Hyde 209651 17 in 1 Painters Multi Tool

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Also, knowing from personal experience how nice it can be to have a quick and dirty screwdriver on hand while prepping a room for paint, we keyed in on tools with that feature as well. 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. 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.

com, states, “In the short while I’ve owned my 17-in-1 Hyde Painter’s Multi-Tool, it has come in handy for filling voids in the bathroom subfloor that I’m prepping for tile, removing old caulk along the base of the tub, setting protruding nail heads, removing old drywall screws, and knocking down the nubs on the wall I’m about to paint. 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.Each of these pieces can be inserted into the removable cap, which provides something to hold on to while you use them. The blade of the Hyde also has two wrench cutouts (¾-inch and 11/16-inch), which are sized to fit the connections on a paint sprayer. So if you’re using the cap to tap a nail in and you’re not careful, you’ll end up with a hex imprint on the wood.

Within four minutes of starting our testing, one of the magnets that holds the screwdriver bits to the handle fell off.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. For prep, the edge of the tool can scrape old paint and apply putty; the pointed corner can gouge out a plaster or drywall crack for repair; the center hole can pry up a nail, and the little screwdriver can remove outlet covers and pendant lighting. For this guide, we also spoke with Mark Clement, licensed contractor and co-host of the MyFixitUpLife radio show.