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Pre-wet and Clean Small Roller Cover

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Pre-wetting Paint Rollers. Painting Tips Rolling Walls.

What happens here

Begin by taking one of your new, small paint roller covers, already attached to its frame. Position a 5-gallon bucket (or a similar deep container) on the ground to catch the water. Take a garden hose equipped with a brass spray nozzle that produces a strong, straight stream. Direct the water stream from the hose at the roller cover while spinning it rapidly inside the bucket. The force of the water and the spinning action will quickly dislodge and wash away any loose fibers or lint from the roller cover, collecting them in the bucket. Continue this for a short period until you no longer see fibers being released.

Goal: Remove loose fibers from a small paint roller cover.

Tools and materials

  • 5-gallon Bucket — Containing the water and loose fibers during the cleaning process
  • Brass Spray Nozzle Home Depot — Creating a strong, focused water stream
  • Garden Hose — Providing a water source
  • Paint Roller Frame — To hold the roller cover during cleaning
  • Small Paint Roller Cover — The item being cleaned

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pre-wet your rollers and pre-clean them. So, we just take our wet our brand new roller, take a hose that actually spray a nice good straight stream out of it. We're just going to take spin that roller and just like that. It'll spin it and it'll not put very much water in it and it'll spin it pretty quickly and knock out and clean out any clean loose fibers. Take our 9 in nap. Do the same

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