In the painting industry, profit margins are low and time is very valuable. As the downward economic spiral continues, as a business, we need to be always be on the lookout for ways to cut our production costs but keep the quality we deliver at our high standards.
This is why I am always on the lookout for new products and procedures that could potential help our painters achieve their jobs faster, achieve higher quality or both.
Recently I was in Home Depot and I came across a product called Painter’s Pyramid. This product looked simple enough, it is literally 10 little triangle pyramids roughly 2 inches high each, but looking at it I though it could really have some potential for painting cabinet doors. So I purchased two packages of these Painter’s Pyramids.
A Little Background Painting Cabinet Doors
When painters spray cabinet doors, there are basically two ways of doing this.
The first and fastest way is to hang them vertically (I will be adding a post about this method soon). This allows you to spray both sides of the doors at once and you can complete your spraying in a relatively small area. In order to spray this way a painter must have lots of practice and be extremely good at finishing as it is very easy to get runs in your finish.
The second way, and the easiest for painters, is to lay them flat on a table and spray one side at a time. By laying them flat painters are able to spray without getting any runs. This is the way we start all new painters or we will spray this way on site if there is no way of hanging our doors.
We used the Painter’s Pyramids for spraying our doors flat on a table. If you lay your doors directly on the table you can have multiple problems. The first is that the paint will bond your door to the table, which is obviously a big problem. The second is that it is very hard to get your spray gun low enough to the table to spray the edges properly.
The Painter’s Pyramid actually solves both of those problems quite nicely. By placing four of these pyramids under the door while spraying we were able to lift the door up off the table (2″). This allowed us to get the spray gun to a proper angle for spraying the edges of the doors and to not have any paint build up where the door meets the table.
Obviously most painters have figured out solutions to these problems already such as placing blocks of woods, sanding sponges or something else under their doors while spraying, but the Painters Pyramids had a couple of hidden benefits as well.
Because the pyramids come to a nice point on the top and you can put many of them under your doors. They don’t damage the bottom sides of your doors while spraying. They also make it quite easy to get your hands under the doors and move them to a drying area.
Painters Pyramid Conclusion
For the $8-$12 you will have to spend on a pack of 10 of these pyramids they are a great tool to have in your painting arsenal. I have stocked our painters all with 30+ pyramids each. Since they don’t take up a lot of space they are really a no brainer for any painter looking for ways to get an edge.
Although we don’t use them for much else, I can definitely think of quite a few ways that other painters or homeowners could use the Painters Pyramid. Painting Furniture, Doors, Double Hung Windows, anything that is not attached really.
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