How To Clean A Paint Roller Fast - Homemade Pressure Cleaner !!

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12 жыл бұрын

This is a video of me trying out my paint roller cleaning device. I made it out of some pvc and abs pipe scraps I had laying around the yard. I think it works really well. It will wash a 3/8" nap roller in about 2-3 minutes. I was using valspar latex 100% acrylic interior paint.

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@SuperCoyotecaller 8 жыл бұрын

Dremel a L shaped groove into pvc to lock roller arm in.

@gwiley3922 6 жыл бұрын

Damn! $4 for a pack of 3 is enough to put you in sticker shock? I'm REALLY buying the wrong roller naps, my sheepskins run about $14 for ONE! But nothing beats that quality pro finish.

@dontblameme6328 6 жыл бұрын

G Wiley Really. What about the sticker shock on the price of paint? I bet he had a stroke with that!

@Bhsherwood74 3 жыл бұрын

Holy shit I usually pay 10-12 for one cover!!!!

@asianorange8230 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing! I was just cleaning 14" rollers today and I was wishing they made larger pressure cleaner sleeves! The larger rollers are $10 for the professional 14" covers and $14 for the 18" covers. This video made my day!

@jenniesgarage 7 жыл бұрын

Glad to help, thanks for the comment!

@Rihtwise1208 6 жыл бұрын

You can easily make different sizes yourself!

@gwiley3922 7 жыл бұрын

Great idea! thanks for making this video, the sheepskin roller naps I use are almost $20 each!. I've been looking for a better more efficient way to clean them. especially now that Sherwin Williams has discontinued the sheepskins that I normally use.

@pacovasda5955 7 жыл бұрын

Latex is a type of tree sap. However a whole nother roller in the garbage is worse for the environment than a bit of paint. and consider the manufacturing pollution of the replacement roller for your next paint job not just the plastic from the last one that you just added to the trash but the manufacturing chemicals and pollution and energy it took to make it and its replacement in the first place and this repeats each time a roller gets clogged with paint throughout the job and you dispose of it rather than cleaning it. The other readers are right about the L shaped cutout notch. I have to make me one of these. Great tip. Thanks.

@SuperRandman 11 жыл бұрын

Very cool idea

@lamkingjr 10 жыл бұрын

Great idea for the pressure cleaner. Maybe if you score out a 'L' shaped notch and use a longer pipe it might stop the roller from being pushed out.

@imoutsatsos 11 жыл бұрын

A liked your smart idea and had a good laugh with your comments when you were trying to hold the camera and the pipe with the running water!

@philoso377 8 жыл бұрын

Good Job.

@1533ramsay 7 жыл бұрын

good job.

@JohnDUskglass 12 жыл бұрын

smart, and it works! very cool. Also, I love pvc projects. :)

@TheScubacamper 11 жыл бұрын

What did you use to connect the hose coupling to the PVC reducers?

@jenniesgarage 10 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea. Maybe that will be version 2!

@marioparra78 7 жыл бұрын

thats a good idea!! a little cut out to to hold the roller handle will help :)

@mark2designs607 3 жыл бұрын

Great idea. Painters have been making those for years though.

@chrisminor8657 11 жыл бұрын

Wow, you have scrap pvc and abs pipe laying around your yard!? Lol, j/k with ya. Neat idea, think I'll continue to clean mine by hand but that is a pretty neat idea

@tebeardenkahboom1 6 жыл бұрын

Drill a hole almost straight down through the center of it from edge to edge if you do it through the center and you put a nail down through it you will hit the frame of the roller so go off to one side a little bit so it will slip past the frame of the roller put a nail in it and it will go all the way through from one side to the other and hold the whole system in if that makes sense. You will drill the hole through the side of the unit at the very end where you put the roller in and drill through both sides that way you can slide a 16 penny nail in through it and the nail will hold everything in

@Oldrides53 11 жыл бұрын

Cut a L shape slot in the end of your 2 inch PVC so the frame will go in an turn a 1/4 turn to lock it in so you do have to hold ir

@billprezioso3677 3 жыл бұрын

How much do you think they cost that’s a good price even for a cheap roller sleeve

@rogerapple8613 9 жыл бұрын

OMG, I could paint your entire home by the time you wash the cover!! Cool, but no thanks, just a bucket of water will work for me!!!! Painting for 25 years......

@kylehope6534 9 жыл бұрын

It takes 1-2mins with a hose angle the roller with the frame still on and make the hose high pressure with your finger tip and spin the roller with the Walter witch will remove the paint and make the roller dry after as well that saves fucking around.

@jenniesgarage 9 жыл бұрын

+Kyle Hope I've tried that way, but have always had trouble getting the last bit out. I would spin, spin, spin, but then if I soaked it with water and then squeezed it out there was always some paint left.

@mikegamez77 11 жыл бұрын

Nice device! I don't waste time to clean them bc of the time but this def takes care of that. I think even if I had this tool, I probably would still throw it out bc the fibers get kind of matted down after use and it reduced the amount of paint it can hold the second time around so u would spend extra time in the end by having to dip the roller twice as much...great idea tho, creative !

@zapadeeboom 5 жыл бұрын

That won't happen with higher quality roller covers. It's worth the cost to be able to use them a dozen times or more if you clean them really well.

@JB007SEXY 9 жыл бұрын

place the roller from the top cut a opening to keep the handle from moving then place your water connection over it

@Gears.and.Gadgets 9 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't a brush / roller spinner be better?

@Cumbriahandyman 11 жыл бұрын

When wife is not looking put it in the washing machine on a cold rinse, all done.

@sharynfernandez2337 9 жыл бұрын

I've got the opposite problem, I'd like to switch roller covers, to switch paint colors; but it wasn't releasing wet or dry...

@titodejesus6238 4 жыл бұрын

Dude your water bill will defeat the economy of buying new ones!!! lol

@habibm19 3 жыл бұрын

can you show us how you built it plz

@craftsman673 12 жыл бұрын

Patent pending?...lol.Great Idea!

@c50ge 9 ай бұрын

Add a ball valve on the cleaner so you can turn it on and off without running to the house to turn it off

@casycasy5199 8 жыл бұрын

notch the end of the pipe the metal arm locks in place

@tinamcnalley2575 10 ай бұрын

I was working at a furniture store 35 years ago when the owner wanted several vignettes painted. The painters quoted her an exhorbitant price. Myself and another designer offered to paint them for half the price. We spent most of a Sunday, but made good money at the time. However the 4 cheap roller covers I bought, disintegrated before we even started the last vignette. To save time, I ran to a nearby specialty paint store and bought 2 more roller covers that cost 7 times more than the cheapies. Even though we were dog tired, we finished that vignette in half the time of the others - using less paint - getting a better smoother coverage on the job. Moral: NEVER, NEVER, NEVER buy cheap paint roller covers. Too much work, waste too much paint and gives worse results.

@jeffwain 8 жыл бұрын

I spend 11.99 for just one roller sleeve. but I buy the best

@anthonybach1544 10 жыл бұрын

Probably would have been cheaper to buy a new one that use all that water, but great idea! :)

@PissShiversss 10 жыл бұрын

I hope you don't run a business! Water cost around $2 for 1,000 gallons. This used 10 or 15 at the max. Roller covers cost around $3 dollar a piece these days. Stick to working for someone...

@anthonybach1544 10 жыл бұрын

Looks like someone can't take a joke, calm down.

@PissShiversss 10 жыл бұрын

You were talking shit about this guys good idea. As a painter, there is a lot of innovation that needs to be done to take an already profitable industry to the next step. The most painting supplies sold are things that were invented hundreds of years ago. Thumbs up to this guy, and thumbs down to you for "joking" about how this idea isn't creative and something that would be useful/efficient on the job. This guy will be rich someday because he is not just thinking about how to, but developing products to sell to people in a billion dollar industry. This isn't his final design but he is testing things... Why don't you quit hating on his design and make one more efficient? I doubt you can... so like I said before, stick to working for someone who can provide these materials for your simple ass to use.

@anthonybach1544 10 жыл бұрын

Lol, you're hilarious. How can someone such as yourself be so mad? We're you dropped as a child? If you can't take a joke, don't reply back. You're obviously too angry to have any sense of humor. Please crawl back under the rock which you came from and stay there.

@usat42 8 жыл бұрын

scrape the excess paint out with a putty knife then stand the roller under a tap flowing into the open end [or either end if both open ],,have tap just fast enough so water just over flows,,,make sure roller wont tip over ,,,go away have a coffee or sex ,,,then when you come back it should be clean as ,,,

@frankfranklyn2562 8 жыл бұрын

+usat42 " ... go away have a coffee or sex, then when you come back it should be clean as." ... hahahaha; thumbs up for that ... LOL

@bjspurgeon1 7 жыл бұрын

they make the rollers for easy inexpensive dr

@jenniesgarage 7 жыл бұрын

yes, but inexpensive is still more than I like to pay!

@TheRashadd 10 жыл бұрын

HEY, it should have a frame holder try different brand , i have one with frame holder but overall, it wastes lottttttttttttttttt of waterrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

@tonymolski7394 9 жыл бұрын

I can clean a cover in less than a minute manually. Take cover off frame, put it in 5 gallon bucket with about 3-4 gallons of water, use 5in1 to scrape it down good, put in clean bucket of water and repeat, done.

@renaissanceman8581 7 ай бұрын

I bet you can’t. And I’ve made one that cleans a roller in no time with zero effort.

@ruthlongworth691 8 жыл бұрын

if you r on a meter its cheaper to buy a new one !

@brianrobertson3718 8 жыл бұрын

YOUR KIDDING....GO CHECK OUT ROLLER READY

@renaissanceman8581 7 ай бұрын

It looks like a piece of poo.

@pearltears8039 Жыл бұрын

And people wonder why there is a Water shortage! if you aren't in any hurry; then this is for you. EAZY WAY just scrap most paint out then get your hose stick your thumb over the end of it leaving a little uncovered; that causes the water to jet stream out and just pray it clean

@renaissanceman8581 7 ай бұрын

If you like to be covered in paint splatter you have the TICKET to success. I believe water is a renewable resource don’t you?

@21142534b 10 жыл бұрын

what a waste of water!!!!

@AshbyWoods 9 жыл бұрын

You really shouldn't have dumped all of your paint in the groud soil like that, it's not nice to the environment.

@tylerpylesfishing4653 9 жыл бұрын

You are right Mary. I dont put anything on the soil like that. Just a little motor oil once in a while. PAINT IS BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT. NEXT TIME USE MUD!!

@dontblameme6328 6 жыл бұрын

You gotta be kidding. You should not exhale or fart because that's bad for the environment too. Idiots.

@jebinha2 6 жыл бұрын

Ashby Woods latex paint doesn't harm the environment... Oil paint is the one to worry about that and as you can see, he is cleaning with water so, not oil paint.

@jesusgrenteria389 8 жыл бұрын

Too messy

@jenniesgarage 8 жыл бұрын

+Gerardo Renteria yeah it's messy but it saves $1.99

@simonwright7858 6 жыл бұрын

Not very effective and a huge waste of water and time. I could wash one out under a tap in less time than that. One that spins the paint and rinsing water off is quicker and more effective. Good effort though.

@F1FanRu1 7 жыл бұрын

I'm sure the city and people in your town are very happy your pouring latex paint into the local environment. How many gallons of paint do you figure you've poured into your environment over the years? I hope your local EPA sues your ass, completely illegal.

@jenniesgarage 7 жыл бұрын

It also wastes water

@pacovasda5955 7 жыл бұрын

If you know a different method then please please let us know but as a veteran painter I tell you that water rinsing is the method that the entire world uses to clean water based paint from our sprayers brushes, rollers and the rest of our painting tools. The EPA is not a blind unaware agency, they have been very instrumental in moving us to waterbased products. We would love to not put anything into the environment and more and more people are opting for cheaper rollers and disposing of them after a job rather than paying a workers time to wash rollers but the rest of the tools still must be rinsed when shut down. So again, if you know of an alternative then please inform the painting industry and the EPA because we would really like to hear any ideas that would help.

@leer.9641 Жыл бұрын

I know this is 6 years old, but I hope you revisit it so that you can read this: Latex paint isn’t bad for the environment. Stupid people are, though.