How To Choose A Paint Roller
There’s a lot of options when you head to Ace on rollers covers. Let me give you 5 quick tips to pick the right one of your project.
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Tip #1
For picking rollers, follow the advice you get what you pay for. Cheap rollers can have the fibers come off and stick right to the wall. No one wants a hairy wall. Plus, these less inexpensive rollers when rolled in a paint tray get don’t hold their shape and make a mess and breakdown through the paint process. Ace makes it easy with our good, better, best on the package. -
Tip #2
Next tip is to get the right roller for the right paint job and that’s all decided by the nap. The nap refers to the thickness of these fibers on the roller. A ⅛-inch to ¼-inch nap for smooth surfaces, like plaster; a ⅜-inch to ½-inch nap for lightly textured drywall; and a ¾-inch nap for textured surfaces, like stucco or brick. The most popular for painting walls, is the ⅜-inch nap roller. -
Tip #3
For your walls at home, go with a 9-inch size. It’s a manageable length meaning it’s easy to maneuver on the walls. Roller covers come longer, but just imagine the weight of a longer roller cover, the roller handle and all the paint that saturates it. If you’re doing something like panels, doors or wainscoting, we suggest a small foam roller. -
Tip #4
Use rollers with polyester and nylon fibers with latex paints; natural fibers, like mohair and lamb's wool, with oil-based paints; and foam rollers on porous surfaces, like bare wood, or where you want a glossy-smooth finish, like on cabinets. -
Tip #5
A lot of people don’t believe me when we say this, but yes you can reuse a paint roller. So, if you have a lot of wall paint projects in mind for your home pick up a microfiber paint roller. As long as a microfiber roller is used on a smooth clean surface that doesn’t have debris on it and cleaned thoroughly it can last a pretty long time.
Reference:
https://tips.acehardware.com/videos/how-to-choose-a-paint-roller/