a deuce

 

I use these

I use the same and every other painter I know uses those.

 

I've voted a 'paint can.'

By that I mean a paint kettle. We call them kettles in the UK.
Strange but true :thumbup:

 

Ditto, but we call them a cut pot.

 

I picked paint can, I haven't figured out how to hook a pot hook on my hand yet.

 

out of paint can, i just call them "cut cans" i just let a few cans dry out when done so I got a few ready to go.

 

I cut the bell out of a gallon paint can and cut out of them. I just assumed that is what we all did.

 

I use these

 

Rob, ours have instructions with them.
The manufacturers must think we're dumba55es

 

Plastic 1.5 gal bucket, don't like reg paint cans, too small and narrow.2gal too big, more to wash out.I make my own hooks out of wire from the one gal cans.

 

Too small and narrow? You using a 4-6 inch brush/

(We all have preferences)

 

I like the deuce because you can fit a 7" roller or slim jim into it for surgical attacks.

 

i usually just use a 2.5 if i got normal walls to roll, I don't see why anybody would use a huge two gallon bucket for a brush

 

The Most Practical Option

I can't use anything other than a gallon can for a workpot. When I scrape off the excess using any other container it always drips over the sides. That makes me so mad you don't even know. The gallon has that lip to trap the paint and then you can clean it out. Plus, its already got paint in it so you don't have to clean it out. Oh yeah, and they're free. U know what I'm saying?

:smartass:

There are probably other reasons too.

 

I can't use anything other than a gallon can for a workpot. When I scrape off the excess using any other container it always drips over the sides. That makes me so mad you don't even know. The gallon has that lip to trap the paint and then you can clean it out. Plus, its already got paint in it so you don't have to clean it out. Oh yeah, and they're free. U know what I'm saying?

:smartass:

There are probably other reasons too.

You can also take a nail or a punch. Poke holes so It can drain back in the can.

 

Has anyone tried one of those thumb thingies with a gallon can?

I never have, but when I get "numb thumb" I wish I had one.

Now I use a cheap imitation of the Pelican

 

Has anyone tried one of those thumb thingies with a gallon can?

I never have, but when I get "numb thumb" I wish I had one.

Now I use a cheap imitation of the Pelican

Another useless piece of crap, your thumb still goes numb, just from plastic instead of metal.

 

I used to use dueces all the time with a 3" brush. Over the last year I started using old gallon cans and I will never go back to a duece. I have several of the Handy Pails but really not all that impressed with them for some reason.

daArch, that little thumb thingy looks pretty cool, will see if I can find some of those and try it out. Thanks for the idea.

 

I always knew I was from the new school. Ive dealing with paint for about ten years a little bit before the Handy paint pail came out. I have never looked back never. I have seen you vets with the gallon can and have always scratched my head. Hell if it aint broke dont fix it it!!! The pelican or handy paint pail they hold your brush once in a blue I even attach it to my belt when doing extreme ladder stuff. :notworthy::notworthy:

 

this is kinda off topic but I wish those roller buckets that fit a 9 in roller had liners you could buy. I'd buy them in a heartbeat then. They would work great where you need to brush and roll an ext wall with lap siding. Theres a magnet for the brush too. So you can cut in with the brush and roll out at the same time. But I don't wanna use it without a liner. Dont wanna bother washing the whole bucket out after.

 

this is kinda off topic but I wish those roller buckets that fit a 9 in roller had liners you could buy. I'd buy them in a heartbeat then. They would work great where you need to brush and roll an ext wall with lap siding. Theres a magnet for the brush too. So you can cut in with the brush and roll out at the same time. But I don't wanna use it without a liner. Dont wanna bother washing the whole bucket out after.

I love these Speed Buckets just for that purpose. A six inch roller for slopping the paint on and a brush for laying it off all in one bucket. They are great for lap siding.

I rinse them out the best I can. If some of the old color stays in it, no biggie. After you get several layers it normally peels off.



Just have to cut notches in the lip for the roller handle if you are on a ladder.

 

Makin' money, man.

Ok, I'm gonna come up with a clip that fits the rim of a gallon can and protrudes to hold the brush handle away from the paint on the rim. Gonna update myself from having to hold the handle in between my index and middle fingers while I'm holding the can handle. You can move it around too, so you can put it to one side when you have a ladder hook on and remove excess on the other side of the half.

Of course, that would be one more thing to clean, huh? Who cares, I'm gonna do it.
:tank:

 

Ok, I'm gonna come up with a clip that fits the rim of a gallon can and protrudes to hold the brush handle away from the paint on the rim. Gonna update myself from having to hold the handle in between my index and middle fingers while I'm holding the can handle. You can move it around too, so you can put it to one side when you have a ladder hook on and remove excess on the other side of the half.

Of course, that would be one more thing to clean, huh? Who cares, I'm gonna do it.
:tank:

http://paint-and-supplies.hardwares...ardwarestore.com/47-248-misc-paint-tools/magnetic-clip-brush-holder-660717.aspx

 

Just my Humble opinion and I mean humble... If your adapting anything to a paint can then your final destination is either the pelican or the paint pail!!!! Could the pros please critique those two products and tell me their opinions please. I probably sound like a rep!! the one thing I love about them is that it gives you a complete free hand and your hand that is holding the paint isn't in some compromised position when it holds the can and brush.. I dont know where I would be without those device's:thumbsup:

 

I am a tapper and slapper! I like the duece buckets, they fit weenie roller. Most of my paint comes out of a 5er.

 

I don't have the energy to search and quote.

Nail holes in gallon can rims: One of my friends "invented" that in about '74. We thought it was the ballz. Turns out if you try to store paint in that can with the top on, the seal is compromised.

My father had a red plastic collar thing that snapped on a paint can. It had a spout thing to pour the paint, edges to scrape the brush, and a magnet to hold the brush. A real DIY'er thing. I thing he prolly got it at Sears. Like in the 60's.

My favorite practice was to put the paint in a 1 lb coffee can and then put that can in a paint pot. The smaller surface area of paint exposed to the air slowed down the thickening of the paint. The coffee can was expendable so no worries about sides being painty. And there was enough room in the pot around the coffee can to rest my brush. Don't you hate it when you rest a brush across a pail and it falls in - up to its ferrule ? :cursing:

This was only for cutting and small trim work. Worked for me.

 

I personally use cut pots usually 5qt, paint cans and plastic paint cans that I have cleaned out and cut the top off of. I guess I like the 5 qt the best because they stack and don't take up a lot of room on the van. One of our painters uses a handy paint pail, but the rest use whatever is available.

 

CA painter and Rob both use duece buckets ?? can anybody fill me in I presume there some sort of bucket

 

two gallon bucket , I think, don't get why you would want to unless you had a 6 inch brush in there...

 

just use a 1 gallon plastic pail.
we call 'em cutting tins. basically to imitate an empty gallon can. the bonus is that after 5 or six coats of latex that you paint out at the end of each day, you get a nice peel in one piece. you never have to wash out the bucket. just fan it out after you pour back the excess. when the build up starts to come away from the sides on it's own, let it dry and pull it out.

'latex paint is just bags that aint been made yet!'

Jonny
Paint Well

 

wide plastic buckets from crappy cheap bargain stores. lol.
just a normal bucket to pour the paint in, walk around and cut-in.

 

I use coffee cans.
I wash them out with dish soap for the obvious reasons and bring them to work and put a piece of tape on the lid with either SG for semi-gloss , C for ceiling paint, or W for the Wall paint.
The plastic lid keeps crap out and the freshness in.
Also, when not in use even for a few minutes, a put the lid on and I don't have to worry about the dip****s I work with knocking it over and spilling paint all over the place.
They use empty,(we usually don't have running water)dirty old Dunkin Donuts coffee cups.
Not only is it lousy coffee, but these clowns are always knocking them over and running to me to borrow my rags to clean up the mess.
Slows us down and wastes time.

 

LK,

"suggest" to them to put those freaking coffee cups in a regular paint pail. That way when they knock them over, there's a little extra time before the paint runs onto the drops./

Painting outa coffee CUPS ????. WOW! You do work with a crew of brainiacs, don't you ?