Electric Paint Roller Converted Into Wick Wiper

Electric Paint Roller Converted Into Wick Wiper CROPS Miscellaneous After reading about how Donald Bunch kills weeds by spraying Roundup out of a 1-quart spray bottle onto an ordinary handheld paint roller Vol 35 No 5 Robert Witt of Summerdale Ala sent information about how he uses a Wagner electric paint roller to kill weeds Witt needed a way to wipe out weeds along his flowerbeds gardens and walkways without the danger of spray drifting onto flowers and shrubs He came up with an automated system that lets him kill weeds right from his riding mower He pulls a 22-gal plastic tank rigged up with an on-demand pump behind his mower A 3/8-in dia by 100-ft long plastic hose runs out from the tank to a valve and brass wand from a 1-gal hand pump sprayer A length of 1/2-in dia plastic pipe runs down to the roller with a couple of reducer adapters at each end of the pipe The Wagner paint sprayer came equipped with a hollow curved metal rod that ran through a black plastic handle The operator stuck the rod in a can of paint and then the paint was pumped into the roller exiting through a series of small holes inside the roller Witt simply glued the plastic hose to the handle of the roller A 1/2-in dia wooden dowel rod is clamped onto the plastic pipe for reinforcement “It’s really easy to use All I do is push the valve and herbicide automatically gets pumped into the paint roller ” says Witt “The valve makes it easy to keep the roller wet I run the roller on grass and weeds between my tomato and pepper plants and around pecan trees along fence rows I’ve used it for 2 years and am still using the same paint roller pad “If I want I can attach a wand so I can use it as an ordinary handheld sprayer ” he notes Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Robert A Witt 18801 Couch Plant Rd Summerdale Ala 36580 ph 251 989-6683

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