Home Improvement & Design

Roller frames, an intrinsic part of professional painter’s tool kit for the role it plays in enabling one to reducing the amount of time and energy involved in painting. While a good quality roller may enable you to do your job seamlessly, a poor quality one can have a detrimental effect. Your wall will manifest the quality of your paint roller frames.

There are varied types of Paint Roller Frames depending upon the project and on one’s proficiency:

Ø  12-18 inch roller frames: Known for their huge size, they encompass an adjustable frame made of metal or plastic that holds the roller cover. Some covers come with specialized caps eliminating the need to buy one. They are generally used for back rolling with respect to construction projects usually interior commercial painting. While they can cover large areas at once, they require a huge amount of effort and labor to be put to use.

Ø   9-inch roller frames:  They are the most common ones available on the market providing an array of options to choose. Encompassing a thicker shank, the best quality rollers tend to last longer vis-à-vis the cheaper ones. Professional styles are designed to be used on interior walls and ceiling plus for exteriors of homes. Many prefer it to the large sized ones as it fits perfectly into a 5-gallon bucket and makes usage easier.

Ø  6-7 inch roller frames: They are designed particularly for narrow surfaces like for narrow exterior trim boards. The covers they use are of the same core diameter as wider frames. They can also be used on wide fascia board.

Ø  3-4 inch trim roller frames:  With these frames, you can significantly reduce the amount of time required for the activity. They are suitable for interior trims like shelving, doors, applying stripes, etc. In addition, they have been known for their usage on exterior trims.

  Paint rollers with diameters less than one-inch can reach narrow places including heat registers and switchboards. Areas where the paintbrush cannot reach appropriately like cupboards, doors, etc., paint rollers can come to rescue. They make your painting seem seamless and long- lasting.

Besides saving your time and energy consumed in the process of painting, paint roller covers also makes your job simpler and enables you to get a higher quality finish in a faster way. Roller cover is an intrinsic part of paint rollers that absorbs the paint passing it on to the painted surface. While it is reusable, one needs to change it while changing colors. A huge painting business will hence need a huge amount of best roller covers to accomplish their job easily and effectively.

Cost must not hold back one from buying roller covers as it is necessary to get effective results. Besides, you can always cut down on cost by choosing the right place to buy. Scour for information about these sources and try to find a place where you can find quality products at reasonable rates since it is necessary to minimize the cost involved to maximize your profit. Having the right knowledge about the quality of roller covers will help you select on the right one, eliminating the chances of you being deceived by low quality roller covers. Opting for low priced roller covers can turn out to be disastrous if you are fooled with than low quality covers that you might have to use more than required numbers and end up spending much more.

The type of paint is an essential feature to consider while buying a roller cover. They are generally made from three main materials including lamb’s wool, synthetic fiber and foam. Lamb wool covers are ideal for oil-based paints and all types of surfaces, be it smooth, semi- smooth or rough. For water-based paints, you can use synthetic fiber covers that work well on all surfaces. Foam covers are recommended for oil or high gloss paints. High quality covers with superior type of plastic and phenolic cores are competent in controlling moisture.  

This material used in roller cover material is known as nap and is available in varying lengths to suit the texture of different surfaces. A nap with an increased length will be able to hold more paint in comparison to one with lesser length.

While roller covers used with latex paints can be cleaned and reused to an extent, it is not possible with oil paints that make it necessary to have a huge number of the same while using them. Before opting for a roller cover, bear in mind the type of paint you would use, the surface you would deal with, the nap length and the cost involved.

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