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Cardboard Shield Holder for Overspray Control

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The Craft Cardboard Shield Holder is introduced as a versatile tool for controlling overspray during painting, particularly when using an airless sprayer. Unlike heavier metal shields, this holder uses inexpensive, lightweight cardboard that can be easily adjusted without tools. It's ideal for shielding areas like the base of a house where siding meets the foundation, allowing for a perfectly straight paint line. It's also useful for protecting gutters, fences, and the tops of fences when spraying upwards, effectively minimizing overspray. The holder itself is reusable, while the cardboard inserts are disposable. It does not come with a handle; the presenter suggests repurposing a handle from a window squeegee for optimal use.

Goal: Prevent overspray and achieve clean lines during painting, especially with airless sprayers.

Tools and materials

  • Airless Sprayer
  • Craft Cardboard Shield Holder
  • Handle (from window squeegee)
  • Cardboard

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any airless spraying what's the other thing you've used this thing quite a few times Zach what is that spent many hours with this this is the craft Shield uh cardboard Shield holder and what do you like about that Shield holder Zach um it beats masking in certain areas so it's pretty easy just to put on the bottom of the house uh where the sighting meets the foundation and just stick this underneath there and you'll get a perfectly straight line every time we use it to Shield off gutters one of the things I like about this one versus any other one I've ever used is it adjust without using any tools once again you don't have to Fumble with wing nuts and tighten them and loosing them it's not heavy it uses cardboard so it's really light for us weaklings you know that it starts to take its toll using those metal Shields over long periods of time it's plastic it does not come with the hand this handle is comes off of a squeegee we just go to our local uh do-it-yourself hardware store buy a window squeegee take the window squeegee off and we just use the extension on there about uh what about controlling overspray how El you control over spray with it Zach um you can I mean you can do a whole bunch of things yeah Corners you can uh do fences you can put it on the tops of fences and when you're spraying up that'll kind of control the overspray there I mean it's amazing very

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