Anybody knowledgable with painting a home wall with a roller?
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Instead of using a tray it is much easier to use a 5 gallon bucket and a paitners grate that hangs from the bucket. Pour around a 1/2 to 3/4 of a gallon into the bucket and then just spin the roller into the paint to dip it, you can put more if your need too but a 1/4 gallon is about the minimum needed. Then use the grate to roll off some of the excess, the grate also helps to evenly spread the paint on the roller surface. Like most of the other advise that has been given earleir keep the roller pretty wet and don't try to use every bit of paint on the roller. What I like to do is get the roller plenty wet to the point of almost dripping and roll out a little square with it pretty thick to get the excess of then just use the paint on that thick square to "roll out" some more of the wall until the roller starts to dry a little then dip again. It takes some getting used to but once you get the hang of it things go by pretty quickly and you tend to get some pretty good results. You can also just use a straght up and down technique which for someone just starting out works probably best. When you are done with one coat you should dip the crap out of the roller and hang it from the grate, then wrap the bucket in a garbage bag and tie it of. With it in the bag like that you can let it sit overnight or longer if needed. Take my advise as you will, but I painted at UND for 2 summers and can't begin to tell you how many rooms I rolled out. I'm no expert by any means as there are many guys that will run circles around me. Hope this helps.
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