I love when simple solutions are the answer, especially in the real world. Back in September I attended Seattle Open Coffee and met a guy who helps market a product I will be buying the next time I need to paint something.
I hate the cleanup after painting. The last few times, I have to admit, I resorted to just tossing the brushes.
The EZ Clean Paintbrush (archival now) has a hollow handle to which you can attach a garden hose to clean it. In under a minute, the bristles are clean and so are your hands.
Pet peeve solved.
I loved watching new people join the conversation and see his product. Everyone just gets it. It’s sort of like the brownie pan for corner lovers, it’s immediately obvious. That’s the power of a simple product.
Once you have your brush ready, you’ll need to make sure you have the right paint. Check out my friend Dave’s color matching service to help you avoid that mismatched look.
Dang! Had I only known about this months ago when my wife decided to (have me) repaint the bedrooms in our house! 🙂
i wonder how paint could be avoided all together. is wallpaper out of fashion? wood paneling covers some of the walls in the house that I’m at, which probably comes from the 50s when it was built.
I think people don’t like wood paneling because it looks like the 50s. And they don’t like wallpaper because it looks like the 70s.
It’s a little harder to avoid paint on the outside of a house, but I suppose you could avoid that by getting some siding that isn’t made of wood. My father used it recently on his house (but they still had to paint the trim!)