Choosing a paint roller

Paint the walls, floors, ceilings and other elements of a house or apartment can be different colors and different tools. One of the most popular and widely used tools for applying paint - paint roller. About him our story today. Paint the walls, floors, ceilings and other elements of a house or apartment can be different colors and different tools. One of the most popular and widely used tools for applying paint - paint roller. About him our story today. Varieties of rolls there are not enough, and each has its purpose and differs from other appearance - material and size coats. Immediately specify all the terms that we will use in this story. Roller is the part of the tool, consisting of plastic, wood or aluminum cylinder assembly in a soft fur, which absorbs paint and then to rolling lands of the painted surface. Familiar to us from the design of handles and a curved metal rod (byugelya), which is worn and the shaft - called a loom or just handle. Coat rolls for simple works (left to right): Anlon, Elon, porous foam, perforated foam, polyester, Perlon, Dilen, Polar is also important to know the terminology, but the generally accepted classification of cushions, to buying the letters on the price tag may seem to you Jewish literacy. Domestic cylinders are divided into four groups, each of which has its own marking. The first letter - always, that means the roller. The second represents the material from which the coat is made, and if there is a third letter - it's scope. The first three groups are intended for application to surface coatings formulations. VM - rollers with a fur-coated, VMP - rollers with a fur-coated for painting floors, VMC - the same rollers, but intended for painting of concave corners., VP - it cushions with polyurethane (foam) coated with a water-adhesives. Materials coats for paint rollers (from left to right): Rilon, Rilon, sheepskin, mohair with a short nap, Terry Felt, Foam Under the rules, the fur covering for the roller should be made of lambskin or silk base, covered with bristles made fibers. In recent years, the market appeared a lot of imported beads. Their range is so great that the need to choose at times baffling, even an experienced specialist. Adds complexity and the fact that each country has its own manufacturer's method of classification. For example, manufacturers of Finland is divided into seven groups of cylinders: Mini - the rollers are mainly used for painting small or hard surfaces, including corners. Midi - pins - one of the most common types of painters, amateurs. The distinction between universal and professional rollers rather conventionally: the criterion of such a division is usually a quality coat and the diameter of the rod. For the professional tools characterized by a high-quality material, and the rod diameter from 9mm. Facade rollers characterizes the presence of internal intermediate gaskets and improved bearing system. Thanks to her, and the increased diameter shaft rotates more slowly than usual, and when dealing with such an instrument, paint sprayed is much smaller. Skeletal rollers are very easy to work, so it is easy to bend around irregularities. In addition, they are 20 - 35% cheaper than traditional rollers. Feature of these rollers is indicated in their title: coat worn not on the cylinder as the rest, and a special cage made of wire or polymer. Unfortunately, they are still little known in this country. Special ridges are divided into cushions for the floor, undulating surfaces, aggressive, and structural materials, laminating and prikatki wallpaper. But one of the leading manufacturers of tools for painting works - Swedish firm ANZA uses another classification. In size it is three groups: mini, midi, maxi-rollers. A manual five groups: high-PERFECTA; for all types of repairs (floors, walls, ceilings); for varnishes, enamels, which requires a very smooth surface, special works for simple addition to the size of painting tools, you need to pay attention to the material from which made his coat. The situation here is the choice even more complicated and confused by the fact that for the name of the same material, each firm uses its characters. Here are the main groups of materials for coats and some of their names used by the Finnish company Sakeva. Group PE - polyester (polyester): polyurethane foam (moltopren), Vestal (fake fur), yellow Vestal (reinforced), the group N - Natural materials: fur sheep, llamas, goats, velvet, mohair, felt, rubber band RS - polyacryl: kanekaron, modakril, Meryl, the group of RA - PA: Perlon, nylon. Even coats made from the same material, might differ on other parameters. Here are some examples of this. Mini-rollers made from several types of foam: normal and vyskopolotnogo with a density of 30 and 60 kg / m 3, respectively. Naturally more dense cushion last longer. Foam rollers are used for high-quality color paints water-dispersion paints, available in two colors: dark blue (high quality) and a thick yellow. Polyacrylic cushions made of a material called Melear, imitation fur lamb, available in three colors (in ascending order of quality): blue, yellow and light green. Rollers of perlon (PA) are white, light yellow and light green. Choosing a cushion, but the material itself coats need to pay attention to its compatibility with the paints, you're going to use. On the stability of coats of paint to the impact can be measured by coated with a trickle - than their bigger, the more resistant material to corrosive substances. Also on the strip can determine the method of its manufacture and interchangeability. If the stripes on the coat go along the ridge - it means she is sewn, and it can be replaced. If they are located across or diagonally, then coat plywood and replace it impossible. Most of the coats to the mini-and midi-rolls - glued. They are not very durable, as coating materials rapidly destroy the glue. But there are pluses. The process of their manufacture is quite simple, and therefore - these cushions are cheaper else. Coats to the universal, professional, front and special rolls, usually stitched. They last longer and if necessary replaced. Separately, in our opinion, is to say about the so-called textured rollers (for creating textured surfaces). They produced a lot of varieties, each designed for a specific type of work with texture finishing materials, and many other options. In order to be sure. that you get a quality instrument, guided by the presence of international quality certification ISO9001. In conclusion, we note some features of the machine (handles) for the rollers. They differ not only in size yoke, but also in overall length. There are short - 30 cm, medium - 35 - 45 cm long - 50, see if what you need to paint is far away, it makes sense to buy a special grip - Extension. The length of the extension produced ranges from 0.7 to 4 m. There are several elements that are designed to make your work more comfortable with cushion and high quality. Many companies produce special trays, kits, consisting of a roller with tray, supports for the roller and scraper for cleaning. In the pallet there is a place where the paint is poured and the surface on which you can laminate roller to achieve the uniform impregnation. In short, before you start using the paint to turn his apartment into a palace, do not be lazy to spend time and choose the appropriate tool, and then the work will bring you pleasure. kotlovan.ru by the magazine "Ideas of your home"