Water, water, water, and more water. I don't bother cleaning them any more. I do all the painting I'm going to do with them, and then toss them. Takes too much water to clean them well, I don't want all that paint in my septic system, and they're never quite the same again if you wash them and let them dry. I find that if you wrap them tightly in plastic, either saran wrap or a couple of plastic grocery bags or both, they will stay in good shape for the next coat for a couple of weeks at least unless it's very warm where they're stored. In fact, I had one stored that I forgot about and it stayed wet long enough to get moldy. If you're worried about that, you could rinse them a little and store them wrapped in plastic while they're a bit wet, but I find that leaves them too wet and you have to get that out before painting with them again. Put them in the fridge or in the basement if it's hot weather where you are. They sell plastic snap-on covers for keeping rollers wet in between coats, and they're nice and tidy, but for the average person, wrapping in plastic is cheaper and just as good.How to clean paint rollers?
The best answer by far was from Jackie. But people dont want to hear about protecting our enviroment. They want quick, easy, cheapest and lazy way out
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Use paint thinner. But you're probably better off buying cheap new ones after each use. They still remain pretty hard after you've used them once, which isn't so nice for the next time you use them.
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that answer is right
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Good answer but for longer storage I've wrapped like above but put into the freezer. For oil based paint, let it dry then dispose of per local codes.
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Acrysol. First rinse the best of your abilities, soak in acrysol, rinse thoroughly.
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Separate rollers for each color is best, but NOT because of environmental concerns. It is not possible to clean paint rollers sufficiently to use for multiple colors. It is difficult to clean them enough to reuse for the SAME color. They are made for 1 time use.
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If you TRY to clean a roller, leave it on the handle and spin it with a high pressure garden hose. Just be sure there is nothing close by that you don't mind splattering with paint.
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lacquer thinner works like a charm fill a bucket with it and soak the roller it will come right out gauranteed
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well i guess there are no actual painters in the bunch. one actual correct answer and of course not chosen.
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Are you kidding?! You use paint thinner not Water!!!
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The problem is a paint roller will end up having a lot of paint in it, so holding it under a running faucet is a slow process at best.
A real good way I found is to get a 5-gallon bucket and fill it about halfway with water. Soak the roller in that for a while and swish it around a bit by rotating the handle with the roller underwater. I have found after a while the roller is almost clean, and you can dump the water and replace it and repeat the process a few times.
Another way which works is to hold the paint roller out at the end if a long handle attachment and spray it with a garden hose so the roller spins slowly and the paint spins off. You can completely clean a roller this was in just a few minutes. You can also use this method after soaking the roller in the bucket; the bucket gets most of the paint off.
If you are going to be painting again with the same color in a day or two, or even a week or two, don't bother cleaning the roller at all. Roll it up in a sheet of plastic wrap and secure the ends. I have had rollers stay wet this way for months.
I recommend buying inexpensive rollers for each color. Store in ziplock bags until you are finished. When done, let dry completely and throw in trash. You should not wash paint into the water system, down the drain, or into your environment and the amount of water wasted is not cool. If you are using oil based paint, take rollers to toxic waste disposal in your area.
Think Green :)
You might just be better off buying a bunch of rollers. They're only a couple of bucks each. In fact, get separate roller handles. Then you don't have to worry about it.
But, I have found that you can get most of the paint off a roller (water based paint) by dunking the handle and roller into a 5-gallon bucket of clean water and shaking it vigorously for about a minute. You then use the spray from a hose to rinse it off and use the jet from the hose against the edge of the roller to set it spinning. This then flings the paint off of the roller.
But, be careful with this method, because it does fling the paint everywhere. And, I mean everywhere.
LOTS of water. It would probably be more economical/effective to just get a roller head for each color.
If you are adamant about reusing heads for different colors get a roller spinner. Rinse each roller, spray with Murphy's oil soap, rub, rinse again, use spinner to remove excess liquid, repeat. This will take 5-10 minutes per head per change of color. Do NOT spin where you don't mind getting watered down paint sprayed everywhere, do it outside, or in a shop sink, or an old paint bucket.
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