Paint Trays & Buckets.

Finding the right paint tray can make all the difference between a smooth, professional finish and a frustrating mess. Our comprehensive range of paint trays and paint buckets delivers the reliability and performance that trade professionals and industrial teams demand. From heavy-duty roller trays to precision paint buckets, these essential painting tools are built to handle your toughest projects with ease. Get the job done right the first time with quality equipment that won't let you down.

FAQs

Common questions answered.

Five of the questions we hear most often on carpark and street linemarking gear. Full knowledge base on our FAQ page.

  • Pelican pail or standard tray?

    Wooster Pelican Hand-Held Pail for one-handed cut-in, trim, ladder and tight-access work where a standard tray cannot sit flat. The Pelican is balanced for one-handed grip with a brush in the other hand. Standard tray (Sherlock Bucket Tray) for roller work where the operator loads the roller from a tray on the floor or attached to a bucket lid. Most contractors carry both: Pelican for cut-in, Sherlock for roller.

  • Why use pail liners?

    Pail liners (Wooster Pelican Liners 3-pack) save the cleanup time between paint changes. Load a fresh liner, paint, dispose of the liner at the end of the job or at the next paint change. Liners cost less per use than the time of cleaning out a Pelican between colour changes - standard kit on cabinet contractors and trim painters who switch colours multiple times per job.

  • Wide Boy 20 L bucket: when?

    Wooster Wide Boy Bucket 20 L is the bulk paint loading bucket for roller work. Decant from larger paint drums (e.g. 15 L Damar Aqua, 20 L Crystalite waterborne) into the Wide Boy at job-start; roller loads from a tray attached to the bucket lid. The wider footprint of the Wide Boy resists tipping vs taller buckets. Standard kit on contractor roller crews.

  • Sherlock bucket tray: 356 mm size?

    Wooster Sherlock 356 mm Bucket Tray fits standard 9 inch (228 mm) and 14 inch (355 mm) roller frames. Pair with Wide Boy bucket and matched liners for the full bucket-tray-roller workflow. The 356 mm Sherlock tray is the most-stocked tray size; smaller and larger Sherlock variants cover specialty roller widths.

  • Multi-purpose pail: paint or other materials?

    iQuip Plastic Multi-Purpose Pail and Lid suits paint storage and transport, plus general workshop liquids - solvents, cleaners, prep fluids. Heavier-duty than thin-walled paint-can pails. The matched lid seals for transport and storage. Standard kit on contractor trucks for decanting and on-site liquid handling.

Full guide

Paint Trays & Buckets

Paint trays, buckets, pail liners and pails for roller, brush and pad application work. iQuip plastic pails, Wooster Pelican hand-held pails and pail liners, Wooster Wide Boy bucket and Sherlock bucket trays cover the trade roller and brush workflow.

Hand-held: Wooster Pelican family. Wooster Pelican Hand-Held Pail with matched Pail Liners (3-pack) is the standard one-handed paint pail for trim, cut-in and ladder work. Pelican Liner saves cleanup time between paint changes: load a fresh liner, paint, dispose of liner at job-end.

Bucket and tray: Wide Boy + Sherlock. Wooster Wide Boy Bucket 20 L is the bulk paint loading bucket for roller work. Wooster Sherlock 356 mm Bucket Tray and Liners cover the bucket-tray workflow where a roller frame loads paint from a tray attached to the bucket lid.

Multi-purpose pails. iQuip Plastic Multi-Purpose Pail and Lid covers general paint storage and transport - heavier-duty than typical paint-can pails, suits decanting from larger drums into job-size pails for transport to site.

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