Customer Reviews

Home Right C800418 Stain Stick

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I bought this a few years ago after experiencing a tragedy trying to stain my 30 foot deck with a sprayer -- what a mess! The stain stick cut the time down by more than a half, works like a charm and is easy to use. When I went to use it a couple of years later, I needed a replacement head and returned to Lowes but they no longer sold the product. Cant' find it anywhere. What a shame.

I did my deck and my porch with the Stain Stick (approx 550 sqft.) with the pad staying intact, that included a wash up between the two projects.
The flow is controlled by pushing the handle in - if you're pushing the handle in you are getting stain. If you're getting too much stain, stop pushing - pretty simple.
I agree the handle could be longer, however it's significantly longer than a brush, which I refuse to use.
All and all I would recomend this product it makes the job very easy.

I am a builder and never have time to do my own projects. In an effort to speed up my weekend deck staining project, I decided to try this product. I puchased it from Lowes in lieu of at least two other similar products. (Though neither of the others had the same capacity to store and distribute the stain product from the handle.) I was skeptical, but hopeful. I filled it once and began staining the deck; looking good. Filled it again and the pad came off the thing. I had to finish the remaining 95% of the deck with a brush. It's going back to the store. Also, the end of the pad appears to be designed to allow you to stain between the boards. Absolutely useless. It's sad that such a high potential concept is executed with such a lack of quality. It's junk, really.

The product is garbage, and there it was placed. I bought this to do a fence, and after six (a mere SIX) boards the pad peeled off as though the adhesive had dissolved. This is a waste of money. If there was a way, it would get NO stars.

I bought one to do my deck and it worked great on half of it and then the pad started coming off which let the stain flow freely, so I went back to Lowe's to buy a replacement pad and they don't carry them so I bought another stain stick. when I finished the other half I looked at the head and it's starting to come off also. I still have one or two more coats to but on with something else. Don't waste your money like I did.

It took a half an hour just to get the product out of its packaging. After reading the instructions I was excited to use this product. After spending a day and a half painstakingly staining the spindles on my 16'x24' deck I was ready for somethign a bit easier. The excitement quickly faded. On the first attempt I would not get the stain to even coat the pad. In order to coat the pad I ended up with a puddle of stain the dripped down the side of the deck. In order to fill the pad with stain you must push the plunger which shortens the pole. As the pole shortens you end up having to bend over to control its movement. Disappointed and angry that I wasted my money and time on this tool. After the fiasco I gave up for the day and will return to a brush and roller tomorrow.

I have just wasted an hour with tool and i am so mad that Homeright and Home Depot got my money. Task: deck floor, semi transparent stain, 88 sq.ft. It is impossible to control the flow and carrying the head back for the next stroke invariably dropped stain, then to try to blend in the drops, it over delivers stain since it can't be readily controlled. not to mention that as you deplete the supply in the tube it gets shorter. [They should warn anyone over 3ft6 not to attempt to use this tool. The pivot head does not pivot freely [it's made in China after all].
Please do not waste your time or money on this product. And BTW although I am not a professional painter, I am not exactly new to the task I have been painting and staining interiors and exteriors of homes we've owned for 33 years. [that said, I should have known better!]