Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

"CJC" wrote in message
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Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

I am with you on this - hate cleaning rollers. We buy ours from Wilkinsons,
think it's about £2.99 for a roller and tray. They are white with a grey
stripe going around the roller. Have had no problems with these.

"CJC" wrote in message
...
Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

Damn! just take them out the garden or yard and get a hosepipe on em...clean
in no time.

CJC coughed up some electrons that declared:

Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

Here's a trick I use, subject to the following important warnings

***Warning - applies to water based emulsions only!***

***Tested on a light weight furry type plastic-tube-cored standard length
roller, apply common sense for other rollers***

1) What I do is to rinse them under running water the best I can (5
minutes). With somesqueezing from top down the length of the roller, this
gets the bulk of the paint out.

2) For the remainder, I stick it in the washing machine on a *no-spin 30C*
wash with plenty of Persil, but no softener. Voila, perfectly clean roller.
Squeeze water out and hang to dry.

Whether you think it's a good idea to subject your washing machine to this
is upto you, but I've not had any problems provided step (1) above is
followed reasonably thoroughly. I would not attempt this without step 1 as
the paint solids may well sludge in the drain pump or filters, which would
be a Bad Thing(TM).

Cheers

Tim

BTW - don't wash danish oil soaked rags in the machine - makes it stink for
ages...

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"CJC" wrote in message
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Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

I am with you on this - hate cleaning rollers. We buy ours from
Wilkinsons, think it's about £2.99 for a roller and tray. They are
white with a grey stripe going around the roller. Have had no
problems with these.

Yup, cleaning rollers is a PITA. I've been using the B&Q el cheapos fo the
last few years, but I've just tried the Wilkinson ones & I think they are
much better at a similar price.

With brushes, I've found the Screwfix el cheapos 6 for £2:50 ish very good
indeed.




--
Dave - The Medway Handyman
www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"CJC" wrote in message
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Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

I have this and it's very good:
http://www.handysolutionsuk.com/Dand...Cle aners.htm

On Jun 5, 10:14 pm, "Angela" wrote:
"CJC" wrote in message

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Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

I have this and it's very good:http://www.handysolutionsuk.com/Dand...0and%20Paint%2...

Diffciult to see the small pictures, but it looks like an electric
drill and a bucket of water are involved?

MBQ

"Man at B&Q" wrote in message
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On Jun 5, 10:14 pm, "Angela" wrote:
"CJC" wrote in message

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Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

I have this and it's very
good:http://www.handysolutionsuk.com/Dand...0and%20Paint%2...

Diffciult to see the small pictures, but it looks like an electric
drill and a bucket of water are involved?

MBQ

Think it's one of those gadgets where you wet the roller first. Attach it
to a drill then spin the hell out of it until all the paint flies off!

On 5 Jun, 16:36, CJC wrote:
Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. *Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. *Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

I tend to use the B&Q own brand - for about £2 you get a tray + roller
+ 2 roller sleeves.
So you can do 2 sessions with one set - means you have to clean the
pait tray at least once though.
But I have bought over 20 of them this year so far!

Mark.

www.kpcomputerstore.co.uk

On Jun 6, 2:20 pm, wrote:
On 5 Jun, 16:36, CJC wrote:



Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

I tend to use the B&Q own brand - for about £2 you get a tray + roller
+ 2 roller sleeves.
So you can do 2 sessions with one set - means you have to clean the
pait tray at least once though.
But I have bought over 20 of them this year so far!

Mark.

www.kpcomputerstore.co.uk

You can get more than one session per roller by wrapping in cling film
between sessions.

MBQ

"Man at B&Q" wrote in message
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On Jun 6, 2:20 pm, wrote:
On 5 Jun, 16:36, CJC wrote:



Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

I tend to use the B&Q own brand - for about £2 you get a tray + roller
+ 2 roller sleeves.
So you can do 2 sessions with one set - means you have to clean the
pait tray at least once though.
But I have bought over 20 of them this year so far!

Mark.

www.kpcomputerstore.co.uk

You can get more than one session per roller by wrapping in cling film
between sessions.

MBQ

Or putting it in a carrier bag and wrapping the bag around the roller stem

wrote in message

I tend to use the B&Q own brand - for about £2 you get a tray + roller
+ 2 roller sleeves.
So you can do 2 sessions with one set - means you have to clean the
pait tray at least once though.
But I have bought over 20 of them this year so far!

Mark.

www.kpcomputerstore.co.uk

So thats £40+ spent because you are too lazy to clean the roller.

On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 06:20:52 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:



I tend to use the B&Q own brand - for about £2 you get a tray + roller
+ 2 roller sleeves.

The trade centres usually have roller packs on offer. See
http://www.crowndecoratorcentre.co.u...pecial+Offers/
- at the moment they have an Acorn mini roller pack, frame and 10 foam
heads for £2.99 plus VAT. They probably have different combinations in
store.

"Man at B&Q" wrote in message
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On Jun 5, 10:14 pm, "Angela" wrote:
"CJC" wrote in message


I have this and it's very
good:http://www.handysolutionsuk.com/Dand...0and%20Paint%2...

Diffciult to see the small pictures, but it looks like an electric
drill and a bucket of water are involved?

MBQ

You attach it to an electric drill spin it to get the paint off, swill it in
a bucket of water then spin it again and it's both clean and pretty much
dry. You apparently only need to spin for 10 seconds but I count to 20 just
to be sure.

I use a black bag lined box to catch the paint that spins off

"CJC" wrote in message
...
Hi there, I know its a bit of a random question, but hoping to solve
one of my pet hates with decorating.

I hate cleaning rollers, therefore I thought I would get a pack of
them and just dump them each time. Therefore does anyone know of any
good packs that aren't too expensive which they recommend. Only
reason for asking and not just buying them is because in the past I
have brought rollers and found that if they had colored specs then it
leaked onto the walls, so thought I'd get a general opinion on good
ones.

Does anyone think there is a better pile length to get for general
painting of the walls and ceiling.

sorry for the rubbish/lame questions, I think I'm on a roll.

Thanks for any advice you have

Here's a way fo cleaning them:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jtWtoaFD84o

"Man at B&Q" wrote in message
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On Jun 5, 10:14 pm, "Angela" wrote:
"CJC" wrote in message

I have this and it's very
good:http://www.handysolutionsuk.com/Dand...0and%20Paint%2...

Diffciult to see the small pictures, but it looks like an electric
drill and a bucket of water are involved?

MBQ

Here is a video of it working

http://www.pitchwell.com/shop/pc/vie...?idproduct=194

In article ,
says...


Here's a way fo cleaning them:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jtWtoaFD84o

Just what I do - just before putting my shirt in the washing machine and
cleaning down the patio :-) I've learnt to avoid the last step by doing
it on the grass - just before cutting it...

--
John W
To mail me replace the obvious with co.uk twice

In message , John Weston
writes
In article ,
says...


Here's a way fo cleaning them:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=jtWtoaFD84o

Just what I do - just before putting my shirt in the washing machine and
cleaning down the patio :-) I've learnt to avoid the last step by doing
it on the grass - just before cutting it...

All of which reminds me (completely OT of course) of the sign I saw on
the door of an Indian supermarket today

"Budweiser - 79p a paint can"

boggle


--
geoff