
Ratings & Reviews for Wagner 13-in x PaintStick EZ Roller Smooth Paint Roller Cover
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What Customers Are Saying
Customers are divided on this paint roller. Most praise its time-saving convenience, eliminating paint trays and cutting painting time in half with a mess-free experience. However, a substantial portion report significant drawbacks: excessive paint waste, leakage from the handle and ends, and mechanical failures including the roller detaching unexpectedly or the suction mechanism failing. Many find it heavy for ceiling work and tedious to clean. While efficiency gains appeal to satisfied users, paint waste and reliability issues lead others to return to traditional rollers, reflecting mixed customer sentiment overall.
Customer review summary generated by AI, including incentivized reviews.Good concept
Would Not RecommendThis is a great concept but a little hard to get clean. And it goes through a lot of paint.
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Waste of money
Doesn’t work well. Complete waste of money
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Hello DIY job,
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Roll marks galore
Would Not RecommendIf you want roll marks every where then this is the product for you otherwise don't bother.
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PaintStick: Great Tool
PaintStick is a great tool for saving time, especially if you are painting surfaces using a ladder. No problem cleaning and reusing the roller several times before needing to replace.
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Thanks very much. Enjoy your projects.
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follow instructions
Would Recommendliked ease of use on paintstick
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Thank you.
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attractive features but with drawbacks
Would Not RecommendBought it to paint walls and ceilings. It's cool how you can draw paint direct from the can into the sticks stem (like drawing blood). squeeze a lever to add paint to the roller. The problem is that it is not evenly distributed so it's difficult to put on smooth coats (compared to a regular roller). Harder to nuance by adding pressure to the pole. It was a bit too short for me to do the ceiling. Gave me a terrible crock in the neck. The cleanup process was inconvenient, messy, and burdenso...
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Do not buy this unless you hate money
This product is absolutely the worst thing I've ever used. It uses so much paint unnecessarily. It's a pain in the rear to clean, you have to really push it against the wall to paint. The only nice thing about it is it doesn't really make a mess. I would rather use a traditional roller than this thing.
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Interior painting only!!
Would Not RecommendThe label should say" for interior surfaces only."
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Actually, the PaintStick comes with a 3/8" nap roller cover, which is typically for interior walls. You can purchase separately a 3/4" nap ro...

Uses ALOT of paint
Would Not RecommendRoller does not paint evening.
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It's important to saturate the roller cover with paint, then refill the PaintStick before starting to apply paint to your project. Call us for he...

Doesn’t work as advertised, a lot of hassle
Would Not RecommendWould not spread paint, had to keep pulling the trigger to get play to the roller, paint wouldn’t stay on roller getting all over the floor, more work than worth the time.
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We're sorry to hear about the trouble. Contact us for help at 1-800-328-8251 or customerservice@wagner-group.com .
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Fast & Easy
Would RecommendOnce I figured out that I had to really push the filler port down onto the spout to load it. Then if filled really well and worked great for me. Clean up was a little more details than I wished and I couldn't get all the tint out of the roller which is annoying to me but it is cleanlubed and ready to go for my next project.
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Hello Keri,
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