Some surfaces defeat both a brush and a roller. The recessed seam between deck boards, the groove in tongue and groove siding, the channel where two planks meet. A roller rides over the top and leaves the recess dry. A brush reaches it slowly, and loads the surrounding face unevenly while doing so.

The Crack & Groove Tool is shaped for exactly that geometry. It carries stain or sealer down into the gap and along it in a single pass, so the recess is coated to the same depth as the face around it. That matters because a deck usually fails at the seams first, where water sits longest and drains slowest.

Built for the work

A two sided woven pad on a polypropylene handle. Two sided means you can turn it over and keep working rather than stopping to clean or replace, and the woven face holds enough stain to complete a run without constant reloading. The polypropylene handle will not swell, rot or corrode when it spends the day wet with solvent or waterborne stain.

Why the 2 inch

This is the detail size. It goes where the 6 inch cannot: short returns, tight corners, stair stringers, balusters, the awkward last few inches against a wall or post. On most jobs it works alongside the 6 inch rather than instead of it, one for the long runs and one for everything that interrupts them.

Specifications

• Item number: 3738
• UPC: 075325037383
• Size: 2 in
• Pad: Two-sided woven
• Handle: Polypropylene
• Pack: Carton of 24
• Origin: Made in USA