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The Studley Tool Chest; The Invention of the Roller Cover; Choosing the Right Roller Cover · Repcolite Home Improvement Show

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Speaker 1: Well, good morning everybody. You're listening to the Ripkele Light
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Speaker 1: Home improvement show sponsored by Benjamin Moore. I'm Dan Hansen,
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Speaker 1: and before I say anything else, I've got to introduce
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Speaker 1: or I'm not introducing anything. Good grief. What a big
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Speaker 1: letdown that is. I was building to such brilliant, such
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Speaker 1: an exciting announcement, and I've already messed it up. I
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Speaker 1: want to announce that this is our four hundredth episode,
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Speaker 1: four hundred times I've started the show, and I still
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Speaker 1: can't do it right. Yeah, that's what I've really just
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Speaker 1: We're not going to celebrate. We're not going to really
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Speaker 1: lot of good stuff out there. Check it out. All Right,
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Speaker 1: that's enough of that, Way too much time spent on that.
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Speaker 1: Let's get onto the stuff that I've got planned for today.
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Speaker 1: And today is actually going to be kind of a
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Speaker 1: history day on the show. I've got two particular segments
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Speaker 1: that focus on some historical stuff and I'm pretty excited
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Speaker 1: about it. We're going to look at the invention of
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Speaker 1: paint rollers, you know, where they came from, which is
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Speaker 1: surprisingly pretty you know, pretty sad. It's a sad little story,
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Speaker 1: could almost be a Hallmark movie with sad vibes. It's
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Speaker 1: going to get you right in the fields. I promise
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Speaker 1: you that you're gonna like it. We'll talk about that,
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Speaker 1: and then we'll talk about roller covers themselves, which ones
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Speaker 1: you should use in which situation. All of that is
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Speaker 1: coming up, but right now, let's get to the other
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Speaker 1: major historical segment that I've got for the day. And
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Speaker 1: a couple of months ago, I ran into a photo
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Speaker 1: online that caught my attention, and it was a wooden box.
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Speaker 1: It was opened up, it was displayed on a tabletop
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Speaker 1: and in the box. At my first glance, you know,
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Speaker 1: as I just scanned over the picture, at my first glance,
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Speaker 1: I saw hundreds and hundreds of gadgets and gizmos all
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Speaker 1: laid out and displayed to perfection in this box. You know,
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Speaker 1: the thing looked amazing and I wanted to go get one,
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Speaker 1: and I wanted to put it on a stand in
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Speaker 1: the hallway of my home. It was beautiful enough to
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Speaker 1: be home decorps, you know, in my house. At least
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Speaker 1: it would have fit. It would have worked. So that
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Speaker 1: picture caught my eye. But when I read about it.
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Speaker 1: I was really surprised to learn the full story of
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Speaker 1: this item. It was the h O. Studley tool chest.
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Speaker 1: That's really the guy's name Studley. I mean, there's so
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Speaker 1: many jokes that I could make, but times of the
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Speaker 1: essence here. So I can't dwell on the fact that
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Speaker 1: Studley is a name I'm going to say over and
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Speaker 1: over again without even once besides right now referring to
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Speaker 1: myself and my nickname in high school Studley. Anyway, h O. Studley.
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Speaker 1: He made this tool chest, and it's actually one of
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Speaker 1: the most incredible That wasn't my nickname in high school.
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Speaker 1: I mean, that's a ridiculous lie. I can't go go
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Speaker 1: further without explaining that, so I apologize for having to
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Speaker 1: take a quick break to apologize. But that was completely false.
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Speaker 1: Anybody who knows me and they probably switched off the
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Speaker 1: radio because it was that ridiculous. Whatever the opposite of Studley,
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Speaker 1: that was my nickname in high school? All right, Anyway,
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Speaker 1: this HO Studley's tool chest one of the most incredible
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Speaker 1: feats of craftsmanship ever built. It's so intricate, so precise,
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Speaker 1: so mind blowingly beautiful that it's become legendary so let's
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Speaker 1: talk about that. Let's start with the man behind the piece,
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Speaker 1: mister Studley himself. I wonder what his nickname in high
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Speaker 1: school was anyway, Who was Ho Studley? Well, he was
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Speaker 1: born in eighteen thirty eight in Lowell, Massachusetts, and he
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Speaker 1: wore a lot of different hats. He was a carpenter,
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Speaker 1: a mason. Most notably, he was a piano and organ maker.
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Speaker 1: But most likely before all of that, when Studley was
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Speaker 1: twenty three, the Civil War broke out. We don't have
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Speaker 1: a lot of definitive information about him during this period.
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Speaker 1: It's a little bit frustrating, but it's generally thought that
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Speaker 1: he served with the fifteenth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. The fifteenth
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Speaker 1: Massachusetts saw significant action, we know that much, and if
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Speaker 1: Studley was indeed with them, his experience in the war
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Speaker 1: would have been pretty intense. That particular unit saw a
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Speaker 1: lot of different engagements throughout the war, a lot of
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Speaker 1: heavy fighting, a lot of heavy casualties in that particular unit. Now,
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Speaker 1: what we do know for sure is that Studley was
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Speaker 1: captured and was taken prisoner during the Battle of Galveston
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Speaker 1: on January one of eighteen sixty three in Texas and
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Speaker 1: this battle involved Union forces, including Massachusetts troops, so does
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Speaker 1: seem like he might have been in that group. They
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Speaker 1: were all attempting to hold this port against the Confederate counterattack.
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Speaker 1: The Union lost in that particular battle, and many soldiers,
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Speaker 1: including Studley, were captured. Now, after Studley's capture, he spent
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Speaker 1: time as a prisoner of war, but details you know
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Speaker 1: about where he was and how long he was held
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Speaker 1: there are pretty scarce. He was likely paroled or exchanged
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Speaker 1: later in eighteen sixty three, and then he returned to
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Speaker 1: Massachusett It's after the war, and ended up presuming civilian life,
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Speaker 1: And that's when he likely began or at least fine
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Speaker 1: tuned his skills as a carpenter and mason and eventually
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Speaker 1: as a piano maker when he joined the Pool Piano
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Speaker 1: Company in Boston. Now, this is where things get interesting,
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Speaker 1: you know, not that none of that was interesting, but
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Speaker 1: here's where it gets, you know, interesting to the story
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Speaker 1: that I want to talk about. Sometime between eighteen ninety
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Speaker 1: and nineteen twenty, we don't have an exec date, but
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Speaker 1: sometime in there, while he's working on pianos and all
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Speaker 1: of that, he also begins to build and pour his
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Speaker 1: heart into this personal project. A tool chest that's not
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Speaker 1: just a toolbox, but literally a work of art. Now,
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Speaker 1: if you've never seen this Studley tool chest, this ho
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Speaker 1: Studley toolchest, I should call it that. If you haven't
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Speaker 1: seen it, you need to google it and go check
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Speaker 1: it out. It's amazing. When it's closed, it's about twenty
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Speaker 1: by forty inches, it's roughly the size of a big
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Speaker 1: wall cabinet. When it's opened up, it unfolds to forty
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Speaker 1: by forty and it reveals this incredible interior. You know,
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Speaker 1: inside this mahogany box decked out with rosewood, with ebony,
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Speaker 1: with mother of pearl inlays. Studley somehow fits three hundred tools.
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Speaker 1: Three hundred and we're not talking just random junk here.
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Speaker 1: These are precision woodworking tools. Some of them he bought,
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Speaker 1: some of them he made himself. Now, the craftsmanship of
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Speaker 1: this box, this tool chest is absolutely next level. You've
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Speaker 1: got to check it out. Empty, when there's nothing, Empty,
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Speaker 1: when there's nothing in it. Four hundred episodes, and I'm
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Speaker 1: you know, that's what you got. This is what happens
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Speaker 1: when you pay to be on the air. I pay
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Speaker 1: to be on the air, so I'm allowed to do
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Speaker 1: things like that. The chest weighs seventy two pounds when empty,
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Speaker 1: that's what I was trying to get at one hundred
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Speaker 1: and fifty six pounds when loaded. So it's it's a
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Speaker 1: heck of a thing to move around. You need a
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Speaker 1: team of people or just one really beefy guy who
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Speaker 1: can do it. Either way, it wasn't just super easy
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Speaker 1: to move. Studley had you know, I've seen pictures of them.
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Speaker 1: Studley had to have helpante it. His nickname in high
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Speaker 1: school probably wasn't Studley either. Anyway. He's designed this thing
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Speaker 1: to hang on a wall. It opens like a book.
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Speaker 1: It's got these clever little hinges all of that. It's
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Speaker 1: really cool. Every little tool in there has its own
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Speaker 1: custom spot, you know, so think hidden compartments, flip up
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Speaker 1: trays and layers that all nest together. It's almost like
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Speaker 1: this three D puzzle thing. You know, you push a
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Speaker 1: tool in and it clicks into place. Even now you
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Speaker 1: know it's one hundred years old or so or more,
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Speaker 1: and the tools still click into place. It's so tight.
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Speaker 1: There's absolutely no waste in space. Now. I was listening
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Speaker 1: to craftsmen who's seen it in person, and it was
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Speaker 1: really interesting. They're talking about how in pretty much every
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Speaker 1: woodworking project you can look at the end results and
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Speaker 1: if you're skilled enough in the craft, you can find
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Speaker 1: you know, all the imperfections, the places where the woodworkers humanity,
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Speaker 1: you know, kind of shows through the mistakes, you know,
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Speaker 1: the imperfections that are in everything. They're talking about how
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Speaker 1: you can see those, and then they say, well, the
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Speaker 1: affections are in almost everything. Because these same people were
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Speaker 1: talking about this particular toolchest, the Aho Studley toolchest, and
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Speaker 1: they were saying that you could spend you know, basically
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Speaker 1: a lifetime looking over this toolchest that Studley built, and
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Speaker 1: you wouldn't find a mistake. It's the perfection of the craft.
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Speaker 1: It's that cool, and I think you're probably picking it up.
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Speaker 1: But it's not just a beautifully functional piece. You know,
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Speaker 1: everything's in the right place and all of that, and
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Speaker 1: it functions really well as a toolchest. It does, and
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Speaker 1: that part's beautiful, but it's also esthetically beautiful. The inlays
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Speaker 1: of ivory and mother of pearl, you know they screen
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Speaker 1: piano maker. You know clearly that was a part of
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Speaker 1: this that he brought into it, you know, a part
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Speaker 1: of his his skill that he brought into this. There's
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Speaker 1: this Victorian flair to it when you look at it.
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Speaker 1: When you see it, it really does look like a
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Speaker 1: work of art. You know, clearly Studley was flexing a
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Speaker 1: little bit and showing off all of his skills. And
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Speaker 1: he didn't do this because he had all kinds of
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Speaker 1: extra time on his hands. You know, this was a
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Speaker 1: statement piece. You know, even today, with all of our
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Speaker 1: modern storage solutions, peg boards, rolling cabinets, laser cut foam inserts,
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Speaker 1: things like that, you really be hard pressed to find
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Speaker 1: something as beautifully functional as what Studley created. I love
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Speaker 1: that name. What Studley created by hand over a century ago.
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Speaker 1: So really cool stuff. But what in the world does
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Speaker 1: all of that have to do with us right now? Well,
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Speaker 1: I think there are some real cool lessons in here
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Speaker 1: for anybody who tackles DIY or home improvement projects, or
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Speaker 1: honestly just lives in a house. I mean, there's a
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Speaker 1: lot of good stuff here, and we're going to get
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Speaker 1: to those after the break. And while we are on break,
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Speaker 1: check out the Studeley Toolchest online. Just a couple of
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Speaker 1: quick photos is really all you need to see what
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Speaker 1: I'm talking about and how cool it is. So check
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Speaker 1: that out and we'll be right back in just a minute.
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Speaker 1: And stick around, and we're back here listening to the
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Speaker 1: Repcolite home improvement show sponsored by Benjamin Moore. And we
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Speaker 1: just finished talking about h Oh Studley, a mason, a carpenter,
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Speaker 1: an organ and piano maker, a guy with a crazy
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Speaker 1: cool nickname. He lived between eighteen thirty eight and nineteen
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Speaker 1: twenty five. We just finished talking about him and this
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Speaker 1: magnificent work of art toolchest that he built. And I'm
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Speaker 1: not just throwing that phrase around lightly. You know, work
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Speaker 1: of art toolchest. Studley's toolchest spends time in the Smithsonian
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Speaker 1: on exhibit because it really is an amazing achievement of
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Speaker 1: skill and engineering and dedication to the woodworking craft. So
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Speaker 1: check it out online. You know, if you haven't googled
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Speaker 1: it already, google it, the Studley Toolchest. It's worth it.
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Speaker 1: Check it out right now, let's dig a little deeper
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Speaker 1: into it. I love these historical stories, you know, these
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Speaker 1: deep dives into people and events and tools and all
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Speaker 1: of that. But what makes them really entertaining for me
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Speaker 1: is what we can learn, I guess is the best
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Speaker 1: way to say it. What lessons we can pull from
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Speaker 1: these you know, these these stories. So let's do that here.
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Speaker 1: What can we as everyday people who probably don't have
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Speaker 1: this skills or the crazy cool nickname of ho Studley.
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Speaker 1: What can we learn from him and put into practice
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Speaker 1: right now? Well, here's one quality over quantity. Studley passed
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Speaker 1: away one hundred years ago or so, just over that,
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Speaker 1: and yet the tools in that chest, that tool chest
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Speaker 1: would still be considered high quality, remarkable pieces today, even
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Speaker 1: after a century. Now. I used to buy cheap tools
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Speaker 1: all the time, and I broke them, you know, all
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Speaker 1: the time. They just didn't hold up. But over the years,
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Speaker 1: I've kind of changed my philosophy. As I've matured, I've
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Speaker 1: become wiser. I've started investing in higher quality tools. And
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Speaker 1: they're not only just lasting longer, which is great, they're
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Speaker 1: also performing better, which is even more important to me,
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Speaker 1: you know, And that's something that can be difficult to
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Speaker 1: wrap your brain around if you're new to buying tools.
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Speaker 1: You know, a hammer's a hammer, right, Well, no, it's not.
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Speaker 1: A good hammer. Literally does feel different in your hand,
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Speaker 1: it functions differently, it lasts longer, but it also does
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Speaker 1: its job better. And the same is true for pretty
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Speaker 1: much everything. Saws, power tools, you name it. Now. If
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Speaker 1: it's a tool that you're only going to use once
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Speaker 1: in a while, sure go for the budget option. But
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Speaker 1: if it's something that you're going to reach for regularly,
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Speaker 1: don't skimp on it. And that brings me to paint. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: a lot of people assume that paint is paint, that
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Speaker 1: there's no real difference between brands or quality levels. It's
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Speaker 1: just liquid in a can, right, can't be that different.
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Speaker 1: But just like with tools, the difference really can be
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Speaker 1: huge between different products. High quality paint doesn't just look
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Speaker 1: better for longer. It's easier to work with. It applies smoother,
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Speaker 1: it levels better, it spatters less, It covers and hides better.
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Speaker 1: If you've hated painting projects in the past and just
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Speaker 1: felt like you're not good at it and you struggled
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Speaker 1: through it, there's a really good chance you'll think about
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Speaker 1: what paint you used. Did you use a high quality
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Speaker 1: paint or did you cheap out and buy something that
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Speaker 1: might not have been the best product out there. When
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Speaker 1: you use a better product, the whole process goes more smoothly,
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Speaker 1: You enjoy it better. You know, when you talk to
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Speaker 1: people who like painting and we all know those people.
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Speaker 1: You know some of us are those people, but you
15:03
Speaker 1: definitely know that you've talked to people who just love
15:05
Speaker 1: tackling that next project. Ask them what they're using. They're
15:09
Speaker 1: going to be using higher quality paints. So a Brepcolite product,
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Speaker 1: a Benjamin Moore product, it's going to make your project
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Speaker 1: easier and you're going to enjoy it better. So quality matters,
15:18
Speaker 1: that's the bottom line. Whether you're talking tools, paint, furniture, whatever.
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Speaker 1: It's tempting to go cheap, but investing in better materials
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Speaker 1: pays off in the long run. So that's one lesson
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Speaker 1: that we can learn from mister Studley and his tool chest.
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Speaker 1: A second lesson organization matters. You know, if you've ever
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Speaker 1: spent twenty minutes digging through a messy toolbox for a screwdriver,
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Speaker 1: you know the value of organization. Studley's toolchest, it's not
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Speaker 1: just about beauty, it's also about efficiency. You know, everything
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Speaker 1: has a place, and that made him more productive. So
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Speaker 1: for any home project, taking the time to organize your workspace,
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Speaker 1: you know, whether it's a garage, a kitchen, you know,
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Speaker 1: even your junk drawer. Take that time and it's going
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Speaker 1: to make your life so much easier. Another good lesson.
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Speaker 1: Third lesson, take pride in your work. Give yourself a break. Now.
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Speaker 1: I love this one because it's kind of like a
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Speaker 1: two fur you know, it's two lessons in one. Studley
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Speaker 1: didn't have to make his toolchest a masterpiece, but he did,
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Speaker 1: and he did that because craftsmanship and all of that
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Speaker 1: really mattered to him. He was trying to make a
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Speaker 1: statement piece here, and that mindset is pretty exciting. It's inspiring.
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Speaker 1: It's something that it's worth embracing. Whether you're painting a room,
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Speaker 1: building a deck, fixing a cabinet door, whatever you're doing,
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Speaker 1: doing a job well, even if nobody notices, it really
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Speaker 1: does bring real satisfaction. And remember, here's the second part,
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Speaker 1: to give yourself a break, so you actually can pull
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Speaker 1: all of that off. You know, what I'm getting at
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Speaker 1: here is that we live and die by schedules. We're
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Speaker 1: driven to check things off of our little lists and
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Speaker 1: move on. And that's not bad, you know, that's a
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Speaker 1: good thing. Procrastination isn't the goal, That's not what I'm after.
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Speaker 1: But Studley's toolchest, Remember this thing took years for him
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Speaker 1: to perfect, So don't let self imposed deadlines push you
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Speaker 1: to cut corners. You know, that's where schedules and deadlines
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Speaker 1: really are our littles and their counterproductive. Don't let them
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Speaker 1: push you to cut corners, especially those self imposed ones
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Speaker 1: that really, you know, they're not grounded in any real serious,
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Speaker 1: you know reality. You know, sometimes time pressures are real
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Speaker 1: and you have to push through, But often the stress
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Speaker 1: to finish is just in our heads. You know. True
17:17
Speaker 1: craft isn't about speed. It's about care and precision. So
17:20
Speaker 1: when you paint, do the prep work, wash the walls, sand,
17:23
Speaker 1: you know, fill the nail holes, let the spackle dry
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Speaker 1: before standing. That is one of my biggest, biggest struggles.
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Speaker 1: I just don't want to wait. Let the spackle dry.
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Speaker 1: Trust me, you're gonna be way happier if you do.
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Speaker 1: The results will look way better if you do. Do
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Speaker 1: all of that stuff right. Don't rush your second coat,
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Speaker 1: use tape if it helps you. Bottom line, take pride
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Speaker 1: in your work and give yourself a break so you've
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Speaker 1: got the time to take the pride in the work
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Speaker 1: all right. Lesson for small spaces can be used efficiently.
17:50
Speaker 1: Studly fit three hundred plus tools into this little cabinet
17:53
Speaker 1: that he built. And if that doesn't scream maximize your space.
17:56
Speaker 1: I really don't know what does. So if you're struggling,
17:58
Speaker 1: you know, with a tiny laundry room, maybe a cramped kitchen,
18:01
Speaker 1: a cluttered closet, a little bathroom, Studley's tool chest proves
18:05
Speaker 1: that smart design does make any space work better. So
18:08
Speaker 1: creative solutions exist for you. You know, whether they're through
18:11
Speaker 1: expert advice, you know, ready made products out there, or
18:14
Speaker 1: just thinking outside of the box. You know you can
18:17
Speaker 1: find these solutions. You may not achieve Studley level perfection,
18:21
Speaker 1: but there are esthetically pleasing ways to improve any tight space.
18:24
Speaker 1: And as we talked about a couple months ago, paint
18:27
Speaker 1: alone can transform a space in a big way. The
18:29
Speaker 1: right color can make any room feel bigger instantly. So
18:32
Speaker 1: stop out at any repolite paints and let us help
18:34
Speaker 1: you with that part of your project. You know that
18:36
Speaker 1: alone can help you get that space feeling a little bigger.
18:39
Speaker 1: All right, there's some lessons from the amazing tool chest
18:42
Speaker 1: of H. O. Studley. Go check it out. It's definitely
18:46
Speaker 1: something to dig further into. Find some pictures. All right,
18:49
Speaker 1: let's take a break. When we come back, let's look
18:51
Speaker 1: at the history of the roller cover that's all. Next
18:54
Speaker 1: stick around and we're back. You're listening to the Repco
19:03
Speaker 1: Light Home improvement show was sponsored by Benjamin Moore. And
19:06
Speaker 1: let's talk about some great inventions, you know, life changing inventions.
19:10
Speaker 1: I've got an invention that I want to get to,
19:12
Speaker 1: but let's talk about or think about. There's no real
19:15
Speaker 1: talking on the radio, there's no back and forth at
19:17
Speaker 1: this point. Let's think about some inventions though that really
19:20
Speaker 1: changed everything. The wheel, right, we wouldn't be driving places
19:24
Speaker 1: without the wheel, The printing press, the steam engine, the computer,
19:28
Speaker 1: the refrigerator, you know, freezer, stuff like that. Where would
19:33
Speaker 1: we be without all of these things? They've really, when
19:36
Speaker 1: you think about it, it had stunning impact on how
19:39
Speaker 1: the world functions. A few weeks ago, I talked about
19:42
Speaker 1: the invention of glass. In fact, it's funny, this particular
19:45
Speaker 1: segment that I'm going to get to right now that
19:47
Speaker 1: we're doing was supposed to take place a couple of
19:50
Speaker 1: weeks ago, and glass was going to be my introduction,
19:54
Speaker 1: you know, just one of the inventions that I threw
19:56
Speaker 1: out in the introduction. But it was so interesting how
20:00
Speaker 1: that came about and the impact that it's had on
20:03
Speaker 1: cultures in society in general. The world turned it into
20:07
Speaker 1: its own segments. So go back and check out the
20:10
Speaker 1: history of glass if you want to. That's a couple
20:13
Speaker 1: weeks back. But you know, lots of big inventions, lots
20:16
Speaker 1: of big things that have had huge impact on the world.
20:19
Speaker 1: The electric light bulb blah blah blah, on and on,
20:21
Speaker 1: the flushing toilet, the indoor toilet. You know, you definitely
20:25
Speaker 1: want to have a flushing toilet. If you have a
20:27
Speaker 1: toilet that doesn't flush, well, that's got to be fixed.
20:30
Speaker 1: Nobody wants that. That's an invention that will have some impact,
20:33
Speaker 1: but it's not positive impact anyway. All of those things
20:36
Speaker 1: are out there in the greater world. Let's look at
20:39
Speaker 1: the world of home improvement and specifically the world of
20:42
Speaker 1: like DIY painting. Let's really dial it in and when
20:45
Speaker 1: we take a close look there, I think there's one
20:47
Speaker 1: particular invention that stands out more than any other one.
20:52
Speaker 1: And if you didn't hear the open of the show,
20:54
Speaker 1: then maybe I will surprise you. I don't know, probably
20:57
Speaker 1: not going to surprise you because I narrowed it down
20:59
Speaker 1: to the the world of DIY painting. But if you
21:02
Speaker 1: heard the open, you know that I'm talking about the
21:04
Speaker 1: roller cover. You know, the invention of the roller cover,
21:07
Speaker 1: and you know, the roller frame, the paint roller, that
21:10
Speaker 1: whole thing all in one, I think is probably the biggest,
21:14
Speaker 1: most important tool when it comes to the entire concept
21:17
Speaker 1: in the world of DIY painting. You know, today it's
21:20
Speaker 1: so common we hardly give it a second thought. But
21:22
Speaker 1: when it first arrived on the scene in the nineteen forties,
21:26
Speaker 1: it's not that old. In the nineteen forties, when it
21:28
Speaker 1: first arrived, it was nothing short of revolutionary, you know,
21:31
Speaker 1: And like many great innovations, it wasn't welcomed with open arms.
21:36
Speaker 1: In fact, a group of people, a very powerful group
21:39
Speaker 1: of people, actually stood against it and fought against it.
21:42
Speaker 1: All right, let's go back, Let's let's tell the whole story.
21:44
Speaker 1: Let's go back to the dark ages, you know, the
21:47
Speaker 1: times before the roller cover existed, the times prior to
21:51
Speaker 1: nineteen forty. Go back there in your mind. Think about
21:54
Speaker 1: what painting was like if you've never thought about it before,
21:57
Speaker 1: you know, think of all the times that you've used
21:58
Speaker 1: a roller cover to do any painting at all. Think
22:01
Speaker 1: about that, and then let it sink in that there
22:03
Speaker 1: was a point not that long ago, really, when the
22:06
Speaker 1: roller cover and the roller itself didn't exist. You know,
22:10
Speaker 1: it's not surprising. We all knew it had to be
22:12
Speaker 1: admented at some point, but it is interesting to think
22:15
Speaker 1: about what painting might have looked like at that time. Well,
22:18
Speaker 1: back then, if you wanted to paint a wall or
22:20
Speaker 1: a ceiling, you basically had one option a brush. And
22:24
Speaker 1: I don't mean a little brush, because I would take forever.
22:27
Speaker 1: It's a massive, wide, thick brush, you know, sometimes five
22:31
Speaker 1: or six or more inches across, seven eight inches across
22:34
Speaker 1: an inch thick or more. I know, that's the brush.
22:37
Speaker 1: That's what we're talking about. And imagine that, and you
22:41
Speaker 1: can imagine, you know, if you've got that in your mind,
22:43
Speaker 1: you can imagine how heavy that thing must have been
22:46
Speaker 1: when it was loaded with paint. You know, popeye arms.
22:49
Speaker 1: The painters back then, they had to have popeye arms.
22:52
Speaker 1: It's the only way they could have done it, you know.
22:53
Speaker 1: And that's just the brush itself. Painting with one of
22:56
Speaker 1: those incredible amount of work. I mean, nowadays painting isn't terrible, right,
23:01
Speaker 1: but it's still not like it's a leisure activity. You know,
23:04
Speaker 1: you don't get into your pajamas after your shower at
23:07
Speaker 1: night and just do a little painting, you know, to
23:09
Speaker 1: unwind for the day. You know, it's still work, but
23:13
Speaker 1: it's way better than it used to be. But back
23:15
Speaker 1: then you're talking serious grueling work, you know, messy work,
23:18
Speaker 1: exhausting work, you know, imagine it. You're ready to paint
23:21
Speaker 1: your ceiling, let's say. So you grab the best ceiling
23:24
Speaker 1: paint that you can find, you know, Benjamin Moore's Premium
23:26
Speaker 1: ceiling paint, and you do that because you've listened to
23:30
Speaker 1: episode two fifty of Repcoal Lights four hundred home improvement
23:34
Speaker 1: show episodes. You listen to episode two fifty and you
23:38
Speaker 1: know that the Benjamin Morre's Premium ceiling paint is a
23:41
Speaker 1: dead flat you know, no matter what color it's been
23:43
Speaker 1: tinted to, and that it covers and hides so much
23:46
Speaker 1: better than other ceiling paints. So you grab that one
23:49
Speaker 1: because you were informed, and that's the one that you chose.
23:53
Speaker 1: So you get that. You pop the top on the
23:55
Speaker 1: ceiling paint. You grab your huge enormous brush that everybody
23:58
Speaker 1: uses for their painting, and you know it's eight inches
24:00
Speaker 1: across if it's an inch, and you bend down under
24:03
Speaker 1: its weight because it's so heavy, and you dip it
24:06
Speaker 1: into the can, and of course it doesn't fit, you know,
24:08
Speaker 1: into the can, it's too big, so you wiggle it
24:10
Speaker 1: a little bit, you know, you kind of go sideways.
24:12
Speaker 1: You figure it's an angle thing, you know, if you
24:14
Speaker 1: mush the bristles this way, you know, to the side
24:17
Speaker 1: and try to sneak it in. No, that doesn't work.
24:19
Speaker 1: The can flips over. So now two hours later you're back.
24:23
Speaker 1: The carpet's still wet, but the paint's been cleaned up.
24:26
Speaker 1: You know, the paint that you spilled, that's been cleaned
24:28
Speaker 1: up because you listen to episode three seventy six of
24:31
Speaker 1: the Repcolite home improvement show and you knew how to
24:33
Speaker 1: handle it. So it's two hours later. Your carpet doesn't
24:36
Speaker 1: need to be replaced, but you still need to paint.
24:39
Speaker 1: But you're smarter now, right, So you pour your paint
24:42
Speaker 1: into a tray. You fill up the brush that way,
24:44
Speaker 1: brilliant perfection. Now you lift it up. You know, your
24:47
Speaker 1: arm waivers under the weight. You climb up your ladder
24:50
Speaker 1: and you start to move the brush towards the ceiling.
24:52
Speaker 1: But of course the paint's going to start to drip.
24:54
Speaker 1: Down from the bright bristles a little bit. There's so
24:57
Speaker 1: much paint. There's like a half a gallon of paint
24:59
Speaker 1: in that enormous so down the ladder you go really
25:01
Speaker 1: quickly and you fix that, then back up the ladder,
25:04
Speaker 1: and finally you find yourself actually brushing paint onto the ceiling.
25:07
Speaker 1: It covers in hides, just like I told you it would.
25:10
Speaker 1: But soon the brush is out. You know, it's emptied out,
25:13
Speaker 1: and you need to go back and get more. So
25:14
Speaker 1: you refill a brush, You do a little more brushwork,
25:16
Speaker 1: then you refill it over and over and over and
25:18
Speaker 1: over and over, all the time holding that heavy brush
25:21
Speaker 1: over your head hundreds of times to work your way
25:23
Speaker 1: around the entire ceiling. By the time you're done, your
25:26
Speaker 1: shoulders are aching. You got popeye arms. They feel like
25:29
Speaker 1: they're going to fall off, but they're pope eye arms.
25:32
Speaker 1: Your face and head you're speckled with paint. It's a mess.
25:35
Speaker 1: That's kind of like what it was way back then
25:38
Speaker 1: before the roller cover. And because of that, it wasn't
25:41
Speaker 1: something that regular folks ever really did. It was a
25:43
Speaker 1: job for professionals. Nobody did their own DIY painting. It
25:47
Speaker 1: just wasn't a thing. You hired skilled tradesmen who came in,
25:50
Speaker 1: who knew how to handle a brush, who could control
25:53
Speaker 1: all the drips and get a smooth finish. They came
25:55
Speaker 1: in and did your painting for you. And then in
25:57
Speaker 1: nineteen forty everything changed. Enter Norman James Braakey, a man
26:03
Speaker 1: that we know frustratingly little about, which is kind of
26:06
Speaker 1: fun because that means I can add lib and nobody
26:09
Speaker 1: can say that I'm exactly wrong. But I'm not gonna
26:12
Speaker 1: add lib here. I'm gonna stick to the facts as
26:14
Speaker 1: we know them. We know he was born in eighteen
26:16
Speaker 1: ninety one in Pearson, Manitoba. We also know that Breakey
26:19
Speaker 1: was living in Toronto when inspiration struck. What we don't know,
26:23
Speaker 1: and which drives me a little bit nuts, is what
26:26
Speaker 1: he was doing that sparked the inspiration. You know, was
26:29
Speaker 1: he painting his own house? Probably not, people really didn't
26:32
Speaker 1: do that back then. Was he watching a painter struggle
26:34
Speaker 1: with a brush that could have been Did he stand
26:37
Speaker 1: on a toilet seat to hang a clock in his
26:38
Speaker 1: bathroom and slip and fall? You know? Did inspiration strike
26:41
Speaker 1: him like it struck Doc Brown? Christopher Lloyd in Back
26:45
Speaker 1: to the Future, because that's what he was doing. That's
26:46
Speaker 1: how he dreamed up the flux capacitor. He fell off
26:49
Speaker 1: the toilet, he hit his head while hanging up a clock.
26:53
Speaker 1: If you don't believe me, you can look that up.
26:54
Speaker 1: That's facts, all right. Sadly with Norman Breaky, we don't know,
26:58
Speaker 1: we'll never know. What we do know is that he
27:00
Speaker 1: came up with an idea. He came up with the
27:03
Speaker 1: concept of brushing paint under the wall with a roller
27:06
Speaker 1: of some sort. He envisioned this cylindrical core covered with
27:09
Speaker 1: a fabric material that would absorb and distribute the paint. Now,
27:12
Speaker 1: that concept worked in his head, but what he needed
27:15
Speaker 1: was some way to hold it, you know, hold that
27:17
Speaker 1: cover while still allowing it to roll freely. And he
27:20
Speaker 1: had a second Eureka moment and came up with the
27:23
Speaker 1: handle bent into the shape of a seven for control.
27:26
Speaker 1: You know, it was so simple, But there you go.
27:28
Speaker 1: We've got the roller cover dreamed up and the roller frame,
27:30
Speaker 1: the roller handle that holds It's so obvious when you
27:33
Speaker 1: see it, and yet it took all that time before
27:36
Speaker 1: it happened. And Brakey was the one who came up
27:38
Speaker 1: with this concept. Well, he took this design to Tom Hamilton,
27:42
Speaker 1: and Tom Hamilton was a fabric expert in Toronto. Now
27:46
Speaker 1: Hamilton had no idea what break he was talking about
27:49
Speaker 1: rolling paint on. But he recommended. You know, he's a salesman.
27:53
Speaker 1: He's not going to just say no and send the
27:55
Speaker 1: guy out. He's going to make a recommendation. That's how
27:57
Speaker 1: it works. He recommended a green mowhair von Lure, the
28:01
Speaker 1: same fabric used to cover realway touring coaches. So Break
28:05
Speaker 1: he sees that, buys a bolt of it, cuts it
28:08
Speaker 1: into strips, glues it to his prototype roller, and then
28:11
Speaker 1: sets off to test it. And the results of his
28:13
Speaker 1: tests it's a game changer. It works. He's super excited.
28:17
Speaker 1: Walls can now be painted faster, more evenly, with less
28:21
Speaker 1: mess and perhaps most importantly by anyone. So Break he
28:25
Speaker 1: sees all of this. I mean, he has completely revolutionized
28:28
Speaker 1: this industry. So he files for a patent in Canada
28:32
Speaker 1: and it should have been the start of a great
28:34
Speaker 1: success story, but it wasn't. See Breaky never ends up
28:38
Speaker 1: getting the credit or the fortune that he deserved for
28:41
Speaker 1: creating this. Like so many inventors, Break he faced a
28:44
Speaker 1: problem and it was money. It's not just inventors that
28:48
Speaker 1: struggle with money. We all have a problem called money sometimes,
28:54
Speaker 1: but inventors specifically can sometimes see things go awry because
28:58
Speaker 1: of money. He needed investors to mass produce and market
29:03
Speaker 1: his roller, you know, this whole system. But finding financial
29:06
Speaker 1: backers wasn't easy. People just didn't see the potential. They
29:09
Speaker 1: didn't see where this could go. They didn't think it
29:12
Speaker 1: was the big idea that it really was. And in
29:14
Speaker 1: the midst of that, then something happened. An American inventor,
29:18
Speaker 1: Richard Croxton Adams, working for a major US paint company,
29:21
Speaker 1: claimed that he had invented the roller the same year.
29:25
Speaker 1: Now adams version was slightly different, but the concept, you know,
29:29
Speaker 1: the whole concept itself was identical. He had something, though
29:32
Speaker 1: that Breaky didn't, and he had financial backing. So he
29:36
Speaker 1: fought for the patent and wins. Breaky he doesn't have
29:40
Speaker 1: the funds to battle it out in court, and he
29:42
Speaker 1: loses control of his own invention. Adams went on to
29:45
Speaker 1: manufacture and sell roller covers, and the industry took off.
29:48
Speaker 1: Now his words spread about the new tool, a strange
29:51
Speaker 1: thing happened. You know. I mentioned earlier that a group
29:54
Speaker 1: of people fought the roller cover, and not everybody was
29:57
Speaker 1: happy about it. Painter unions, surprise, saw the roller as
30:01
Speaker 1: a threat, you know, rather than seeing it as a
30:04
Speaker 1: timesaver or something that was going to help them out,
30:06
Speaker 1: they saw it as something that cheapened their trade, that
30:10
Speaker 1: it made painting too easy, too fast. If anybody could
30:14
Speaker 1: roll paint on a wall, what was going to happen
30:15
Speaker 1: to skilled brush painters. So some unions even went so
30:19
Speaker 1: far as to ban their contractors from using rollers. Just
30:22
Speaker 1: can't do it. You can't use rollers. They refused to
30:25
Speaker 1: endorse them, and they were hoping to hold back the
30:28
Speaker 1: tide of change. But you generally can't hold things like
30:31
Speaker 1: this back. You can't put the genie back in the bottle.
30:34
Speaker 1: And painters who embraced the roller found that they could
30:37
Speaker 1: complete jobs faster, They could take on more work homeowners,
30:41
Speaker 1: you know, they were no longer intimidated by the thought
30:44
Speaker 1: of wrestling with a massive paint brush, so they started
30:46
Speaker 1: painting their own walls, and just like that, the DIY
30:50
Speaker 1: painting boom had begun. Now, meanwhile, while all of this
30:53
Speaker 1: is happening, we got to get back to the saddest
30:56
Speaker 1: part of the whole story. While all of that is happening,
30:59
Speaker 1: normal and break Ye fades into obscurity. He passed away
31:03
Speaker 1: in nineteen sixty five, a relatively poor man. The world
31:07
Speaker 1: had changed. Think about that completely changed. The DIY world
31:11
Speaker 1: for sure, had changed because of his idea, and the
31:14
Speaker 1: painting professional world because they embraced the roller cover as well.
31:17
Speaker 1: All of that changed because of his idea. And hardly
31:20
Speaker 1: anybody knows his name. So the next time you pick
31:23
Speaker 1: up a roller, take a moment moment of silence to
31:26
Speaker 1: appreciate the man who made it possible, a man who,
31:29
Speaker 1: despite all these obstacles that he had revolutionized the way
31:33
Speaker 1: we paint. You gotta love these history segments. That is
31:36
Speaker 1: so much fun to see how that played out and
31:38
Speaker 1: shook out over time. All right, let's take a break.
31:41
Speaker 1: When we come back, we're going to talk about roller
31:43
Speaker 1: covers in a little more depth. Specifically, I'm going to
31:46
Speaker 1: tell you everything you need to know so you can
31:47
Speaker 1: navigate that roller display confidently. That's all. Next stick around
31:58
Speaker 1: and we're back. You're listening to the Recolite home improvement
32:00
Speaker 1: shows sponsored by Benjamin Moore, And last segment, we talked
32:04
Speaker 1: about the history of the paint roller. And now in
32:07
Speaker 1: this final segment, the final segment of episode four hundred,
32:10
Speaker 1: I want to talk about something that confuses a ton
32:12
Speaker 1: of people, choosing the right roller cover. And I really
32:16
Speaker 1: don't blame you if you've ever felt if you've gone
32:18
Speaker 1: into the store and felt completely overwhelmed in the paint
32:21
Speaker 1: roller aisle, don't blame you a bit. You know, with
32:24
Speaker 1: all of the different technologies and fabrics and marketing claims
32:27
Speaker 1: that are in your face, picking the right roller cover
32:30
Speaker 1: for your paint can feel incredibly daunting, and honestly, to
32:34
Speaker 1: make it even worse, you know, to make you know,
32:36
Speaker 1: to raise the stakes, there really is a right roller
32:40
Speaker 1: cover that you should pick for certain products. And to
32:42
Speaker 1: make it even worse, there are wrong covers that you
32:46
Speaker 1: can pick that will lead to subpar results. So getting
32:49
Speaker 1: it right matters even more than you might have thought
32:52
Speaker 1: it did. And that's exactly why buying paint from a
32:55
Speaker 1: specialty store really does help you out. You know, at Repcolite,
32:59
Speaker 1: paint isn't just one of the products that we carry
33:01
Speaker 1: amongst you know, tons and tons of other things. It's
33:04
Speaker 1: what we do day in and day out, So our
33:07
Speaker 1: team knows the ins and outs of roller covers and
33:09
Speaker 1: they're going to make sure that you leave with the
33:10
Speaker 1: right one for your paint and for your projects. So
33:13
Speaker 1: if you don't want to memorize or digest or you know,
33:18
Speaker 1: consume all of the information that I'm going to dish
33:20
Speaker 1: out here in the next few minutes, just just stop
33:23
Speaker 1: in it Repcolite. We'll get you the right product. But
33:26
Speaker 1: with that said, it's still good to have some info,
33:29
Speaker 1: and so we're going to spin through it. And in
33:31
Speaker 1: order to make this information on roller covers as easy
33:33
Speaker 1: as possible, I've done a couple of things. I've compiled
33:36
Speaker 1: it the segment in kind of I've broken it into
33:40
Speaker 1: some different categories, you know, different surfaces that you might
33:42
Speaker 1: be painting, and then a recommended cover for those surfaces
33:46
Speaker 1: and you know, for different paint products. So we'll look
33:48
Speaker 1: at it that way, and to help even more, I've
33:51
Speaker 1: got a guide that you can find online. Just go
33:53
Speaker 1: to repco light dot com and I've got a roller
33:55
Speaker 1: cover guide right on the home page, so you can
33:57
Speaker 1: check that out. All right, let's look at some different
34:00
Speaker 1: surfaces and different types of paint that you could be
34:02
Speaker 1: using and figure out which roller cover is going to
34:05
Speaker 1: be best for that. And let's start with cabinets doors trim.
34:09
Speaker 1: You know, you're painting your kitchen cabinets. What cover would
34:11
Speaker 1: you want to use for that? You know, it's a
34:13
Speaker 1: common project, lots of people are doing that, and if
34:16
Speaker 1: you happen to be brushing and rolling the product on,
34:18
Speaker 1: not spraying it on, an ideal roller cover to use
34:21
Speaker 1: would be the Wooster microplush roller cover. Now, these covers
34:24
Speaker 1: are woven and they're shed resistant. Now the shed resistant
34:27
Speaker 1: is really important. You're not going to end up with
34:29
Speaker 1: linty little fibers left behind in your paint, so you
34:32
Speaker 1: want to make sure you get something that's shed resistant.
34:35
Speaker 1: The microplush cover, the micro in its name is referring
34:39
Speaker 1: to the fibers, you know, the fiber size, the fibers
34:41
Speaker 1: that make up the cover, and it's highlighting the fact
34:44
Speaker 1: that these fibers in this particular cover are ultrafine compared
34:48
Speaker 1: to other roller cover fibers. And what that means is
34:52
Speaker 1: that they're going to leave behind way less texture as
34:55
Speaker 1: they apply the paint. It's going to give you almost
34:57
Speaker 1: a sprayed like finish. The Wooster microplush cover is very
35:01
Speaker 1: densely packed. You know, all the fibers are densely packed,
35:04
Speaker 1: and that means it's gonna hold less paint. So that
35:06
Speaker 1: is something you'll be dealing with. It's gonna hold less paint,
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Speaker 1: you'll have to be refilling it more often. The good
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Speaker 1: thing is this slows down the application process and creates
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Speaker 1: that ultra smooth finish that you're looking for. These covers
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Speaker 1: can be used with any paint and they're absolutely ideal.
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Speaker 1: Like I said, for cabinets, doors, and trim, you can
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Speaker 1: use them on walls. You know, every now and then
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Speaker 1: somebody thinks they want that ultra smooth finish on their walls.
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Speaker 1: But the frequent dipping and refilling that's necessary usually means
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Speaker 1: you're working way too hard to get the paint on
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Speaker 1: your walls. It's just not worth all that extra work. Generally,
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Speaker 1: what you gain in smoothness on your wall isn't worth
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Speaker 1: what you lose in speed and efficiency. But again for cabinets, doors,
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Speaker 1: and trim, the microplush cover it's a great choice no
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Speaker 1: matter what paint you're using. All right, let's talk walls
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Speaker 1: and ceilings. I've got a couple options that I'm gonna highlight.
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Speaker 1: If you're painting either of those surfaces. The Wooster Produzy
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Speaker 1: and the Wooster Produzy FTP, these are our go to
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Speaker 1: covers really for painting walls and ceilings. The Produzy is
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Speaker 1: a professional quality, all purpose roller cover that works on
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Speaker 1: dry wall, plaster, smooth to lightly textured surfaces, pretty much
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Speaker 1: anything you know, walls and ceiling wise, it holds a
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Speaker 1: good amount of paint, it's going to move fast, it's
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Speaker 1: going to release the paint evenly. It's a great all
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Speaker 1: purpose roller cover. Now the Wooster Produzy FTP, now this
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Speaker 1: is another professional quality cover, but it's making use of
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Speaker 1: a slightly different technology for a very specific reason. That
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Speaker 1: FTP in the name that means for today's paint, and
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Speaker 1: that really should make this whole thing pretty easy to
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Speaker 1: remember modern paints. Today's paints, you know, high quality products
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Speaker 1: like Benjamin Moore's Aura or Regal Select, they're often thicker,
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Speaker 1: they've got higher solids content, They're thicker, they dry quicker,
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Speaker 1: and that means that standard roller covers might not pick
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Speaker 1: up enough paint, might release it unevenly, and they might
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Speaker 1: leave streaks if the flow isn't just right now. The
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Speaker 1: controlled release in the FTP covers solves this by ensuring
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Speaker 1: that the roller picks up the optimal mount of paint
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Speaker 1: and distributes it evenly onto the surface. So it fixes
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Speaker 1: all of the concerns that you could have when you're
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Speaker 1: using modern, you know, high solids products. So bottom line,
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Speaker 1: with the Prodzy line of covers for general wall painting
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Speaker 1: with lower solids paint, standard produce he covers work just fine.
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Speaker 1: If you're using a premium high solids paint, go with
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Speaker 1: the produce E FTP covers, but they will work for
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Speaker 1: lower solids paints as well, so you're kind of safe
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Speaker 1: all the way around with the FTP covers. All right.
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Speaker 1: I know that's a ton of info, but to wrap
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Speaker 1: it all up to kind of summarize. For ultra smooth
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Speaker 1: finishes on cabinets, doors and trim, go with the microplush
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Speaker 1: covers from Wooster. For standard walls and ceilings with lower
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Speaker 1: lower solids paints, use the Producey covers. For high end
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Speaker 1: paints on walls and ceilings, you know, paints that have
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Speaker 1: a high solids content like Regal select or Aura, then
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Speaker 1: you're going to want to upgrade to the Produzy FTP covers.
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Speaker 1: There's a ton more that we could say about roller covers.
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Speaker 1: I know that's enough info for a Saturday morning. Choosing
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Speaker 1: the right cover does make a big difference in your
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Speaker 1: final result. So the next time you're at the paint store,
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Speaker 1: don't just grab the cheapest roller cover. Think about your paint,
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Speaker 1: think about your surface, and think about the desired finish.
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Speaker 1: And also, right now, for the rest of the month,
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Speaker 1: we do have a big sale on the producy FTP
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Speaker 1: covers that I talked about. These are those workhorse covers.
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Speaker 1: They're ideal for modern paints and they'll work beautifully with
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Speaker 1: lower solids paints as well. You really can't go wrong
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Speaker 1: with them. They're going to give you a beautiful finish,
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Speaker 1: smooth application, they're shed resistant, so no roller lint in
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Speaker 1: your finish. They're perfect and right now you can grab
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Speaker 1: them for as low as three forty five each, which
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Speaker 1: is a savings of up to a buck seventy per cover.
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Speaker 1: So that is all happening right now at all Repcolite
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Speaker 1: locations now until the end of March. All right, that's
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Speaker 1: a ton of info, but I've got the full notes
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Speaker 1: at repcolite dot com. Just head there and check out
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Speaker 1: the roller cover guide on the homepage. It's going to
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Speaker 1: help you navigate that part of the store a little
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Speaker 1: bit better. And if you're still unsure, just stop out
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Speaker 1: at Repcolite and will make the right recommendation. You honestly
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Speaker 1: don't need to know all this stuff help, so rest easy.
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Speaker 1: All right. That's all the time we've got. We're gonna
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Speaker 1: have to wrap this one up. If you want to
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Speaker 1: catch it again, you can find it online at Repcolight
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Speaker 1: dot com. Remember your next project is way easier than
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Speaker 1: you think it's going to be. Stop out at any
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Speaker 1: repco Lite Paints and let us help. Have a great weekend, everybody.
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Speaker 1: I'll see you next week. I'm Dan Hansen. Thanks for listening.