Customer Reviews

Wagner Power Products 515902 Paint Crew Roller Arm Accessory

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In a past review for the Wagner Paint Crew. I gave it 5 stars and a rave review. So I thought that the roller would be just as good. It did speed up the painting process, but trying to control the hose was a horror story. The nylon tubing is so inflexible it started to hurt my wrist trying to control it. After about 10 minutes I thought I made a mistake. I wasn't very happy. Every-time you get to a inner corner or a molding you have to flip the roller so the roller frame doesnt scrape. This is were you have to wrestle with the hose. I know Wagner sells a swivel fitting for the hose. I will buy it, as soon as I find one.
On the other hand, it did apply the paint nicely. And there was no paint spatter or dips on the floor or me.
One other thing, I didn't use the paint crew for some time. I cleaned it as per instructions. And put it away for more than a year. So I figured It was ready to paint with. I loaded the hopper with paint and switched it on, nothing! I had to dump the paint and disassemble it. Not a big deal when it is clean. But it is a mess when it is loaded with paint. The hopper valve was stuck shut. A slight squeeze and it was free. My advice is to disassemble it for a quick inspection after storage. It would have saved me an hour and a lot of clean up.

I really like this roller. Once you get used to the pace of how much to "spray" into the roller at a time it's pretty easy. I do not like that you can't add a broom stick like you would a regular roller to paint ceilings or tall walls. You can BUY a "pole extension" from Wagner but that is more than the roller!

The roller itself works without a hitch. The lack of a longer extension for ceilings, and taller walls is a drag. After looking for a longer tube extension, found that the price for it was considerably more than the roller itself. Not!

OK, It was fast, and it rolled evenly, but a couple of problems surfaced. You had to really feather the trigger to prevent splatter, and if you forgot, you had to stop for cleanup, especially on the ceiling. I had to go back to a conventional roller. I could load paint and roll a room in about 20 minutes, but trying to actually use it comfortably just wasn't happening. I am in pretty good shape and it wore me out. Also, don't buy the roller cleaner with this product. it doesn't work with the power roller, but does work great with a conventional roller

I bought this item to aid me in painting my house on the outside. It hooks on to the sprayer by its long arm and trying to paint somthing on a ladder with this added roller requires very long arms and a person who has three hands, two to work the device and one to hang on to the ladder. Flat surface painting might be alright but in my case it was no good.

I've had good experience will all my Wagner purchases up to this point so I thought that the paint crew roller would be no different. I'm a semi professional painter and when painting a rental house I thought I'd try out this roller for my airless sprayer. The paint delivery worked fine; it was just the strange bend in the roller assembly that made work very awkward. As well, a swivel attachment is a must otherwise the hose is a bear to deal with.

This seems like a good idea, BUT!!

The roller is held on by a ring of barbed fingers that are supposed to hold onto a collar of the roller cover holder. The problem is that the collar has rounded edges, I assume so you can remove the roller, that "let go" when you "pull the trigger" of the paint sprayer. The Paint Crew develops enough pressure, with these newer and thicker latex paints, to blow the cover off the arm assembly. Needless to say you get a paint-bath if you are doing a ceiling...........guess how I know that!!

Good idea but poor design!! Other ones I have used have a positive system for holding the roller on that is not a handy dandy snap on plastic toy........ but a threaded screw type of retainer to hold the roller on...

I just painted a house with this and loved it. It's nice to cover large area of walls without rolling your brush into the pan every minute. The only thing is that without an extension, my arms got tired fast.

This little machine really paints the project in a hurry. If you are looking to paint a large area, then the Paint Crew Sprayer is a Must Have item. I painted an eight by sixteen shed inside and out in a couple of hours. And, the coverage was terrific. An older building, raw lumber, and the high pressure sprayer did the job it would have taken days to complete with a brush, in a few hours, including cleanup. Because it is reconditioned, I paid the extra few dollars for the replacement warranty.

I have not used this yet but i do have a power roller and if this workes like the power roller it will be excellent.