What is this?

[glatt]

Some sort of scraper. Like you move it around the lip of a paint can to get the paint back inside. Except the profile is wrong and that rubber spatula at the top doesn't make sense.

[Glinda]

Originally Posted by glatt

Some sort of scraper. Like you move it around the lip of a paint can to get the paint back inside. Except the profile is wrong and that rubber spatula at the top doesn't make sense.

I think the spatula part at the top is probably metal - it's described as being a tool to open the paint can.

[glatt]

No way!

You know, instead of coming up with a new tool, they should sell paint in containers that don't have that problem.

[Glinda]

Originally Posted by glatt

No way!

You know, instead of coming up with a new tool, they should sell paint in containers that don't have that problem.

Inorite? There has to be a better way.

ETA: And here it is.



Throw away your stirrers and say hello to the first paint container upgrade in decades. Dutch Boy's plastic Twist & Pour Paint Delivery System, otherwise known as a paint can, has a twist-off lid, internal pouring spout, and mug handle. Need to remix? Just close, shake, and pour. Initially available for gallon cans of latex-based paints; quarts will soon follow.

[glatt]

Can you imagine if they sold milk in gallon cans instead of jugs? And you needed a screwdriver to pop the lid and try to pour it into a glass?

[Glinda]

Originally Posted by glatt

Can you imagine if they sold milk in gallon cans instead of jugs? And you needed a screwdriver to pop the lid and try to pour it into a glass?

It's weird that paint can technology hasn't progressed until now. And frankly, that neat Dutch Boy invention should be an industry standard. Surely the plastic upgrade is cheaper to make than metal cans?