Speed Rollers

According to google it can take around 40 seconds per square foot to paint a wall with a roller. A 12' by 8' wall has 96 square feet, which is a standard size bedroom wall.

They’re estimating about 38 minutes to roll one standard size wall & that doesn’t include the masking, prep and cut-in.
 

As a professional painter I can tell you they're way off, that’s ridiculously slow. 

In reality, a professional painter, like myself can roll a good coat on a wall that size with a 9” roller in about 5 minutes or less, without the Blazer Roller.

With my tool it should only take about 1 - 2 minutes with a 9” roller, ½ - 1 minute with an 18”, and about 15-30 seconds with the 36”.
 

This doesn't include the trim or prep, just the rolling itself.
 

Here’s the break down…

When we roll, we should overlap it by about 33% which means a 9” roller will cover about 6” per stroke, so that a 12’ wide wall needs about 20 strokes. 

Each stroke is 3 - 5 seconds x 20 strokes = 1 - 2 minutes.

An 18” roller is twice as wide which means it’ll only take 10 strokes to paint that wall. 3 - 5 seconds x 10 = ½ - 1 minute.

My 36” roller only takes 5 strokes, 3 - 5 seconds x 5 = 15 - 30 seconds. 

My tool is Blazing Fast! 

To be fair we must add the set up and clean up time. 

It’s about 5 minutes to set up & 5 - 10 minutes for clean up, so we’ll add 15 minutes to the equation. 

If I’m only painting one small room, I may not set up my machine, as I can roll the standard way fast enough.

But if I’m painting 2 rooms or more, or ceilings or an extra-large room, it may be well worth that extra set up & clean up time.

If it takes me 2 hours to roll out a house the standard way, I might save over an hour with my tool and that would be well worth the time to set up and clean up.

Using the 9” or 18” roller on exteriors with my tool can easily save 4 or 5 hours, not to mention the fact there’s no overspray, which saves time on masking.

The 36” roller may not be necessary, as the 18” roller is super-fast, but for large areas it may come in handy, as it’s twice as fast as the 18” roller.

I remember rolling an exterior stucco wall of a large 2 story house. I couldn't spray because it was too windy.

It took me several hours, as I had to dip my roller about 60 times with an extension pole. It took 5 gallons of paint.

The 18" would have saved me hours, and the 36" is even faster.

My pump is designed to put out up to 1 gallon per minute, which is more than enough to supply the 36” roller.

The average exterior of a 2,000 square foot house takes about 20 gallons give or take. 

Pumping out 1 gallon per minute won't take long to finish the job.