How to Paint Using a Roller
For large, flat surfaces, painting by roller is easier than painting by brush for the average do-it-yourself painter.
Select a roller with a comfortable-to-hold handle and try several dry sweeps across the surface until you get the hang of it.
When you buy a roller, you find that it may come as part of a set –the roller itself, and a sloping metal or plastic tray. Pour paint into the tray until approximately two-thirds of the corrugated bottom is covered.
Dip the roller into the paint in the shallow section of the tray, and roll it back and forth until it is well covered. If the roller drips when you lift it from the tray, it is overloaded.
Squeeze out some of the paint by pressing the roller against the upper part of the tray above the paint line.
Apply paint by moving the roller back and forth over the surface being painted – first up and down in long, even strokes, then across. Reload the roller with paint as needed.
Rollers used with alkyd or oil-base paints should be cleaned with turpentine or mineral spirits. When latex paint has been used, soap and water will do a satisfactory cleaning job. If any kind of paint has been allowed to dry on the roller, a paint remover or brush-cleaning solvent will be needed.
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simplyoj | Dec 10, 2009 | Reply
nice images.
deep blue | Dec 10, 2009 | Reply
I love painting with images. Your kind of painting is interesting as well. Thanks for the tips.
Authoress Terry E. Lyle | Dec 10, 2009 | Reply
I agree with deepblue, thanks for the share.
Ramalingam | Dec 10, 2009 | Reply
A special gadget for painting.Thanks for sharing..
T. S. Lewis | Dec 10, 2009 | Reply
My parents paint for a living and you summed it up well.
chitragopi | Dec 10, 2009 | Reply
Oh! Quite interesting. Seems easy.
Frances Lawrence | Dec 10, 2009 | Reply
Good advice, thank you.
Snooky | Dec 10, 2009 | Reply
The illustrations put this over very well
cutedrishti8 | Dec 10, 2009 | Reply
Seem very easy..Thanks for sharing this
Sue Nuckles | Dec 10, 2009 | Reply
Interesting article.
papaleng | Dec 11, 2009 | Reply
Though I’m not a house painter, I’ve good in using paint roller. you have shared what an amateur painter should know.
Yovita Siswati | Dec 11, 2009 | Reply
Thanks for the tips.
giftarist | Dec 11, 2009 | Reply
Well written and sound advice!