How to prep a new paint roller
Whether painting walls or cabinets, it’s important to take a few minutes to prep a new paint roller before using it for the first time. Otherwise you can end up with a lot of little fiber hairs stuck to your new paint job…which totally sucks.
When painting cabinets I use a mini roller with 1/4″ nap to get a smooth surface. They are recommended for walls (you know, for hard to reach areas…) but I like them for cabinets and furniture too. My “paint guy” was surprised when I went in to buy them. He asked, “Don’t you end up with little particles all over in your paint?”
Well no. No I don’t. And this is why…
I wrap new rollers (that I’m going to be using for furniture or cabinets) with painters tape before I use them.
Then I pull the tape off, and with it comes all the loose hairs. Do this a couple times (with new tape) until the tape comes off clean and then you’re good to go…paint!
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Yeah, I have no idea what you were saying in the last paragraph. LOL
Uhmmm, I have no idea where the idea that these rollers are cheap came into the picture. I certainly didn’t say it! They are about $3 each. I don’t consider that cheap. They are, however, my choice of roller when painting furniture and cabinets. I use the tape to get all the fuzz and lint off because I am very particular about the finish on pieces I build. Why go to all the trouble of building if your’e just going to slap on the finish? Right?
I do the process twice or more times (until the tape comes off clean) to ensure that the roller is lint/fuzz free. A roll of painters tape is about $5. I wouldn’t even go through a whole roll of tape prepping a pack of rollers let alone one. I don’t consider $8 for for a roll of tape and a mini roller cover too costly in order to get a nice paint job on a piece that I just spent 600 hours and $2000 building. Or any dinky roadside rescue piece of furniture for that matter.
Just saying. 😀
sorry for the spelling issues on last post ….krap
love the idea but the blue painters tape is not cheap even if the rollors are , and the suggestion was to tape and de-shead if you will the rollers twice … correct me if i wrong but doing the over a pak / ,aybe two of rolloer is not going to save you that much money after you go thur a roll or poss half roll.
hey i am just saying
love it tho very smart you guy are creative and that what i live for making it all smart and lite on the wallet.
peace hackers of life
love LH a long time quite junky
Do you paint your cabinets in plain white, or do you have an off-white color you prefer? If so, can I know what it is? I’m going to try the method you like for my built-ins…and am going to buy the paint today.