Archive for the 'Wagner' Category

A Power Tool For Removing House Paint

Friday, June 8th, 2007
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Think of Wagner’s “PaintEater” as a rotary sander designed specially to handle large abrasive discs for removing paint.  Wagner claims that it’s “hard on paint / easy on siding,” but one thing’s certain: it looks a whole lot faster than rubbing and scraping.

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Finds: Wagner Paint Crew

Saturday, September 23rd, 2006
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It was a pretty straightforward sounding project: paint two rooms in my parent’s house.   A fairly simple and unassuming goal, right?  My father (who is a Toolmonger like me) recently purchased a Wagner Paint Crew to accomplish said task.

The features sounded great: 3/8 HP. .2 gallons per minute.  A two-gallon capacity hopper to increase spray time and convenience.  A 25 foot spray hose attached to a professional-grade metal spray gun with a full-size in-line filter.  It sounded like a quick and fast thing; We’d be done by halftime, yeah?

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