Load this tool with a paint brush. I purchased and used every edging tool available nearby. I bought Lowes version, Home Depot, Ace Hardware and Sherwin Williams. They all share the same failings. First, they all use a poor quality, poorly attached paint surface. They all popped off the edging tool with light use, repeatedly and made big messes. Second, they all have very limited articulation in the arm, making them useless for reaching anywhere but an easily accessed, flat surface. Third, they all have wobbly, undersized guide wheels, placed too close to the paint pad. Fourth, they all only have one, long edge seated with guide wheels. All of these shortcomings are fixed with the Mr. Longarm paint edger. The guide wheels are placed in a much more practical space, well away from the paint surface. There is a guide wheel on one short edge, making edging in corners very easy. The pad is two layers. The top layer is your paint applicator and just a smidge set further jn the tool edges than the base pad. The pad is easy to clean with cool water and hand soap…being reusable over multiple rooms and coats. The plastic is far sturdier, and the bigger wheels are soundly attached, so they can’t wobble towards the surface you are painting…unlike all the others I tried. Finally, the arm articulates one hundred and eighty degrees, meaning angled walls, ceiling edges above cabinets and any other odd angle you can reach with this attached to a pole, can be painted with this tool. The only regret I have is not purchasing this first. As has been said, apply the paint with a brush. Dip your 1.5″ paint brush about three times, painting the tool face each time. It may appear too little, but it’s plenty. The only drawback is a replacement pad is double the cost of simply purchasing the tool, which arrives already loaded with one. As that is the case, when the pad eventually wears out, I will just purchase another tool. If you are a DIY painter, who is weary of dodgy edges with painters’ tape, skip the crappy imitators and grab this tool. No taping needed. Just apply a steady hand and light pressure and you will save yourself much aggravation. — KK (via Amazon, August 20, 2023)
