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As seen on TV: a paint roller with problems.(Paint Runner)(Evaluation)
The Paint Runner, $20 plus shipping, claims to be nothing less than extraordinary--\cheaper, quicker, and more convenient than an ordinary paint roller.
It works like this: Instead of using a paint tray, you pour paint (up to a quart) into the roller tube of the Paint Runner and close the cap. As you roll, paint is released. The roller rinses clean in seconds, the ads say.
Our experience would not make for good ad copy.
Prep. Once you've poured paint into the Paint Runner, you're supposed to roll it over newspapers to allow the paint to seep out to the roller pad. This took us 3 to 5 minutes--\and left us with a wet mess. By contrast, we rolled a regular roller in a paint tray ...
- Less mess and less time.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) July 12, 2009 700+ words
with the Paint Runner System. A revolution in home decorating The Paint Runner is a revolutionary design in paint rolling...all surfaces. Included with your kit is the Paint Runner Edger, great for painting evenly along side...
- In-line skate experiments needn't end at a hospital. (Originated from...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Bruni, Frank November 5, 1993 700+ words
...U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in Washington, D.C., received many more reports in 1992 on injuries from regular roller skates (125,528) than from in-line skates (10,825). But officials there note that 1992 was the first year for...
- Family on the fast track.(11-year-old Ryan Cox and 9-year-old Jennifer Cox are...
- Magazine article from: U.S. Kids Struck, Beth October 1, 1995 700+ words
...practices, Ryan placed second in his first meet. Now, at age eleven, Ryan races competitively on both in-line skates and regular roller skates, known as quads. He is a 1994 United States Confederation of Roller Skating national champion in the elementary...
- Wheelies Rocketing Rollerblades; In-Line Skates Are the Latest Rage
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Mark Weiner May 5, 1989 700+ words
...and a boot fashioned from a supportive polyurethane shell, the skates were faster, lighter and more easy to control than regular roller skates. They also were relatively easy to ride. Rollerblade first directed its product to off-season players of the...
- FIVE-YEAR-OLD SKATING DAREDEVIL QUICKLY LEARNS HOW TO BLADE WITH THE BIG...
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot Krauskopf, Lewis October 17, 1997 700+ words
...comes up about waist-high on the other skaters. He's Daniel Marinelli, and he's 5. Since July, Daniel has been a regular roller blader at the park, swooping up and down the ramps among boys literally three times his size and his age. With mom and...
- Get your skates on.(Features)
- Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England) December 3, 2003 700+ words
...started in London and gradually spread across the country. Middlesbrough boasted one of the first, opening up in 1979. Regular roller discos also started up in Jarrow and Wallsend and they were held at Newcastle's Mayfair ballroom. Disco classics including...
- SEVERAL LOCAL STORES TO CLOSE DOORS THIS MONTH.(BUSINESS)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot February 7, 2004 700+ words
...to liquidation sales related to "the expected closing of approximately 111 stores." The mall closings are part of the regular roller-coaster of retail and haven't caused too much concern. "It's par for the course," Ladd said. "Almost inevitably...
- Bumpy Christmas Shopping Season Contributes to Store Closings in Norfolk, Va.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News February 7, 2004 700+ words
...to liquidation sales related to "the expected closing of approximately 111 stores." The mall closings are part of the regular roller-coaster of retail and haven't caused too much concern. "It's par for the course," Ladd said. "Almost inevitably...
