Anybody used one of these contraptions? Are they any good?

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Item No. 516809

Cheers

John

"John" wrote in message
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Anybody used one of these contraptions? Are they any good?

www.qvcuk.com

Item No. 516809

Cheers

John


I've not used one, but think that cleaning the cleaning kit is going to take
longer than just cleaning a roller / brush, and £19+ will also buy several
new rollers and a couple of brushes!

Peter

Peter Andrews wrote:
"John" wrote in message
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Anybody used one of these contraptions? Are they any good?

www.qvcuk.com

Item No. 516809

Cheers

John


I've not used one, but think that cleaning the cleaning kit is going to take
longer than just cleaning a roller / brush, and £19+ will also buy several
new rollers and a couple of brushes!

Peter

Do you get a plastic tent to use it in or does paint get slung for
miles around?

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:16:10 +0100, "John"
wrote:

Anybody used one of these contraptions? Are they any good?

www.qvcuk.com

Item No. 516809


Yes.

No.

I threw mine away in the end.

For a while I just got a new roller for each paint job but then
invested in an "easy clean" roller with a plastic jobby (no idea what
it's called but it's cone shaped and you pull the roller through it a
couple of times to remove the paint). Marvellous it is - gets the
roller clean in just a couple of minutes and only cost about a fiver
IIRC.
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If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?

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Peter Andrews wrote:
"John" wrote in message
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Anybody used one of these contraptions? Are they any good?

www.qvcuk.com

Item No. 516809

Cheers

John


I've not used one, but think that cleaning the cleaning kit is going to
take
longer than just cleaning a roller / brush, and £19+ will also buy several
new rollers and a couple of brushes!

Peter

Do you get a plastic tent to use it in or does paint get slung for
miles around?


I've _actually_ used this item .... and am a 'delighted' customer.
I bought the items years ago at an 'Ideal Home' show, at Olympia.
The demonstrator had a convincing demo/patter of painting something with
black oil-based gloss paint, then using his 'Dandy' cleaner and wiping the
bristles onto an astounded viewer's shirt front! Nothing came off- the
bristle were clean and dry and _immediately_ used to paint something (else)
with white gloss paint.

Over the years; I've learnt to set up a 'cleaning station' when using the
appliance(s).
I have commandeered an old plastic pedal bin which is the ideal height for
placing the device _within_ for spinning off. I use this in conjunction
with an old work-mate on which I place the containers for water/white-spirit
and it's a 'handy place to lay the drill, chuck-key and brushes onto. The
sequence is ;- spin off the majority of the paint (inside the plastic pedal
bin); place the brush/roller into the cleaning fluid (water/white-spirit);
spin off the fluid; flick bristles/roller whilst intoning, "That'll do
nicely!".
It is very fast and I now clean brushes before I stop for even a cup of tea.

Some caveats: The brush cleaner incorporates a very strong spring clamping
arrangement - the brush handle _must_ be solid. The 'el cheapo' "hundred
brushes -all you'll ever need" for a fiver' type are usually hollow handles
and they'll be crushed to shards. { Don't ask me how I know this }.
Use good quality brushes with solid handles; you know it makes sense and
you'll be able to keep them clean for evermore.

The roller cleaner works well, but ... cleaning rollers is messy. You have
to take the roller off the applicator first then push the roller tube onto
the Dandy holder
I haven't found a way of doing this without getting paint onto my hands .

It helps if you can have two drills available ; one for the brush adaptor
and one for the roller attachment. BTW, I only used water-based paints for
roller application.


HTH

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Brian

"Owain" wrote in message
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Brian Sharrock wrote:
The roller cleaner works well, but ... cleaning rollers is messy. You
have to take the roller off the applicator first then push the roller
tube onto the Dandy holder
I haven't found a way of doing this without getting paint onto my hands
.

Disposable gloves?


And they are cheap. Petrol stations usually have them near the diesel pumps
: )

Adam

In article , owain47125
@stirlingcity.coo.uk says...
The roller cleaner works well, but ... cleaning rollers is messy. You have
to take the roller off the applicator first then push the roller tube onto
the Dandy holder
I haven't found a way of doing this without getting paint onto my hands .

Disposable gloves?

Wrap the roller in a plastic bag if you're going to be using it again
the next day. Otherwise sling it.
--
Roland Butter :- There's nothing like a knob of butter.

Take the roller (circular) holders off of a cheap roller and fix them to a
length of steel rod (ermm screw threaded)
Use an electric drill, spin into an empty bucket for 20 secs, spin into a
bucket of water for 30 secs, then spindry into the empty bucket again..

One clean roller. Works a charm and saves me at least £3 a day.

P


"Roland Butter" wrote in message
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In article , owain47125
@stirlingcity.coo.uk says...
The roller cleaner works well, but ... cleaning rollers is messy. You
have
to take the roller off the applicator first then push the roller tube
onto
the Dandy holder
I haven't found a way of doing this without getting paint onto my
hands .

Disposable gloves?

Wrap the roller in a plastic bag if you're going to be using it again
the next day. Otherwise sling it.
--
Roland Butter :- There's nothing like a knob of butter.

wrote in message ...
On 25 Jul,
"Peter" wrote:

Take the roller (circular) holders off of a cheap roller and fix them to
a
length of steel rod (ermm screw threaded)
Use an electric drill, spin into an empty bucket for 20 secs, spin into a
bucket of water for 30 secs, then spindry into the empty bucket again..

One clean roller. Works a charm and saves me at least £3 a day.

I give them a quick clean with water in the tray, then bung them in the
washing machine (the old one). Works a treat.

but uses gallons of water, the MAIN thing I am trying to avoid in this day
and age!

Thanks anyway

John

"John" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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On 25 Jul,
"Peter" wrote:

Take the roller (circular) holders off of a cheap roller and fix them
to
a
length of steel rod (ermm screw threaded)
Use an electric drill, spin into an empty bucket for 20 secs, spin into
a
bucket of water for 30 secs, then spindry into the empty bucket again..

One clean roller. Works a charm and saves me at least £3 a day.

I give them a quick clean with water in the tray, then bung them in the
washing machine (the old one). Works a treat.

but uses gallons of water, the MAIN thing I am trying to avoid in this day
and age!

Thanks anyway

John

You, methinks worry about the wrong things. Are you married to Mary?
P

"John" wrote in message
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I give them a quick clean with water in the tray, then bung them in the
washing machine (the old one). Works a treat.

but uses gallons of water, the MAIN thing I am trying to avoid in this day
and age!

And electricity. Good for you.

Mary

Brian Sharrock wrote:

I've _actually_ used this item .... and am a 'delighted' customer.

You also have a farm with lots of sheds that allows you to store the
containers that your exacting lifestyle calls for. Do you have a room
to store the lists of the lists you compile?

Over the years; I've learnt to set up a 'cleaning station' when using the
appliance(s).
I have commandeered an old plastic pedal bin
I use this in conjunction
with an old work-mate on which I place the containers for water/white-spirit
the drill, chuck-key and brushes

The roller cleaner works well, but ... cleaning rollers is messy.
I haven't found a way of doing this without getting paint onto my hands

It helps if you can have two drills available

In other words it is a lot of work, a lot of mess a lot of
materials'equiptment and a lot of space for something no respectable
painter has ever considered.

*******

If you decorate your house once an year, cleaning the brushes and
rollers the old fashioned way and storing them in some out of the way
place is adequate. You have brushes for white and brushes for
everything else and nothing untoward happens.

If you decorate your house once every five or ten years, throw the kit
away when you finish using it and buy new each time. That way bristles
falling off the new brushes will be your only problem. There won't be
earwigs and rust in the rollers and you will know where to find them.