I find that simply storing a roller in a tightly closed ziploc bag
with air mostly squeezed out, take care of storing it between coats.

i

On 13 Oct 2006 08:04:34 -0700, BobK207 wrote:

RicodJour wrote:
On Oct 12, 10:29 pm, "jeffc" wrote:

Do not clean rollers. Simply roll them up in plastic wrap and throw them
away. If you intend to use it over a period of a few days, then roll it up
well in plastic wrap and leave it in the refrigerator over night. Some
people skimp on rollers, and then to add to that go to the trouble of
cleaning them. If you think about this in the grand scheme of things, this
is a waste of time. 15 minutes of your time is ridiculous for a $3 roller
(Purdy), let alone the cheap one you're using now. It's better for the
environment to throw them away without cleaning too.

That's not better for the environment. You're disposing of something
that doesn't need to be disposed of after only a couple or three coats,
and tossing the cover into an incinerator or landfill isn't exactly
green. Since everyone agrees to wrap the roller and brushes between
coats, and to stick them in the refrigerator for longer periods of
time, cleaning a roller cover isn't necessarily an everyday chore. If
I'm using three different paints, I have three roller covers that are
kept wet, wrapped and ready to go. I use a brush to cut in (of
course). When I'm cleaning the brush, I clean the roller cover. It
doesn't take 15 minutes, it takes maybe three or four minutes to clean
a cover. When I'm done I have a roller cover that is in better shape
than when it was new - it's broken in. I'll try the Purdy White Dove
cover you recommend _ http://igor.chudov.com/tmp/usenetposttest.html
it sounds like a good product. Don't get mad at
me if I re-use it repeatedly.


R


The Purdy White Doves are the ones we use for "good work'

about the whole green thing.........

IMO the optimum is avoid cleaning day to day by wraping & frig'ing (or
storing in the can, yuk!) ollers between coats

clean roller covers when "finished" painting

AND when the roller is "used up" let it dry out first before
trashing.....wet paint in the trash stream can contaminate the ground
water.

the green way to claen up water base paints is right down the drain w/
soap & water....goes to the treeament plant, the practice of dumping
wash water or sovlent into the soil is a No-No.

Solvent based paints.......minimize solvent use.....SAVE used solvent
in a covered container, after a few weeks the solids will settle out &
you can use it for first & second rinse

Recycling solvent this way saves a LOT of solvent

& at $14 a gallon it makes $ & sense.


Topic for another thread....solvent free oil base paint

cheers
Bob