How do the Pros (and not so pro) do it?

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navycop

navycop

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I am painting my son's room this week. Whenever I stop for the day I clean the brushes/roller in the bathroom sink. I know when a professional painter goes to some ones house they don't clean it in the sink. I have seen videos of people spinning the roller in a bucket with a drill. I usually scrap as much paint from the roller in to the can. This got me thinking about the nap coming off and falling in the can. Thank you.
 
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you can definitely wrap it over night for the next day and today's quality rollers (and i stress quality) will not fall apart. as for the spinning its the only way to really clean out all the paint. there are hand held spinners that are worth there weight in glod if you plan to do alot of painting. but as for the original question professional painter's would use a wash tub in the laundry room but only if it looks like its been used for this purpose in the past otherwise they would wrap everything up and take it home and clean it at there own house.
btw. the roller is a canadian invention.
 
You can also wrap the rolling tray in a garbage bag to keep it over night too. Just tell people it is there and don't put it on a chair. DAMHIKT
 
I second the hand spinner, they have an adapter that works on the speed rollers the mini one under an inch dia. I made a collar for ta five gallon bucket so I can wash and spin in one bucket. and not worrying about carrying it home to do.
You can also wrap in plastic rollers and brushes and place in the fridge or freezer if it will be a couple days between coats.
I also second quality brushes and rollers, I have a brush that I have had for over ten years. I use to wear the bristles down on the 4" brushes before they were thrown out.
Keep the paint out of the heel area or the brush the part near the metal piece and handle. Fastest way to ruin any brush!
Comes from being a sign painter and $20.00 ½" &10, 15 quills.
The spinners does rollers and brushes too!
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Put paint brushes and rollers into zip lock bags. They'll stay in nice condition for the next day.

I have a shop refrigerator that only houses sealed drinks and CA glue. When I finish painting, I put the zip lock bags holding the rollers and brushes in the frig until I have time to clean them. DO NOT put brushes with oil based paint into a refrigerator will salad greens and fresh vegistables! The oil oder will absorb into the veggies. DAMHIKT! EXCEPT, it did get me my own shop refrigerator:)
 
Here is the spinner and bucket extension along with the speed rollers and a couple of roller poles from 2 feet to 24 feet they are extendable make short work of ceilings, walls. The spinner has the yellow speed roller attachment in it.
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You can also get a wire brush head and a sanding screen head that attaches to the pole threads which are the same as a push broom head. makes it easy to knock off loose dirt and paint. You can see the yellow speed roller in the head of the spinner, it also will hold most brush handles, and a regular roller cover fits over the outside of the end. They have a number of price points don't get the real cheap one! Home Despot, Lowes, Menards sell all of the items.
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You want a short lip that will be below the rim of the water bucket.
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For those of us that live in the snow belt, they work well with home made roof snow rakes!
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navycop said:
I am painting my son's room this week. Whenever I stop for the day I clean the brushes/roller in the bathroom sink. I know when a professional painter goes to some ones house they don't clean it in the sink. I have seen videos of people spinning the roller in a bucket with a drill. I usually scrap as much paint from the roller in to the can. This got me thinking about the nap coming off and falling in the can. Thank you.
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I wouldn't rinse latex paints out in the sink. When I moved into my house the garbage disposal didn't work....one of the painters had cleaned his brushes in the kitchen sink and the paint dried and jammed the disposal. I fixed it ok but it was a pain in the toosh.
 
If I were painting again the next day, would use the wrap method... I clean my rollers outside with a high pressure garden hose... works like a spinner, gives you a bath and cleans the rollers all in one operation... we have very high water pressure here and only takes about a minute or so to clean a roller almost to the point of being new.
 
You can find a ring that just fits over the standard size paint roller and forces water thru the interior of the ring. It connects to a water hose. Pass the roller thru the ring several times until the water coming out is clear. You can also find combs for rollers and paint brushes too! They have sharp! steel pins to comb out any dried / caked paint.
 
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