LEVEL5 12" Drywall Compound Roller | 4-906

I’m really happy with the results and labor saving’s this product achieves. The only problem is that it seems to shed some of the roller material the first few times using it but there’s a painter’s trick for that.

Once you get the hang of it. You can do light or a heavier texture which gives a different look. I was going over old manufactured wall board. I would practice before you start a large area. I will try to update with pictures. Take a while to get clean as it hold a lot. I found putting my mud on wall with spatula first than you can control the thickness worked much better than trying to roll it in a pan first, it splatered a lot more mud and it was harder to control the consistency in my texture.

Best of the best and works well

I was surprised at how much I liked this roller. It rolled smooth, there were a couple of nylon fuzzies I had to pick out (but honestly, I expected a little bit of that), and an overall great product. My only comment (and the reason I gave it 4 stars and not 5) was that the threading that attaches to an extension pole stripped the second time I used it. I was super careful not to over tighten and it still pulled out. Funny enough, I initially really liked the design of the extension pole threading. It’s set deeper inside the handle which is a smart design move. I was going to give it a 5 star review, but have to bump it down a star because it stripped so easily. All that said, I’d buy it again, but I’m going to look for some sort of female adapter so I can use it with an extension pole.

The threads on the inside of the handle were extremely cheap and of course stripped out on our first job. I would recommend anyone wanting this roller to put it on a different frame. Dont waste your money on this overpriced cheaply made one.

Used these for several jobs- they hold compound extremely well and evenly distribute on surfaces. The level 5 gear truly does make mudding a breeze. If you are experienced with taping, mudding, etc- you can’t go wrong with purchasing the roller, skimming blades, etc. they truly knock hours off of jobs and make finishing drywall work a breeze. Highly recommended.

This is great to apply mud on large areas. Works great until small bits start to fall off. I got this to work on flat wall finish around the house. After 3 days of using it some of the roller strands started to fall off when rolling on the mud. This would leave huge marks on the walls after going over them with the taping knife. If you’ve ever worked of flat walls (or any taping really) you know how frustrating this is. It does work better than a normal paint roller to apply mud.

Pros - sturdy/inexpensive/easy to clean/ - applies compound really evenly without much splatter Cons - not a standard handle, doesn’t fit on normal poles threaded or quick lock types - didn’t hold as much compound as I thought it would Overall I love it. A lil mcguyver action to hook up to a pole and it was ready. Performed great. I laid a section and rolled a decorative roller through it just to test with this method and it worked well. I laid a section then quick 16 inch blade smoothed out and then decorative roller worked perfectly. Then used it to skim the entire ceiling and again it worked perfectly. I’d say buy it because even though other methods can achieve the same results, I feel this roller takes a lot less effort to achieve those same results and it is not very expensive

Works perfect, so helpful.

Another Great tool by Level 5

My only complaint is some of the brissells would come off while rolling and the handle doesn't allow for a pole to attach

The idea is great but the rollar is very bad. It leaves little black hairs all over your work causing you to have to redo everything. The manufacturer should be responsible for the extra time and materials to remove it all and redo it.

Works okay but only fits this roller and small plastic black hairs comes off if as you roll compound. So it ends up messing you up on your passes