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Re-evaluation and DIYer Test on Door Frame

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FasTrim Roller Review. Toy, Tool, or Joke?

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What happens here

After reviewing the product instructions, which suggest extending the paint roller first and then applying pressure, Chris tries to demonstrate the 'correct' technique along a baseboard. He aims to extend the roller for a distance and then apply pressure to cut in the line, but still finds it difficult to achieve a clean result. Then, a female DIYer is brought in to test the tool on a door frame. She attempts to apply paint with light pressure first, followed by more pressure for coverage. She struggles with the roller sticking, unable to achieve smooth rotation or a clean edge, resulting in paint on the door frame and the wall.

Goal: Test the Fast Trim roller with refined technique and a DIY user.

Tools and materials

  • Extension Pole — To extend the roller's reach for ceiling application
  • Fast Trim Roller System Fast Trim — Applying paint to cut in the lines
  • Paint Tray — Holding the paint for loading the roller
  • Dark Gray Paint — The paint being applied

What they say

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your definition of working okay John you brought in the instructions so we went back and we watch the video I'm a fast trend roller video and it kind of had some instructions and maybe our technique was could be a little bit I mean obviously our technique could be better than so so John John's got an extension ball he's got a new one or should we just stick with this why just don't even know I don't even know anything about painting in yellow so this is this is a situation so what we want to do is we want to just extend it out and so we want to they send like extend it out like 14 feet 14 feet and then once you feel rolled it out then you go back and do the hedging process so where's the pressure with the pressure so I've got my pressure on and bam the right edge did it's debatable so would you call that an improvement no no we can try it again like Harris on this but let's I'm just going to extend it out they say they extend it out and then once it's extended out then you apply pressure and edge you wanted a dark green living there right so it's it still it kind of leaves this quarter inch gap yeah it's not even like a small gap like that's it's a massive gap with paint all over like it was like it bled through the tape like really bad is what it would look like and so we've got a really bad paint job on here he's using like smooth walls maybe your textures the flame maybe I'm trying to try real hard to figure out I'm not sure where does it work I mean we don't have level five we do have a light over here I'm just not sure where that's gonna work that's gonna work I I mean right here I mean even if we just did it in there right there it shouldn't happen I mean if it's gonna work anywhere that's the specs okay all right let me move the camera over there and Johnny will get a view of you John right there you guys are teaching me you got a plan this out and then put marks right extend it out and now is it sound like that I'm kind of wondering like how long you've been painting you're supposed to be the professional teach me how to do it we're at work so we're learning ourselves I'm Devin and pressure Wow how is it keeping it away well I'm sure it uses it has this little quarter inch foam thing right here and then you're not supposed to get any paint on that red thing you you when you load it up you want to be careful and just need to catch it in the paint just a little bit you touch it in the pan a little bit and then you roll it up into the role of like…

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