Paint pads the way for me (Paint Pads)

Name: quissue

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Product:	Paint Pads
Date:	11.05.08 (210 review reads)
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Advantages: cleaner easier to use

Disadvantages: can fall off the backing plate

My paint pad experience derives from Focus DIY store. I bought their own brand of paint pads which came in a set of one small tiny pad for those tiny hard to get into places, one medium one and a slightly larger one. They came with a backing plate and a handle for each one. Nothing too impressive so far and I seriously wondered if the would work. Also there was an extending handle that you could buy that attatched to this set to make the out of reach places more easy to reach.

I took them home as I say with doubt in my heart, and set to work. I used them on the hall and stairs so it was a baptism by fire. Would it work?

I found them to be a little tricky at first but once I got the hang of them they were not too messy. I think this depended on how much paint you loaded on the pad to start with. As I progressed with the hall way I found it covered really easily and quite well not leaving the usual brush blobs on the ceiling as I have been known to do, as I am somewhat a novice at this type of thing.

The edges were cleaner better and by some degrees less messy than previous attempts with roller and brushes.
I found the extendable handle a bit tricky and the attatchment fell off once or twice so this was awkward for ceiling use and I prefered the roller method for this. But for walls yes I would consider using pads again.

I paid about £9.99 for the pads and can't remember what the extension pole was, but seriously unless you really needed the extension I would do without.

I think also it depends on the quality of paint used as well the thicker the better and on further use of the pads I found the best one to be Dulux solid which is sold in flat trays.

I think these products should be given another go as it is slightly less messy than a roller as it stops paint spatter and although I didn't use the little pad I thought this set was a good buy.

Summary: not bad takes some getting used too but worth a try