Why not Design PAINT PORTER to fit a Standard Nine Inch Roller?
As to the question of designing the PAINT PORTER to use the rollers already on the market, there are a number of reasons why this is not a good idea. At the top of the list is the size of the bucket required to accommodate a 9 roller, the bucket would have to be 4 by 11.5, with a volume of 1.5 gallons. This means that if you wanted to use it for brushwork, you would need to carry around twelve pounds of paint; the shear size and volume of this design would make it impractical for all but the most robust persons. The weight of the a 9 sleeve and cage roller, in order to work properly, has to be made out of such substantial material as to make it quite heavy, thus reducing the usefulness for the potential market. Manufacturing such a product in the future is under consideration and will be called PAINT PORTER Pro; this would be for a small professional market and probably retail for about $49.95. The present design of PAINT PORTER is a multipurpose tool that can be used for both a roller
