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Why The Rocket?
If you’re a contractor or gearing up for a big paint project, you may be wondering “Why The Rocket?”. The Rocket is an excellent tool to add to your painting palette because it helps save you time, money, mess, and it’s environmentally friendly. Thousands of paint rollers end up in landfills every year, and though they may be inexpensive to replace, those costs add up — both for your wallet and the environment.
Think of it this way: A supply store in the Pacific Northwest sells over 250,000 paint rollers every year and many of those are being used one time and then tossed. How many are going to waste nationwide? Sure, you could just buy another paint roller but what does that add up to after a year? After 5 years? After 10 years?
The Rocket makes it easy with its 6 spray nozzles .Simply click in your used roller cover while it’s still on the roller frame and watch it spin. You can even walk away for a bit while it cleans the mess for you.
Go green with our easy-to-use, hands-free, paint roller cleaner: The Rocket. Shop today!
Trending: Interior & Exterior Paint Colors
When it’s time to paint the interior or exterior of your house, what colors do you think of? Is it a mossy green interior with a decked-out dark brown exterior? Bright pink inside sheltered by a non-descript beige exterior?
Darker colors and contrasting colors typically are a home-owners exterior paint of choice. For a while, darker orange (think pumpkin tones) and beige trim exterior paint jobs were popular but now we’re seeing a different trend: black on black, white on white, or white with black trim. We can’t remember a time when we’ve painted so many homes white!
Interior color choices run the gamut, despite predictions on trending colors. HGTV predicted that Sherwin-Williams’ Urbane Bronze would top interior colors for 2021. This year, HGTV claims a more grounded look: predicting that earth tones, blues, and greens will rise to the top of interior color choice. Are they right? We’ll find out!
From turquoise to deep blues to random colors, interior paint choices tend to reflect the creativity and personality of a client much more than exterior color choices do. Typically, we see a wide range of color requests for interior paint jobs.
Choosing a color can be hard but once you (or your client) make the right selection, you’ll want to have all the best tools, including The Rocket. The Rocket is a hands-free, environmentally friendly paint roller cleaner that will save you time and money allowing you to reuse rollers and prevent them from ending up in landfills. A paint contractor’s best friend! Shop today.
Tips for Starting Your DIY Paint Project
💪 Protect Your Flooring
We get it, you’re excited to get started and you want to see how the color looks. But nobody can skip this important step. Lay down drop cloths and make sure flooring and surrounding spaces are thoroughly protected and covered. Don’t skimp on this step, it’ll create a headache in the future if you do.
🖌 Brush Work Bro
Using latex (water-based) paint? Make sure you get your brush soaking wet and then spin the excess water out. You want to get the water into the metal part of the brush that encases the bristles (called the ferrule), which will allow for easier cleaning and extends the life of your paint brush. Hay!
✋ Get a Hand Masker
A what? A Hand Masker is a great little tool that you’ll be happy to have on hand (pun intended). Saving you time and stress, hand maskers help lay down a straight cut of tape while you’re masking. They can even be rented for $15 dollars a day. Get one, you won’t regret it!
🎵 We’re Blue Daba Dee Daba Die 🎵
Painting interiors? Use blue masking tape and skip the white tape. Blue tape creates straighter lines without bleeding through, especially on floors. Painting tape is pressure sensitive and the harder pressed, the more it’ll stick. Sometimes the white tape sticks so well it takes whatever it’s sticking to with it, you don’t want to deal with that.
🚀 Blast Off
Obviously having The Rocket! on hand when you begin a DIY paint job is essential. Easy-to-use, environmentally friendly, and efficient The Rocket! will save you time and frustration when you clean your paint rollers. It’ll also save you money, allowing you to reuse paint rollers (and avoid clogging the landfills with them) for future DIY projects. Pick up yours here: https://www.greenleos.com/shop/the-rocket