Paint Pads

Paint pads have been on the market for a good few years now, and I honestly thought that just about everybody who’s done any recent decorating would’ve tried them at some point. Not so. My best friend had never tried them. She’d stuck with her faithful roller through thick and thin. Well there’s nothing wrong with loyalty, but sometimes it’s worth trying something new. It’s a long time since I last used a roller and I doubt anybody could persuade me to go back to them. We built our own house once, and part of my job was to paint the whole thing. It was a big house too and I wanted it to look nice without getting too fed up ...  Read the complete review

I have painted for most of my life, both for myself and for other people and am very acquainted with new products that come on the market as well as knowing a lot about painting techniques. When I first saw Paintpads, I was a little cautious. They looked as if they could work, though a little voice inside me told me that my nine years of training preferred traditional methods such as rollers and paintbrushes. Open to all new inventions, I decided that I would give this little gizmos a go, and in some ways was pleasantly surprised. These are made by Flock Development and Research Limited, and they have obviously done their homework. What they found ...  Read the complete review

It is great having an artist as a husband, but his ideas of painting is totally different to mine. Darling the Hall needs painting, should we do it this week? I come home from work and fine a 3ft by 3ft canvas on the wall and the walls are the same colour as what they were when I left for work that day. He seems to think this is hysterically funny but no matter what I say his idea of painting is only on canvas. He has tried all sorts of get out clauses in the past and one of his favourite is to get a paint brush and paint the walls but I usually find the floor has more on it or he has so many drips on the wall, ...  Read the complete review

Is there anyone out there who actually likes painting and decorating? Well, apart from the professionals, I don’t imagine that there are many of you who do. However, I have found that Paint Partner makes painting a lot quicker and easier. I purchased mine a few months ago from QVC but, as far as I know, it is available to buy in some DIY and hardware shops. In my kit there was a paint tray with a roller wheel type contraption. There were also several differently sized sponge pads and red plastic holders. You attach the pads to the holders (make sure they are secure!) and you are ready to go. Basically you put paint in the tray and roll ...  Read the complete review

Having used brushes and rollers in the past, I was a bit reluctant to try paint pads. Then I was bought some for a present. We have just had an extension built and I had to paint a large area so I thought I would give them a try. They really are easy to use and a lot quicker and cleaner than other methods. Before the extension was built the room was obviously a lot smaller and when I have painted this in the past using a brush it took me approximately double the amount of time that it took me to paint the new larger room using paint pads. My paint pads were bought for us from our local Focus Do It All Store. We got a whole set of different sized ...  Read the complete review