It really works. I used a paint pad this spring on my new equipment and it work great. BIll Hughes Bent Holly Honey Farm Brighton, Tennessee USA << A few postings have mentioned good ways to paint or preserve hives. I've had great luck with piling my boxes high and then using a painting device called a "pad" - a 5" wide pad of fuzzy fabric with a handle, used, usually, for painting walls around door and window trim. It's smooth, wide and applies a nice, even thin coat of paint on the boxes. I suppose a roller might also be good and even wider but I don't like the spray and spatter rollers make and their paint delivery is not as good as this pad. I can do a 10 high stack of hives, all sides in aboaut 10 minutes with this pad. A great work saver and a fine project for winter months. Faith Andrews Bedford Tampa and Ivy, VA>>