When rinsing out paint rollers and brushes, can you rinse down your say kitchen sink or will the latex clog th

the drain,When rinsing out paint rollers and brushes, can you rinse down your say kitchen sink or will the latex clog th
yes you can use your sink as long as the paint is water based and not oil basedWhen rinsing out paint rollers and brushes, can you rinse down your say kitchen sink or will the latex clog th
Most latex which is a water based paint. I would prefer washing it outside with a little paint thinner and then water in the grass, though this is not so good for the outdoor wildlife or plants. Or I would also be comfortable washing a brush/roller with latex on it down the toilet or sink, however I would after wards pour a simple home made drain-o type treatment with the old receipt of two cups of vinegar and two tablespoons of baking soda mixed for 20 minutes and left then used like drain-o. Good luck
You can since it is water base, just flush with plenty of water after.
Personally, I would fill a 5-gallon bucket 2/3 full with warm soapy water and do your brush/roller cleaning in the bathroom or outside, then pour the rinse water down a toilet and flush it. I've replaced a bunch of garbage dispoze-alls that were clogged with latex 'skin' from painters and from Harry and Harriet Homeowner pouring paint-rinse-water down the kitchen drain. Also, you can put paint rollers into Baggies or wrapped well in SaranWrap and put them in your freezer, they thaw out in a few minutes and work like new! But, all said and done: the cost difference between doing all that rinsing, etc., versus the low cost of new rollers: why bother? (Not to mention your time)
Nope, it's not recommended. To get rid of excess latex paint on your brushes ~ keep brushing it on the wall, scrap wood, whatever, until all the paint has been transferred. From there, you should take it outside and hose out the brushes until the water runs reasonably clear. You should use an area of the yard where the paint won't have an environmental impact. Once the bulk of the paint is off, you can then take it indoors and rinse with soapy water in your kitchen sink.





Latex paint can eventually clog your pipes ~ but also creates problems on down the line when it hits the sewer %26amp; waste water treatment plants. It can clog machinery, kill the beneficial microbes in the water, and increase the production costs of water treatment.





Here's link of how both oil and latex paints can be disposed of safely.
i always do and never has happen.
The fastest way I have ever found to clean out latex paint from paint brushes and rollers is to go outside and with a garden hose set to the strongest stream, just blow the paint away. I can completely clean a paint brush in a minute (after getting out all excess paint first) and a paint roller in about 4 minutes, and I mean completely clean. The paint that does spray away is so diluted it just disappears, and the NJ dept of environmerntal preotection does not consider latex paint a hazardous material anyway, so what the hell...