How to wash a paint roller - hack 

What's even more of a Time Saver is that you don't actually have to clean your roller out meaning get the paint out of it take the thing off with your hand or just even knock it into the Paint Bucket if you so choose if the five gallon bucket is got less than a quarter or even half of the paint in it with that roller now attached hit it at full speed as you slowly pull it out I mean preferably you want to have a bucket that's like near emptied that is of that color but the centrifugal force will force almost all of that paint out of the roller itself. And then you take that ruler and then you stick it into warm soapy water and then let it sit for just a minute you could either be on the drill or not you could be getting other ones already and setting them into the bucket of warm water and then put them on one at a time you don't need to spend them in the bucket that has the warm soapy water in it lightly soapy. Pull that out put it into a completely empty bucket spin it now have another bucket this requires like four or five buckets LOL I'm a painter we have hundreds of them. Spin it in a empty bucket now dip it into a bucket with clean water put it back into the bucket that's empty spin it dip it again spin it and then after you've spun it nice and dry take masking tape and start at the end of the roller and without having your tape break once as tight as you possibly can wrap that Roller Head. Now when you want to go use it next put it onto your frame just as it is still wrapped in tape and don't forget to take the tape at the end part which you want to be technically at the outermost point on the frame. You want to have that tape folded about a half inch or so so it leaves a little tab that you can grab now with it on the frame grab that Tab and pull it as hard and fast as you can and it should completely come off in one go and if done successful your roller stayed clean the entire time and it also completely fluffed it and took out any fibrous material that could have ended up in your paint job you're welcome

A few more improvements and this thing would be perfect 👍

Much cleaner and the roller is like new again 👍👍👍

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I was thinking of that as a solution when I was watching the video. .

That does actually work or is it old wives' tale kinda of hack?

The painter you know musr be pretty rough, when you use a new roller sleeve itll leave behind hair " nap" from the roller, better to roller finish coat with a well used roller , i also do clean em often as i wrap in plastic , 1 with ceiling paint and 2 or 3 with low sheen / sealer . If colors arw similar by the time youve rolled a wall or 2 the right color will have come onto the roller

Wrapping in plastic ,as in the roll plastic that drops down last about 4 weeks in hot weather without drying out ,no need to put in fridge ,been doing it for near 20yrs

Doesn't have to go in the fridge, I have one that was sitting for a week in the heat and it was still fine. As long as the air can't get to it, it's fine.

Lol the hose works good when you have one available but this way Is very clean 👍👍

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Lol, you’re very welcome 👍👍👍

It works on the 460mm rollers but you have to either use a deep bucket or flip the roller over which is what I do 👍👍👍

You can use a length of pvc tube with a cap on the end to get the length for the 460mm works well.

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Im sure you can make one, there’s not much involved with it👍

Genius idea!

I pour it on the grass and hose it down

You’re welcome. Unfortunately not, I clean it the old school way. Luckily it dosnt take long or make a mess 👍

@D.N. Sorry I'm so late in my reply. Clean paintbrushes, why? DO THIS ONLY IF YOU'RE A HOME PAINTÈR. The average home painter paints once on the average of every 4-5 years, if THAT often. So saving a paintbrush between paintings, is not worth the effort for the money saved. Now, there are what are considered generally as 3 grades of brushes, which depend on price/quality, cheap/junk - much bristle loss during use; a few dollars more - medium (home) occasional/rare bristle loss; expensive/extremely rare (if any bristle loss. Buy the medium priced brushes and store, rinsed ( there is no need to completely clean) the brush between coats of the same color when applying more than one coat obviously or if you're going to multiple areas whe doing touchups, and place it in the refrigerator. This keeps the brush 'wet' so that it doesn't dry out and when finished place it back in the plastic and dispose of it. The only downside of this method is that at the end of the thirty years you lived in the home, you probably have gone through about 10 brushes. Another hint, if you're doing small touch-ups sometimes I don't even use a brush at all, if it's a standard color, often a felt tipped pen will work for a color match. Here I'm talking about after patching a small picture hanger nail hole or similar hole. Here the problem is gloss mismatch, if the spot is more of a matte finish than the surounding area ofte n buffing, when dry, will gloss up the area to become invisible or at least close enough to be non-irritating (this WILL ALWAYS depend on the S.O. 😁) Larger areas will, of course, require the use of a brush or roller.) In other words, the need for either a paintbrush is so seldom in the life of a home owner having one around is financially worthless due to the time used to clean it. IF YOU'RE A PROFESSIONAL, YES IT IS WORTH YOUR TIME AND EFFORT, as the client pays for it and let's face it, it's your favorite brush because it feels so comfortable in your hands.

@@brianjohnson2488 cheers. Thanks for the explanation.

Bunnings and most paint stores 👍

Wash it into the grass and it’s like I was never there 👍👍👍

I do that with cheap rollers. Good quality rollers get re used multiple times👍

Lol my wife would kill me👍

@@billshowto Haha. There is that.

I used to throw them away, but having 4-6 rollers on a job it’s costing me a lot particularly on the larger rollers 👍👍