TODAY I’M TRYING A PAINTER’S MITT FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AND SHARING MY THOUGHTS ON HOW IT WORKS | YOUTUBE TUTORIAL COMING THIS SATURDAY!
Hi sweet friends! Today I’m sharing how I painted my fence using a gadget I picked up from the ReStore – a $2 Painter’s Mitt! I’ll admit I wasn’t brave enough to try it for the first time on my furniture. But I have a good idea of how it works now that used it to paint my picket fence. I’m sharing my thoughts on using a paint mitt to paint spindles, fences, railings, and other hard-to-reach areas.
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Here are a few pics of my picket fence after I prepped it for paint with a power wash. My brother-in-law built this fence when I first moved into this house 18 years ago and it’s still standing strong!
It also does a great job of keeping the dogs in while separating the fur babies from my vegetable garden in the back portion of the yard. Too bad it doesn’t help with the bunnies, chipmunks, squirrels, birds, snakes, and skunks as well. teehee
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Picket Fence Painters Mitt 3″ Wooster Paint Brush 4″ Lint Free Rollers Coffee Bean Gravel Road
After I powered-washed the fence and let it dry for a few weeks (lol), I finally had the urge to get out there and paint. I tested a few of my favorite furniture paint colors. I was positive this Coffee Bean was going to be the exact brown/black I wanted to update the fence but it turned out to be much too dark. When I tried Gravel Road, it looked like a soft black on the fence – exactly what I was looking for. Outdoor lighting can make all the difference so if at all possible, I strongly recommend testing colors before buying.
I went to Lowes and picked up a gallon of Valspar’s Duramax Exterior Paint + Primer in the color “Semi-Sweet”. It’s a really close match to the Gravel Road but slightly warmer.
When I got home I busted out my painters’ mitt and tried it on for size. They come in one-size-fits-all but my little hand was swimming in this mitt.
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It was super loose. Also, the inside is lined with plastic so the paint doesn’t sink through to your hand — but I found it challenging to get a grip and be precise. Next time I will try wearing one of my nitrile paint gloves underneath, and that may help a little. I didn’t feel comfortable or confident enough to dip the mitt into the paint tray to pick up the paint so instead, I rolled some paint onto the mitt to load it up.
Once it was loaded I gave it a try. It worked! I really found it helpful and a time saver to get in between the pickets and paint the sides of the boards. And if this was as simple as a straight board going up and down without the cross boards getting in the way, it would have gone even faster! I did shoot a short video so you can see it in action which I’ll be publishing this Saturday.
Just as with a roller or paint brush you definitely need two or three coats but these painters’ mitts do work! Depending on what you’re painting they can be a time saver. I would say it saved me some time painting the sides of the boards but I didn’t find it any faster than a roller painting the front and back of the boards.
In my opinion, these painter’s mitts are great for saving time on ROUNDED edges but don’t work as well as say a roller or brush on flat surfaces.
When I went inside for a break, I put it back into its original plastic bag (just as you would wrap your roller or brush in plastic) so it wouldn’t dry out.
And because the mitt was so ill-fitting and I couldn’t get into the details, I still needed to use my 3″ Wooster paintbrush to get into all the crevices.
And I found painting the front and back of the boards quicker and cleaner with a 4″ lint-free roller.
I believe these painters’ mitts would be AMAZING if they came in different sizes. There would be much more control and I could get into the details. That said, if you have larger hands and don’t have too many obstacles around what you’re painting, these can be a time saver.
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Off-topic but some of you ladies may appreciate this. What these painters’ mitts work amazing at is a mitt for self-tanning! I’ve been using my other mitt to apply this self-tanning mousse all summer and it works great because it covers such a large area! Then when I’m done, I don’t clean it. I just stuff it back into the plastic bag until my next use.
The weather turned and I only ended up finishing the back garden fence. Luckily the rain held out long enough for the paint to dry. When I paint the picket fence on the driveway side this week, I’ll have to look at the weather forecast to make sure I have a couple of sunny rain free days before I start. There is still a lot of work to do in the yard but here’s where I’m at now…
But check it out. Doesn’t it look updated and beautiful with the Semi-Sweet paint!?!
I love it! It’s a big change from the traditional white-picked fence but it certainly adds more drama to the yard.
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I’ll be back next week with a fun inspiring round-up on Tuesday and a gorgeous furniture makeover along with my Furniture Fixer Upper Crew on Thursday. Have a super week and see you then!
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK OF THIS PAINTER’S MITT OR FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE… I ALWAYS LOVE HEARING FROM YOU. IT MAKES MY DAY! 🙂
Happy furniture painting friends!
Denise x
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