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#121 ·
beedoola said:
A guy I used to work with would refer to them as a Deuce. We're in the Bay Area. Maybe it's a West Coast thing?
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Having sold paint across the country, I can tell you it is definitely a west coast thing. Some in Arizona and also Las Vegas. East of that they are pretty much unheard of.
 
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At least you can't say East Coasters aren't frugal. They'll use anything from a coffee can to an Oatmeal container to make a "cut pot". But I do have concerns that painters in a State as environmentally conscientious as California, prefer to use plastic buckets. But then again, we're all about speed and "getting her done dude".

I think DaArch used sandwich bags. Now he was the King of frugality!
 
#126 ·
Nothing on that, guys?? ^^^^^^

CA - I'm an east coaster who uses a duce but usually only if using a mini roller, too. I use a brush magnet to keep the brush at the top so I can do both at once. In general I find a regular gallon pail to be much more comfortable to handle. And, I find that, for me, there's not a big capacity advantage to the deuce because I'm needing to refresh the paint anyway before its gone due to air exposure.
 
#127 ·
804 Paint said:
Nothing on that, guys?? ^^^^^^

CA - I'm an east coaster who uses a duce but usually only if using a mini roller, too. I use a brush magnet to keep the brush at the top so I can do both at once. In general I find a regular gallon pail to be much more comfortable to handle. And, I find that, for me, there's not a big capacity advantage to the deuce because I'm needing to refresh the paint anyway before its gone due to air exposure.
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I like the stability of a deuce and the flexibility to roll out of it. I also think the eighteen inch setups would be great if I were rolling large wall and ceiling places. Particularly, if my first choice of spraying couldn't be met.

But the five gallon bucket will always be my first choice to roll out of because it is extremely mobile, and provides a convenient storage for a roller and grid to be buttoned up in at the end of the day. Plus, it is a useful way to recycle packaging.

I actually turned a hard hat into a cut pot once. Only once.
 
#129 ·
My dad and I always used the metal trays. I like them for residential. Keep a few in the truck letting them dry out and no need for a liner. The Kovered bags are excellent for multiple colors of lunch break or dry time between coats. In a typical 2 gal bedroom you only have to fill the tray once or twice each coat.
I used the Wooster 18 in bucket for large jobs with the valley pro liners. The liner bags are nice but sometimes The paint can dry and flake back off. I recently bought the Wooster nine inch bucket as well. My only peeve with the Wooster buckets is that the lid won't snap on tight with a roller hooked on the side. To get a tight seal you have to wrap the roller in a bag.
The only time I've used a 5 gal bucket and grid was on exterior stucco or slop jobs. As mentioned before it seems impossible to not get paint hogged in the frame cause the bucket is too small.
18 in covers are more expensive and cumbersome in most residential rooms on walls and I always seem to have to turn it sideways or feel like I need a nine too. I never feel like residential painting is a race so a nine inch pan had served me well but there's always a time and place for 18s. I love the colossus for production anytime I can pass the rag finish off on a job but a soft woven 3/8 is a better finish hand down for higher quality work.
 
#130 ·
Can someone show me the tray they use for boxing paint? Also the one use for brushing off a extention ladder. While your at how about the tray hook.

The one I really want to see is the 1 you all use on a inclined roof. Trays are awesome for accent walls. Every tool & piece of equipment has its place per individual needs & technique.

I have found that it any type of elevated work ladder, scaffolds & lifts, trays have there place. On the ground.
 
#135 ·
According to an add in The Paint Dealer magazine, the Simms jumbo tray is the #1 choice of professional painters. So why aren't YOU using one?
 
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#139 ·
CApainter said:
Well, given your descriptions of the so called professional painters in your area, I would have ordered five times as many.
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Not all of the painters. It's actually just a few "summer time" painters if you know what I mean.
 
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#140 ·
with a 5 gallon bucket and a grid you can dump over 3/4 of a gallon in to the five and use the gallon can to cut in. This is great for a bathroom or small bedroom. A 9" roller is perfect for small rooms or accent walls and it is easy to thin paint in a 5er vs a roller pan.
 
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