Painting without Brush,Ladders and Horses

Those who have seen a house being painted knows how messy a work it is. First the painters put on the work clothes. Use sand paper/emery paper or stone to clean to scratch the surface to a smooth finish. This will bring all sorts of dusts, old cracked or peeled paint on the floor and the room will be filled with smoke.

Next they use two buckets to mix the paint using a stick or by hand. For height they need the ladder or a contraption which in Malayalam is called “Kuthira” (horse). In high rise buildings they put up bamboo poles which are tied to each other in layers horizontally and vertically for doing exterior work. They place a plank at suitable heights to sit or stand and paint.

Once the painters complete  the whole process their pants and shirt will be messed up with paint and if they don’t wear a cap, their heads will also be quite colorful.

Traditional painting is indeed labour intensive activity. If you are painting your home where you are presently living you need to move certain furniture and utensils or cover them up with cloth or paper. Who doesn’t want a less messier, less laborious and more cleaner way of painting?

High tech is in –Now paint without a Brush

When robots have entered medical surgery and house cleaning, it is quite natural that painting industry would also witness the introduction of high tech equipments. It has already happened thanks to Berger which has launched its super-fast, high tech and efficient Express Painting service.

#Sanding Machine: Instead of a sand paper or stone, they use a sanding machine to clean the wall surface. It has got a speed regulator and a vacuum suction bag where all the peeled paint and dirt is deposited. It is fairly long and can be used on walls and celing. For use on corner walls rotating handles round parts can be replaced to enable smooth movement and cleaning.

#Multipurpose Mixer: For mixing paint untouched by hand, they have a speed-variable multi purpose mixer which looks like an enlarged version of a cream mixer  we use to make cake dough. It can be used to mix putty as well as wall paint. All you need is to put the requisite paint or putty in a bucket, pour sufficient water and place the mixer in it and regulate the speed as required.

# Auto Paint Roller: Instead of brush, painters have started using rollers which do not leave behind any marks on the surface unlike brush. Now Berger has introduced the auto roller to make the actual paint job much easier and say good bye to four-inch brush. It has got a body, roller head, extension pipe, inlet pipe for paint and speed control knob. When suction pipe is connected to the paint container, it draws paint when the machine is switched on. It and the roller will be filled with paint and the machine is ready to start its work. The advantage of auto roller is speed, uniform finish and less labour time.

#Jet Washer not the hose: To clean the exterior walls, why not use the express jet washer instead of the normal hose which can put only at a single speed?  It is a versatile machine with high pressure pipes, spray gun, suction pipe and strainer and comes with a higher pressure washer unit. There is a pressure regulator to control water pressure.

#Automatic sprayer: Then there is the automatic sprayer  that gives a uniform finish on water-based and oil based paints on walls.

You no longer need so many brushes of various sizes to paint! All you need is a paint and a surface!

(For details contact Dulux Paints dealer: Katticaran Paints, Palarivattom & Vytilla Ph:9349413517)