Hi! This was a helpful video, but I don't think paint is safe for the grass because even watered down latex paint can pollute groundwater or storm drains. I just looked up some guides on disposing of paint, and when you're washing off yourself or your tools, they say to just rinse watered-down paint down the drain. If you're connected to a municipal sewer system, any harmful chemicals in the paint will be removed at the wastewater treatment plant. The groundwater and the storm drains don't have that same wastewater treatment system, so they're at risk. I think I'm going to try something like this in the shower with some old shower curtains and a high pressure shower head :)

Thanks for the video. OMG, it worked great. I tried your method of 5 gal. bucket, roller just inside enough to protect me from spatter bucket held in place with my ankles. I began the spray and found that I could easily control the speed of spin of the roller by varying the fan of the water spray with direction to roller. The water and positioning did all the work. once the water ran clear, stopped, pulled roller off the roller frame and rinsed inside to remove any remaining paint on frame and roller. You have saved me a ton of effort and the need to replace the roller after the first day. $$ Dollars, Time wasted in the past, made less waste, and just better productivity. Your video also showed me I do not need to buy any special tool to clean my rollers after a job. Awesome, I am passing the word at the paint store about your video! Carry On.

I'm a Newbie Painter and work with Seasoned Vets. This technique will be a WELCOMED Time & Money Saver. Thank you for the tutorial!

Wow. So informative. Had no idea this was possible. Thanks for a cool vid, my friend.

Enjoyed your video. Great tips, all of them, thanks.

This is great. I just watched it. Went and did it and came back to give a like and a comment because my wife didn't care to hear about how well it worked :) also for anyone wondering.... The bucket is not optional

Cool trick!

How light is the tool belt what brand?

Great video, going to try that.

This man has a 900IQ level, this is brilliant, thanks!

great idea good job!

Thanks for the video.

I just buy 3 packs from Lowe’s because the paint always ends up soaking in and never coming out. Plus the money and water waste is more than buying a new pack. Painting is annoying hahaha

You can use a roller when it's wet?

I never thought of using the bucket as a splashguard. But here in the great white north, the majority of the year is too cold to use this trick outside. Kitchen sink for 1/2 the year

where u get that water gun

l just love your videos.

I did this once to "save" money, the white paint I used before bled through the dark paint the next week. Maybe it didn't fully dry, either way, I wasted time and money repainting a room so I just throw them out now. If I"m doing my house, I'll keep the roller in a zip lock bag while I'm getting ready to paint again with the same color, but I won't use a different color with a washed roller ever again.

This video helped us a ton on painting our new home! Thank you.

What is that curve thing?

Cheap enough to bin ,unless used following day. I wrap mine in cling film for following day usage this I do to brushes also

Thanks for the info, good stuff! How do you dry it off?

What about in winter - in cold weather? What is the best way to clean the paint roller inside the house?

Is that what the carved part was for the whole time!

I thought the roller needs to be dry before reusing it?

4:10 you have earned my subscription.

Dude. Ride the bull. Best idea ever. The brush was flinging paint all over me! Thank you!

2:20 "I am going to water I am not staining my yard.." Dude your yard is IN DESPERATE NEED FOR ANY KIND OF COLOR!!! LOL

Thanks for the tip. "I am a capitalist" = weird flex but ok.

You don't need to clean the roller after each day. You can easily put it in a plastic bag, turn the pkastic around the roller and the next day, even after several days ,,, you can go on with painting. Of course only useful when you continue painting in the same colour😅

I will just go next door to buy new perfect rollers for minimal cost, and save my time which is worth WAY more then the cost of a few friggin’ paint rollers. I guess it is ok if one has to drive 100 miles. But just buy a few extra.

Knowing dam well he got that idea from the Idaho painters channel and taking all the credit.. lol 😂

Good idea but I do mine down the manhole 😀

Unless you control the wind there is no need to apologise for it

Ok but you didn't show us how you dry it?

Ya l don’t think it is safe l love it but ya

Significant advantage here: no contamination of water system by paint into plumbing. Speed also terrific.

After any paint job all rollers have been broken down the fibers are worn the fibers are loose they are ready to be thrown out.. Some people want to be cheap... just to go out & buy new rollers wasting water it is a joke...

While the paint may technically not be ‘harmful’ it certainly isn’t good. Please don’t be encouraging people to disperse their waste like this. That’s what we have drains and waste processing plants for.

Your tool belts backwards bub

The roller is clean but the grass is dirty!! Not as good as expected by me!!

This mess should not be done in.green area

a new roller would cost less than all the water you are using to clean an old one save the effort not worth after all that work painting

You're a capitalist and you use a roller to paint? Hope you enjoy being put out of business by "Big Airless".

This is just sad, too many wrongs

If you aren’t using an 18” roller, you’re wasting everybody’s time.

you're a capitalist you say? right on brother MAGA

Goodness look at the state of the garden🫣