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Tuesday, April 12, 2005 8:06 AM
The Ready Roller $12 Tester Grade: B+
(CBS 6) — It's spring! Time for all those do-it-yourself home projects.... and "DIY" is all the rage these days. We found a product-The Ready Roller-that's supposed to make one task easier. A Malta woman called us and wanted to try this new way of painting! So she used it for her own do-it-yourself project. Cynthia Racette: "We tried to match this color right here." Cynthia Racette dreamed of having walls that complemented her new quilt. So she found Monsoon Mist. Cynthia: "The paint color." But she was sick of painting the regular way... with a roller and pan. Cynthia Racette/Malta: "You have to keep replenishing the paint." That's why the Ready Roller sounded great! It says forget about the roller and pan. It is both those in one — for about 12 bucks! Cynthia Racette/Malta: "No drips, no spritz, no splatters... sounds good to me." Cynthia poured her paint in Ready Roller's container first.... then did this. Cynthia Racette/Malta: "So we're putting the paint into the ready roller." After putting the cap on... she was ready to roll. Cynthia uses the Ready Roller on the wall. Cynthia Racette/Malta: "It looks like I need to go a little slower than I would normally go." Another difference? "It's heavy." Because of all the paint in it. The weight made it tiring for Cynthia to do high spots. Cynthia Racette/Malta: "Maybe a quarter of a can of paint in here that you're raising and lowering with every step." So... was it mess free? Cynthia: "No... no. It's not mess free." Despite all that... Cynthia liked how the room was shaping up. Cynthia: "I would say it's working very well." And after about 30 minutes of painting with the Ready Roller... Cynthia painting the wall. ...She stood back, looked, and decided: Cynthia: "Yeah, I'd recommend it." Though pouring and clean up were messy... it did save her many trips back and forth to a paint pan. Cynthia: "Don't believe everything they say about it... but it's a good product." Cynthia gave the ready roller a B-plus.
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The Ready Roller $12 Tester Grade: B+
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