Hyde 209651 17 in 1 Painters Multi Tool

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This patented multi-tool is the perfect worksite addition for any pro - but especially for pro painters who work with spray equipment. Hyde 06985 17 in 1 Painter's Multi Tool combining the company’s trademark high-quality, lightweight design with a tool that can perform 17 functions. The Hyde 17-in-1 multitool looks chiefly useful for painting and plastering, but can also be used as a screwdriver, bottle opener, hammer, open end wrench, and other tasks. Squeezing out excess paint may not seem like a big deal, but you could argue it’s this tool’s most important task, because once you start adding up the dollar value of the paint you throw away on a full roller, it’s too much to ignore. If you just want a basic painter’s tool for a minimal investment, we recommend the Hyde 06986 6-in-1 Multi-Tool.

It is missing a number of the functions of our main pick, such as the small roller cut-out, the screwdrivers, and the bottle opener.The 10th and 11th applications are the ¾" and 11/16" wrenches you need to connect your whip hose to both your spray gun and your main airless hose.

Because of the benefits of the small roller cutout, we feel these failings are offset by the overall usefulness of the tool.I don’t normally embed manufacturers’ video but in this case I did because it’s the best way to show what the tool can do—and also because it’s kind of amusing. In fact, properly used, this tool will probably pay for itself after just one or two painting projects. When I asked Clement about painter’s multitools, he said, “Almost any time you need to lever, wedge, scrape, gouge, cut, clean … I can go on … they’re a go-to.

and 11/16" wrenches you need to connect your ship hose to both your spray gun and your main airless hose. We also noticed that after a decent amount of use and banging paint lids back on, the butt end of the Hyde became dented. Like most similar tools, the Hyde can open a can of paint, scrape and apply putty, set a nailhead, open a bottle, pull a nail, and unscrew little things like electrical plates or light enclosures. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Using the 17-in-1 as a screwdriver is really an “emergency only” option, so it needs to be functional and little else.The reality is that the screwdriver bits are probably the least important functions that the tool has to offer, particularly if you already own the Megapro 13-in-1 screwdriver (which we highly recommend). Hyde’s newest tool combines the company’s trademark high-quality, lightweight design with a tool that can: 1. The screwdriver storage is a little better on it, with the bits accessed through the side of the handle and placed into the butt end of the cap when in use. to skate on the flux once it got hot, so I held them still with my (I swear I use this every day) painter’s multi-tool. The nail set is really low quality and it actually bent the first time we tried to use it (none of the other painter’s tools come with a nail set).