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Painting With A Mini-Roller

  
  
  

painting mini rollerPainting is one of those necessary chores that I try to put off as long as possible. There are lots of different tools to help you paint a variety of items.

A customer called and needed her fascia painted because her homeowner’s association didn’t like the way it looked. Sure enough, the paint was peeling and it was unattractive. The exposed portion of the fascia was only about 10 inches and had the lip of the roof covering just a portion of it. The perfect tool for this job is a mini-roller. These are paint rollers that are very small in diameter that will make quick work of painting fascias. Not to be gross, but these are also called tampon rollers for obvious reasons.

Mini-rollers use special frames that can be longer than normal frames. After scraping the old paint from the fascia, the board will be very smooth. You can use the mini-roller and paint using horizontal strokes and cover a three foot swath very quickly. Since the roller is smaller and holds less paint, it is less likely you will drip paint, although you will have to reload paint more often. The smaller diameter of the roller will also allow you to paint right up to the roof edge overhanging the fascia board without having to use a brush for touchups.

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Mini rollers are an absolute godsend.The larger mini rollers (6 inches wide) are also good for interior painting a bathroom walls where you have to deal with tight areas. Used properly they produce a perfectly fine finish (no roller marks). They are a perfect replacement for doing touch up work on walls where you don't want to have any brush marks showing. Many rollers are the same as any other kind of roller, you have to watch not to squeeze the edges creating streaks. You can reuse many rollers many times as long as you wash them out thoroughly. 
This is one of the tricks that Mississauga handyman uses for painting interior walls and bathrooms. The job looks great and it doesn't take you forever to clean out the roller.
Posted @ Tuesday, November 23, 2010 3:56 PM by mississauga handyman
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