PaintStick & StainStick
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The pads and rollers are available from several hardware stores like Ace Hardware and you can order them directly from Black & Decker or HomeRight.
I would highly recommend using the cleanup tool to clean the roller brush that is available separately for the PaintStick and even for a regular roller. The Roller Cleaner Kit is sold separately just like the replacement pads and rollers but is a must for cleanup if you use the PaintStick.
The Roller Cleaning Kit contains two tools for cleaning the PaintStick but one of the tools can clean regular roller pads and paint brushes as well. The one tool is used to force water through the roller pad from a faucet that attaches to a regular faucet, you simply run water through the side and into the roller pad.
The other tool in the Cleaning Kit is a roller pad cleaner and brush cleaner with a spatula that is handy for any painting. The tool has a clamp type roller cleaner that squeegees the roller pad of paint while your cleaning up to get the most paint out of the roller before starting to wash it out.
You can use this on regular roller pads to get them clean as well so this is something that I would recommend for any painting with a roller and brush. The one end of the tool has teeth for cleaning out a brush that is also a handy way to get some of the paint back into the can and minimize waste.
The cleanup of the PaintStick is fairly easy but made even easier with the Roller Cleaning Kit, this is one tool for any roller painting. Cleaning the StainStick is also fairly easy and is a little easier than the PaintStick; this is really the only downside to the two tools.
Painting and staining is not exactly one choir that anybody relishes but it is definitely made much easier with the StainStick or PaintStick. The use for both is very easy and it makes quick work of all that tough painting and staining with cleanup not being that tough.
The cleanup is offset very well by the speed of the work itself and I would have to highly recommend both of these tools for anyone tackling large jobs of painting or staining. The PaintStick is definitely worth purchasing even if you are only painting one room as it makes quick work of painting and does a great job with those ceilings, even textured ones.
The StainStick is very nice for decks and any wood surfaces like picnic tables or other large surfaced wood objects that need staining. But you should use this with water based paints or stains; cleanup would be much more difficult using mineral spirits instead of water.
The Black & Decker PaintStick and StainStick are both great tools that cut the time and hassles of painting and staining way down. Sure you have more to cleanup with both than using a simple roller or staining pad but this is so much better than those simple tools.
The PaintStick and StainStick will cut the work of actual painting or staining way down and the cleanup is done in a nice clean utility tub. Actually getting the parts clean is simply a matter of washing them off enough and with the combined painting and washing it did not take nearly the time it would have without the tools from Black & Decker.
Using both the PaintStick and StainStick does save time without all that back and forth to the paint or stain so I really do see the benefits of using both these tools. I highly recommend the PaintStick and StainStick for painting or staining jobs that cuts down on the work and hassles of these do it yourself tasks.