Any paint roller seems unusable after 20 minutes!

sourpuss2021

stuart45 said:

As plumb1_2 said, stick it in a plastic bag. If you wash the sleeves, or brushes inbetween coats the water left in them mixes with the paint and runs. 
A friend of mine used a spinner to clean the sleeves. It's a lot quicker.

Thanks that’s useful to know!  I had always thought they would dry out unless immediately washed in soapy water and didn’t know about the plastic bag trick.

I read your post a little late since having run out of ceiling paint I just washed the roller in the sink.  Pretty amazing how much paint came out of it - maybe I should just have gone for a shorter pile.  I’ll try that next time…

daveyjp

Trick with rollers is choose the correct one and reload little and often, rolling on the ribs of the tray to even out the paint on the roller.

If I need rollers or brushes next day I wrap them in clingfilm.

mi-key

Many years ago I did some part time holiday work for a decorating company. We were doing the painting on a block of council houses. Near the end of the day all the painters bought me their rollers and told me to wash them out. I spent probably an hour washing a dozen sleeves out in cold water in the middle of winter and was soaked and freezing.

The next morning I got in and the painters were already working, and there was my pile of nicely washed rollers where I had left them. The boss came over and said 'oh by the way, we chuck them out at the end of the day and use fresh ones as we only pay a quid for them' !! 

plumb1_2

Just load them up only a little, the bag um. Should be ok to use in 4 weeks.
Your just washing paint away, and if you don’t use enough water you’ll end up blocking the trap.

housebuyer143

My father in law uses a ruler to scrap the roller over the tin, loads of paint comes out and can be reused. Then he washes the roller.

stuart45

There is a tool you can get for a couple a quid specially designed for this.
For around £20 you can get a spinner from Brewers that will clean the roller sleeve in a couple of minutes.

twopenny

I scrape the paint out then put them in a bucket of water for an hour or three.
Most of the paint seeps out and dilutes so easily washed out under a fast flowing tap.

GrubbyGirl_2

sourpuss2021 said:

stuart45 said:

As plumb1_2 said, stick it in a plastic bag. If you wash the sleeves, or brushes inbetween coats the water left in them mixes with the paint and runs. 
A friend of mine used a spinner to clean the sleeves. It's a lot quicker.

Thanks that’s useful to know!  I had always thought they would dry out unless immediately washed in soapy water and didn’t know about the plastic bag trick.

I read your post a little late since having run out of ceiling paint I just washed the roller in the sink.  Pretty amazing how much paint came out of it - maybe I should just have gone for a shorter pile.  I’ll try that next time…

I had my whole house renovated and redecorated (painted white).  took the decorator 2 weeks and he never washed his roller once just put in a plastic bag.

danrv

I just clean rollers the same way as brushes. Rinse thoroughly with water and dry naturally.
Always seem to be ok to reuse. 
Good idea about bagging it if using again the next day.

MalMonroe

mi-key said:

Many years ago I did some part time holiday work for a decorating company. We were doing the painting on a block of council houses. Near the end of the day all the painters bought me their rollers and told me to wash them out. I spent probably an hour washing a dozen sleeves out in cold water in the middle of winter and was soaked and freezing.

The next morning I got in and the painters were already working, and there was my pile of nicely washed rollers where I had left them. The boss came over and said 'oh by the way, we chuck them out at the end of the day and use fresh ones as we only pay a quid for them' !! 

No wonder councils never have any money, hiring such contractors! That's just crazy. Even at £1 each it was wasteful. Let's hope they don't do that any more - costs are always passed along to council tenants, and I'm one of those. What a waste and what a landfill mess, because I suppose you can't freegle or recycle them.