Applying Emulsion With a Roller
Applying emulsion using a roller will be quickest method of covering a sizable surface area, although you may require more coats than when painting with a brush because the paint goes on quite thinly with a roller. Roller sleeves can be found in many sizes and textures. Choose #a short#-pile sleeve for any smooth wall surface, and a shaggy sheepskinstyle sleeve for any more textured surface. The areas the roller cannot reach will have to be finished using a brush. Solid non-drip emulsion, which is supplied in a tray, is also applied using a roller. While you apply the roller, the paint liquefies and allows the roller to pick up the correct quantity of paint.
1 Pour the emulsion paint into the paint tray reservoir - it needs to be about a third full. Dip the roller sleeve into the paint and roll it confidently up and down the tray’s ribbed incline to spread the paint evenly. Do not overload the sleeve or paint will splash far and wide.
2 Move the roller over the wall surface, using random strokes applied with a light, even pressure. Try not to go too fast or you will probably develop a fine mist of paint spray. Each time the roller is dipped in the paint, move it #to an# adjacent unpainted area and work your way back to your painted area in overlapping strokes to blend in the wet edges.
Using Paint Pads:
Paint pads come in several sizes. They are flat and rectangular with closely packed short fibres bonded to a foam backing strip, which makes the pad flexible. Pads are good for painting big areas with liquid paint - the larger the pad, the faster you cover the surface. They make less spray and mess than rollers, but they will need reloading with paint more regularly. Use a paint pad tray with a built-in ribbed roller on which excess paint will be removed.
1 Pour the paint into the paint pad tray, then draw the pad over the built-in roller to distribute the paint evenly and take away any excess - a paint pad will #give a# patchy finish if it is loaded unevenly, and can drip if there's excessive paint on it.
2 Start painting close to a corner and work in strips about four times the width of your pad. Keeping the pad flat to the wall, move it up and down the surface with a mild scrubbing action.
Painting Edges - Cutting in
Rollers and bigger paint pads are very good for covering whole walls rapidly, but they cannot reach the whole way to the edges, you will need to finish off these areas using a brush or small paint pad - a process also known as ‘cutting in’. #This can be# done before or after #the main# painting, but you will probably get the most uniform finish when you #do it# before #the main# section is painted.
1 Paint four or five overlapping strokes at right angles to your edge to fill the gap between #the edge# #and the# new paint. 2 Painting parallel to the edge, #go over# the first brush strokes in a long sweeping motion. Repeat until the entire edge is painted.
Author Resource:
Believe me #when I# say that I understand how hard it may be to carry out these tasks that I’ve written about #in this# article. I’ve carried out these tips to many painting projects over the years but from the beginning #when I# first began in the painting trade #there was# much to learn. For my training I went to a firm called - painter london - They taught me everything that I know these days.
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