Word to the wise. I dont know why, but decided to attempt to clean my rollers in the dishwasher. Didnt work.
I think the coil in the dishwasher got the water so hot it baked the paint so I had a gooey layer of paint over everything.
Wife was pissed (rightfully so) and I spent a few hours cleaning the dishwasher.
Had to throw out the 18″ roller too. (I can chuckle about it now 5 days later cause I did not destroy the dishwasher)
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I quit cleaning roller sleeves when I saw a tip about putting them in ziplock baggies, as soon as you stop rolling paint for the day.
That's worked well. The sleeves last just as long and get tossed out only at the end of the job, never having been cleaned.
I use the $8-10 roller sleeves only - the lambswool ones. They clean out faster and easier than any of the synthetic ones.I used to think, why bother, buy them and use em and throw them out. But the lambswool models paint soooo much better and no lint and nice texture and at $9 each, can't be throwing them out.I've got a few I've been reusing for years.JT
I agree with you about the better quality sleeves. The do hold much more paint and cover more easily too. I seldom use anything else.
It's not that you have to throw them out at the end of a job if you've been keeping them in ziplocs during off hours. You can still wash them carefully and keep them when the job is over, if that's your inclination. So, instead of washing a sleeve for ten minutes or more every day, just do it once at the end of the job.
To me that's much saner.
Edited 2/24/2008 11:41 am by Hudson Valley Carpenter
I just got back from a home show and went to a seminar on DIY faux finishing with the bride and the demonstrator some guy from HGTV cleans all his painting supplies in Water with a few ounces of fabric softner in it he was done in 10 seconds. This works only for latex paint of course.
Haven't been home long enough to try it but will as we have tons of painting to do at our house before graduation this spring.
Prior to this I used the plastic bag and freezer trick as well.
Ebe
We must be related..were you born in Norristown too? LOL
I once cooked a dogwood mallet in the microwave to dry the greenwood turning..ummm..don't do that either.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Nope.
Born at Temple. Dad grew up in Oreland and we moved to Plumsteadville when I was born. (Plumsteadville is the land of fa, somewhere north of Doylestown, if you are of the right generation to have listened to the Morning Zoo in the early 80's.)
Now in Chadds Ford. Too expensive here, moving this spring. House on Market.
I am getting ready to build a house for a guy on Evergreen Ave in Norristown. Investment Property. Are U still in the area?
You mean John Dabella? Before he went berserko?
I started in Norristown ( mom and dad actually lived in Vernfield, just up 63 from the Lansdale Turnpike exchange) till 5 yrs old. Mom divorced dad in 65,moved to Lansdale till I was 8, then Swede St Norristown for a year, then Hatfield till I was 12 , then Quakertown till I was 19. Moved around a lot and then in Pennsburg, Zionsville and finally moved to NC in 94.
Stayed there till 4 yrs ago..when the DW followed her daughter up to Lex where her husband was in jail...we stayed she and hubby moved back to NC..
Sorry ya asked? LOL
I'm hoping to stay put here for a long time. But that wanderlust is always calling.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
You darn near had me surrounded.
Ahh, what a tangled web we weave. I guess I was pretty lucky to stay in Plumsteadville till college. 5 years in state college (a blur) then Raleigh for a year (liked everything except working cause the pace was so slow. (I'm type A)
Zionsville. Chuck Grant's auto Salvage? Chuck married my best friends sister.
Know him?
Yeah, I remember Grant's. and all the other yards around there. I worked for short time in Spinnerstown at a body shop at a junk yard. Hows that for Irony. My Zionsville homes were between Hosensack and Limeport off Geryville Pike and Limeport pike.
What I knew of Plumbsteadville and Ottville is from screwing around Lake Nokamixon and over to all the other haunts on the way to jersey ( you know why)..LOL I recall falling from High Rocks over in Tinicum Twp when I was 16 and being littered off the cliff in a basket. I was one of the few who dared. Stupidity.
I worked all around Montg. Bucks, Berks and Lehigh Co.'s In various forms..Still know the area like the back of my hands ( at least I think I still do).
Can't say I miss the area, I miss the old days and friends, but the area blossomed into chaos..and I made my getaway while I still had a mind..I hated seeing the explosion of growth after 78 was completed and NYC people started getting up close and personal and dragging in the culture with them, not good culture either.
Deciding factor to leave NC ( western counties) was the influx of Florida..( and by golly most were from NYC, we called em halfbacks, they were half way back home) it wasn't bad when they'd go home in the winter, but a lot more were STAYING and it was getting crowded.
Like I said, I'll stay here till whenever, but if I get crowded, I'm outta here. Work is good and plentiful for what I want to do, and looks to be staying that way...
Gotta go back to see Mom in May, Hatfield..and my daughter in Bally. Once Mom is gone, and Kiddo is in college ( looks like Princton now, her mom put a kibosh on Harvard) I doubt I'll have any reason to ever go back. Every other family member is dead or elsewhere.
Sorry for the hijack..g'luck with that painting thing you speak of, I may have to try it some time..does it require a special suit of clothing or something? (G)Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
never mind. How did you get to Kentucky from Norristown?
DONT TOSS EM IN THE CLOTHES WASHER. One got in mine somehow, and destroyed the agitator.
If you need to CLEAN a roller, those roller spinners are the cat's pajamas. Scrape excess paint back into the can with a half-round scraper, stick the roller on the spinner (works like an old-fashioned top) and immerse in a 5-gal pail of water. Have another 5-gal pail to spin it inside. Dunk, spin, repeat as necessary. You won't belive how clean the roller cover gets in no time at all.
If you need to STORE a roller, pull it off the frame using a plastic grocery bag. Wrap the grocery bag around the cover, then stuff the whole thing in a Pringles can and store it in the fridge (short term) or freezer (forever). When you're ready to use it, the plastic bag makes a 'glove' so you can put in on the frame without touching it.
I have roller covers dedicated to PVA and wood primers i've used for years by freezing them between sessions. You can also freeze paintbrushes, even latex, and thaw them before use.
I wrapped a roller in a plastic bag and put in in the fridge. I then forgot about it and happened to come across it a couple months later - it was still good.
the leftovers beside it - I chucked. View Image View Image
I was going to say the same thing. A spinner will clean a roller in less than one minute. Dry it too! Bob's next test date: 12/10/07
What do you do for an 18" roller. I love painting so much that I will use an 18" roller to get it done in short order.
I also think I get a better job cause I never see roller marks with an 18" but sometimes with a 9". I am not a painter by trade, but if a small/med job calls for painting, I take it on.
I don't know if the 18" roller covers would fit on the spinner or not. The only time i've used an 18" roller cover was for polyurethane floor finish, but i can heartily recommend against putting any solvent-based materials in your fridge or freezer, cuz you'll have to throw out more than the ice cubes! What a stench... :^(Cap a length of PVC pipe on each end for a container for your 18" roller before putting it in the fridge. The Pringles cans are just so danged handy!You're most likely getting a better job with the 18" roller bec it's made for pros and better quality, but a quality 12" one will be a lot less frustrating. I have toss-away covers for minor paint jobs, but for covers i keep for primers or for large jobs like painting ceilings, for instance, it's worthwhile to invest in a better quality cover.
Hmm, I used a roller once to poly a floor. What a disaster. It made a million bubbles that cured into a million little craters. Fortunately, it was my own kitchen floor. I was rushing to get the floor done before the family returned home from a long weekend away. I wasn't feeling well the whole time they were gone, turns out that my appendix was on the way out and I thought it was just a stomach bug.
Long story short, the floor looked like heck, I was sick as a dog and wound up spending 4 days in the hospital recuperating from an appendectomy. Was a month before I could bend over long enough to sand it down and start over.
Like JeffinPA, we live and learn.
My husband had a parquet floor business when he lived in Australia and swore by the roller. When we refinsihed the floors here, it did a fine job with fresh material, but we tried recoating with the material a a couple years later and had the same problem with bubbles. I bought new poly and used a pad, one of those Shur-line green ones. Unfortunately, the poly will dissolve the glue holding the pad on if you leave it overnight so you need a pad for every coat, but a foam pad applicator does the best job on a floor of anything i tried. I'd try a different brand when i recoat next time.
that's cold
and you can't roller skate in a buffalo herd..
Edited 2/24/2008 3:10 pm by Heck
Gee, never even thought to rollerskate in a buffalo herd. Thank goodness. I think the result would be worse than a gunked up dishwasher.
You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd- Artist: Roger Miller as sung on "The Return Of Roger Miller"- Smash SRS 67061- peak Billboard position # 40 in 1966- Words and Music by Roger MillerYa can't roller skate in a buffalo herdYa can't roller skate in a buffalo herdYa can't roller skate in a buffalo herdBut you can be happy if you've a mind toYa can't take a shower in a parakeet cageYa can't take a shower in a parakeet cageYa can't take a shower in a parakeet cageBut you can be happy if you've a mind toAll ya gotta do is put your mind to itKnuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do ityou only get one chance to do it right the first time
I am gonna try to download it.
I love Chug a lug and King of the Road.
He had lots of good ones, I like 'Dang Me'you only get one chance to do it right the first time
Don't forget "Bottle Of Wine" !Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Yeah, and ' My Uncle used to Love me, but she died'
and 'One dyin and a burying'you only get one chance to do it right the first time
I just realized (went to Rogers Website) that he wrote/sung Husbands & Wives.
Brooks and Dunn has a great version of this. Never knew it was a remake.
Neil Diamond did that song too.you only get one chance to do it right the first time
I saw that too.
Not a Neil Diamond fan though.
Nobody's perfect.you only get one chance to do it right the first time
And you are determined to be the proof of that rule.;o)
When it rains, it snows.
Raul Malo did a cover on his newest "after Hours" as well.I didn't make the connection till just now.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"
Do you have a paint mixer ? (Mud mixer ?)
Drop the roller on that. Over the shaft.
Chuck the shaft up in your drill, drop in a 5 gallon bucket, and spin away.
If you don't have a paint mixer, a LOT of removeable beaters from those hand held mixers in the kitchen, are a snug fit inside a roller.
Or, you could always just dissect a cheapo paint roller, for the head only, run a piece of allthread or something similar through it, and use that as a spinner.
When it rains, it snows.
The only way I do it any more is have it on a long ext pole and on the frame. Just go out and get the garden hose going, spray a stream of water just off center of the cover ( hold it vertically) .
The water speed spins the cover and slings the wash all over ( hence the ext. pole) and after a bit of soaking and spinning at high speed the plastic wheels wear out on the frame and you can now toss it in the trash too.
Problem solved.Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
"Success is not spontaneous combustion, you have to set yourself on Fire"