How to Paint Quickly and More Evenly with a Roller

[Gasdrew]

wow i would have never thought to use a bucket. nice technique!

[bulldog1288]

best thing to do is prime your walls gray and if you want to get those walls done fast use a 18 inch roller. red over gray almost covers solid if you dont you may be putting three coats on

[errindon]

omg you hack

[paulgosen777]

I find that when you roll off the excess paint from your open end of the roller sleave 1st, you don't get that excessive line of paint on your wall. This also helps when you are doing wall edges.

[skeemhomie]

@Francistrafton i put the roller up to the top till i can i just see we the cornes is . never drips on me you just got to watch your build up . but you should never roll a whole wall in 1 go , paint should stretch about 1 to 1.5 sqm other wise your going to get less cover rage and holidays

[skeemhomie]

@Thescorpian615 if your doing the W M method and applying enough paint. also not going over rolling the same spot over and over again because it will take the paint back off the wall , allso working in a methodical order , you shouldnt get misses and holidays

[FrancisTrafton]

will drip off of the side of the cage.. never put full roller at the top of a wall or in a corner

i start a roller width away from corner and work it back, and backroll

[FrancisTrafton]

will drip off of the side of the cage.. never put full roller at the top of a wall or in a corner

[3CROWNS1991]

great video, ive been having problems with paint lines, this is sure to help - thanks from england

[bergar1]

put a grenade in the bucket and run :)

[UardiP]

never submerge your roller you will have drips that u will regret. old timer

[roister5555]

It is a bad rolling technique to start rolling with a loaded roller from the top of the wall.

[rhdtv2002]

good job..

[ronhazelton]

Yes, it's true. There are visible lines where the red is not completely covering the underlying white. One one hand, using two contrasting colors like this made the technique demonstration more visible ... especially for video. On the other, covering white with a dark color almost always requires two coats. Showing the second coat being applied would have been great to demonstrate complete coverage, but not so good for demonstrating technique.

[kenfo0]

Vids like these are a real problem. Someone is "teaching" something, but apparently doesn't know what he's doing.  I can see lines from here. One "pro" says to start at the top, next says in the middle, one says lift roller, next says no, next says to paint w's. This makes all of it worthless to the end user.

[TheScorpion615]

its all a trial and error process intell you find out what works best for you. like they say different strokes,for different folks. and when it comes to painting that saying is literally lol. im finding out the hard way grr.

[TheMegBell]

17 year pro dont roll out of a 5 gallon pail it drys on the side so when you put your 2nd coat on you will mostlikely have chuncks in your paint for a professional its rollar pans all the way trust me.

[jonineese]

HAHAHAA! I've never heard anyone other than my husband use the word holidays when painting! I asked him why it was called that and he says cause it was like whoever was painting just decided to take a holiday in the middle of painting! LOL!!! That was awesome! You paint just like my husband. :)

[TheScorpion615]

lmao i was just wondering why it was called that? thanks for the post now i know and i think its funny as hell. if many people dont call it that? what do most people call it? im somewhat new to painting grrrr so im trying my best to get better but keep getting holidays lol. damnn super light brown paint isnt funny working with for a beginer without an eye for detail.

[ronhazelton]

I think the "W" or "M" method works well also. I'd say try them all and choose the one that works best for you. The principle is basically the same -- to unload the roller uniformly over a wall section, then blend the stripes or lines together with overlapping strokes for an even coating. Thanks for the comment.

[lzshady]

i always use W or M to spread out the paint, then cover, never use this one before, it maybe good, but I would like keeping using W or M , anyway, good video

[bertudbest1]

The colour is very dark :(

[eyeboule]

I love your videos Sir, but I have to say..I have been painting for thirty five years and the 'W' fashion is to my mind satill the best and most coverage effective

[LloydChristmas777]

Just asking: why do a lot of people paint with a 3 feet "W" stroke and then fill it in? I notice you don't do that. What is your reason?

[irich62]

if there were any color variations between the two gallons wouldn't have made more sense to mix them together -before- cutting in? You should also have had some gray primer on those walls before the red - it'll never look good even with multiple coats.

[seephor]

Good tip on using the 5 gal. bucket. One small tip I would suggest is to start rolling from the middle of the wall instead of the top because your fully charged roller will shed off most of the paint when you just begin and having most of your paint at the top of the wall poses a couple issues. It's difficult to feather out the paint when you have no more room to roll up so you might get high spots at the top of your wall where you stopped your roller.

[ronhazelton]

Good tip. Many thanks.

[lgttb1]

@ronhazelton you need to tell how to pick the correct roller covers and that its not a good idea to try to save money buying cheap roller frames - covers or paint brushes. the five gallon bucket is great because it is 10 times faster - its not as easy to step in or kick over like a lousy pan and you can put the top on it when you need a break and leave the roller and brush in the paint till you get back to finish the job. i have loaned out my paint equiptment many times to friends .

[TheScorpion615]

coool and thank you for the tip i think im having that problem grrr. hopeful not anymore thanks to you.

[giantinside]

@seephor Thanks for that tip.

[carolinagrl8]

Thanks for the tip, we will soon close on our house and need all the advice we can get.

[ChrisW12208]

they now have 18" rollers with special buckets that have a built in screen thing. I use those a lot and they are sooooo much faster than even 12" rollers. Also I always trim out edges first all the way around with either a sash brush or a 4" trim roller.

[marqik]

I'll try the 5G bucket and screen. Thanks again.