Pain in the A**!
Clean up is not easy, tha parts are very tiny.
If you have no practic using this thing, your walls can look very bad.
Just my humble opinion!
Sue

Thanks sue I am using it on rough cedar on a larger house outside. It would seem like alot of BS for a room or two

We/I've used one. It's really kind of fun to use. :D Clean up is truly awful and a lot of work.

I would be tempted to use it to paint an entire exterior and then thro it away. That's incredibly wasteful isn't it? But it is so tedious to clean.

Using it on rough cedar, that's a wild card. Not sure it would get the paint on there the way it needs to be applied. Painting an exterior is intense labor and in the summer months it can really be brutal. Don't blame you for trying to find ways to make it easier on your 14 year-old -- that's a big job for a kid.

Painters generally stay away from power rollers because they can move much faster rolling from a bucket or tray. The time you save not having to dip you lose standing there waiting for the sleeve to fill up or you can't roll as fast as you are used to because you have to wait for sleeve saturation. Painting rough cedar I would think would be even more challenging because that type of wood is very porous and you apply the paint fairly heavily compared to other substrates. That is why this is a DIY tool...but some DIY painters are pretty skilled naturally so it probably depends on the individual.

Thanks to all. Ya know I did use one to do a part of my house 5 years ago. Paintguy it seemed to come out plenty fast for this novice and the one I have is supposedly the largest motor for moving paint. I did indeed just throw it away though the last time. the one I have now looks alot easier to clean up with. Home depot was closing and I got it for 40 bucks. I will let ya know I have some real high spots to get to.

Off topic the stain is still in good shape after 5 years(Mautz latex). Any downside to putting on a couple more coats cause my kid needs some work?. I will use Duration stain, I called around and noone in my small town carries Aura exterior. I probably will not use a primer? Thanks In advance.

I believe that Aura exterior has been recalled because it dries too fast to use outside. Even if you could find it, you would probably want to use a stain instead of a paint anyway for rough sewn cedar. I didn't know that Duration even came in a stain. What you want to use is a 100 percent acrylic exterior stain and if the current coating is in good shape there is no reason to use a primer. You can do as many coats as you want.

Paintguy you got it covered...I called SW and he said the duration is a paint only and can go over the stain I have. 2 coats for a lifetime warrantee, if I ever wanted to change colors it would not have too much build so do not worry about too thick a film. Agree or should I get a good stain somewhere? Which kind if that is the case? Thanks a bunch Bruce I have no problem paying whatever for a the best product.

I have never used Duration and I understand its concept, but it is still a paint. To me, paint is for trim and stain is for cedar. The reason we use a stain over a paint on cedar because of its lapping properties and because it is less likely to peel. There is some new stain made by C2 that I am getting ready to try....it's the most expensive stain I have ever seen. I do like Maxum 2 by Coronado as well and I will use BM Super Spec also.

Paintguy, the fella from C2 was very helpful. What is the new stain all about? How long has it been out? Benefits over their other stain? Cost is all relative Thanks again

I don't know if C2 has another stain? I believe this is their first one. They tell me all the stuff I hear whenever a new product comes out. It's better, will cover better, hold color longer, it won't flash, etc. I usually use C2 exterior paints so I trust the line. My only thing was that I really don't have a problem with Maxum 2 so why should I switch? It is less expensive and I don't have a problem paying more for quality paint but I just don't have a reason to stop using what I'm using. I would say if you can't find Maxum though, go with the C2 over Benjamin Moore.