Applying Emulsion Using a Roller
Applying emulsion using a roller will be quickest way of covering a sizable surface area, although you may need more coats than when painting using a brush since the paint goes on quite thinly using a roller. Roller sleeves can be found in many different sizes and textures. Choose #a short#-pile sleeve for the smooth wall surface, and a shaggy sheepskinstyle sleeve for a more textured surface. The parts the roller cannot reach will need to get finished with a brush. Solid non-drip emulsion, which is supplied in a tray, is also applied using a roller. As you apply the roller, the paint liquefies and allows the roller to gather up the right amount of paint.
1 Pour the emulsion paint into the paint tray reservoir - it should 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. Don’t overload the sleeve or paint will splash everywhere.
2 Move the roller over the wall surface, using random strokes applied with a light-weight, even pressure. Try not to paint too fast or you will develop a fine mist of paint spray. Every time the roller is dipped in the paint, move it #to an# adjacent unpainted area and work your way back to the painted area in overlapping strokes to blend with the wet edges.
Using Paint Pads:
Paint pads come in different sizes. These are flat and rectangular with closely packed short fibres bonded with a foam backing strip, which makes the pad bendy. Pads are good for painting big areas with liquid paint - the larger the pad, the faster you cover the surface. They create less spray and mess than rollers, but they do need reloading with paint more often. Use a paint pad tray which includes a built-in ribbed roller on which excess paint can be removed.
1 Pour the paint into the paint pad tray, then draw the pad over the built-in roller to dispense the paint evenly and remove any excess - a paint pad will #give a# patchy finish if it is loaded unevenly, and will drip if there's excessive paint on it.
2 Start painting close to a corner and work in strips about 4 times the width of the pad. Keeping the pad flat on the wall, move it up and down the surface with a delicate scrubbing action.
Painting Edges - Cutting in
Rollers and bigger paint pads are very good for covering whole walls swiftly, but they can not reach the whole way into your edges, you will have to complete 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 if you #do it# before #the main# section is painted.
1 Paint four or five overlapping strokes at right angles to the edge to fill the gap between #the edge# #and the# new paint. 2 Painting parallel towards the edge, #go over# the very first brush strokes in a long sweeping motion. Repeat until the whole edge is painted.
Author Resource:
Believe me when I say that I know how hard it may be to perform these tasks that I’ve written about #in this# article. I have carried out these tips to many painting projects over the years but at the beginning #when I# first started out in the painting trade #there was# a lot to learn. For my training I went to a firm called - painter london - They taught me everything that I do know these days.
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