painting Gloss With A Roller.Pt2
Having very successfully painted a flush outside door using
Johnstone's Gloss with a short haired fleece type roller ( the undercoat having been brushed on) I bought some Harris Mini Foam Rollers for Gloss. On the storm door I have just painted the undercoat on the mouldings with a brush and did the panels and surrounds with one of the foam rollers and have to say i was very disappointed .It has a sort of orange peel finish,presumably to do with the surface of the foam . I'm not keen to use these with the topcoat if this is going to be repeated .Maybe I should get another short haired fleece roller and use it . Any thoughts.?? Stuart -- Shift THELEVER to reply. |
"Stuart" wrote in message ... Having very successfully painted a flush outside door using Johnstone's Gloss with a short haired fleece type roller ( the undercoat having been brushed on) I bought some Harris Mini Foam Rollers for Gloss. On the storm door I have just painted the undercoat on the mouldings with a brush and did the panels and surrounds with one of the foam rollers and have to say i was very disappointed .It has a sort of orange peel finish,presumably to do with the surface of the foam . I'm not keen to use these with the topcoat if this is going to be repeated .Maybe I should get another short haired fleece roller and use it . Any thoughts.?? Stuart I'm not sure that gloss and undercoat behave in the same way. Can you not do a testpiece with some gloss paint on the foam roller? Andy. |
Stuart wrote:
Having very successfully painted a flush outside door using Johnstone's Gloss with a short haired fleece type roller ( the undercoat having been brushed on) I bought some Harris Mini Foam Rollers for Gloss. On the storm door I have just painted the undercoat on the mouldings with a brush and did the panels and surrounds with one of the foam rollers and have to say i was very disappointed .It has a sort of orange peel finish,presumably to do with the surface of the foam . I'm not keen to use these with the topcoat if this is going to be repeated .Maybe I should get another short haired fleece roller and use it . Any thoughts.?? I discovered that the best way for me was to use a cheap foam roller for fast application of the paint, and then use a brush for the final laying off. I know it sounds a bit like belt and braces, but it is certainly faster than just using a brush alone, as I have been doing for over 35 years, but achieves the same finish. Chris -- Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK Have dancing shoes, will ceilidh. |
Stuart wrote:
On the storm door I have just painted the undercoat on the mouldings with a brush and did the panels and surrounds with one of the foam rollers and have to say i was very disappointed .It has a sort of orange peel finish As mentioned before, put the gloss on fast with a roller, then lay off with a brush. |
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