rolls up the hose.

johnpaint · 07-30-2010, 12:38 PM

Has any one ever heard of an electric scraper, one that pulls instead of pushing? I would like one that works like the carbide ones we all us, except electric.

Scottclarkpainting · 07-30-2010, 04:46 PM

I want a caulking gun on an extension pole

for those hight to reach places.

Roamer · 07-30-2010, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by johnpaint

Can't picture what it is.

Almost like a ladder standoff but below your feet and also long enough to reach the building/house with a drop draped between both. However, telescoping arms would be of a lighter weight material so as to be easy to carry up and down the ladder for mounting.

Last Craftsman · 07-30-2010, 06:22 PM

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Plus, we always put the drops down with the writing up, so we knew which side might have paint on them.

I have tried on more than one occasion to get people I worked for to mark the tops of the edges of their drops for this very reason, and to pay specific attention to similar details and they chalk it up as me wasting time trying to obsess over unnecessary procedures.

Then they regularly waste time on every job cleaning up paint off of carpet or other floor surfaces because they just wanted to "hurry up", "we got to get this done, and stop wasting time".

Is it to much to ask to have an ounce of forethought?

Every time I would spend an ounce of prevention they would get on my case about "wasting time", "costing them money", doing unnecessary stuff.

But then the exact thing I was trying to prevent would happen and they would be oblivious to all the time lost that it took to fix the problem afterwards.