To get a beautiful and unique designapartments, the walls are covered with paint. This work is not difficult, but even very pleasant to perform. To achieve a quality result, you need to know how to properly use a roller.
A roller applies paint to the wall more evenly than a brush.
Technology of painting walls with a roller
You will need:
- roller;
- bath;
- brush;
- paint.
Before you start working, you need toprepare all the necessary tools. Depending on the achieved painting effect, choose which roller to paint the walls with. To apply an even base layer, use a roller made of high-quality fur, to obtain marble stains - a fabric roller. Also, for work you will need a special tray, one side of which has a ribbed surface for removing excess paint. If there is no such device, then you can make squeezing nets, for example, from a piece of plywood, on which holes are drilled in a checkerboard pattern (12-15 mm) with a step of 20 mm.
Rollers for painting walls.How to paint walls correctly to get an evenly painted surface? First, carefully paint the places inaccessible to the roller, i.e. the corners of the walls, near the baseboards, etc., using a brush. Then dip the roller into the paint and roll it to squeeze it out. You need to start painting the walls from the side where the window or door openings are located. The work should be done consistently, step by step, starting from the edges. Apply paint to the wall with a roller, rolling it along its entire height from top to bottom, back and slightly diagonally. In this case, the next strip must necessarily overlap the edge of the previous strip by 4-5 cm. To ensure that the painted surface is even, the paint must be well shaded, cleaning the joints between the strips. If necessary, you can apply it in two layers. On walls with a small area, you can first apply the paint with a brush, shading it well, and then roll it with a roller. In order for the roller to last a long time, it must be looked after. After each use, carefully remove any remaining primer or oil paint. After finishing painting, the roller should first be washed in solvent and then in water with soap added. After using the primer, it can simply be washed in soapy water. Return to Contents</a>
Decorative painting of walls with a roller
You will need:
- roller of fabric;
- primer;
- paint;
- acrylic emulsion.
How to paint walls to get a marble lookeffect? For this, a fabric roller is used, gathered into folds. Thanks to them, unpainted areas remain, and a mottled surface is obtained. In this case, paint of two shades is used: the first to obtain the main background, and the second - for the marble effect. Walls painted in light tones, on which a brighter paint is structurally applied, look very beautiful. Before painting, the surface is prepared, from which dust is first cleaned, and then a primer is applied.
The process of painting walls with a roller.After this, you need to paint the walls with the main background. When the first layer dries, you can apply another one if necessary. To apply the structural layer, mix the following with a fabric roller: matte water-based paint and acrylic pearlescent emulsion in a 1:1 ratio. Apply the prepared composition to the walls, starting from the top. Move the roller in different directions. When painting the surface, pay special attention to the corners and places above the baseboards. To paint them, you need to soak a lint-free cloth in paint and use it to apply strokes to the unpainted areas, imitating the resulting streaks. When using a fabric roller, you need to know that when applying one layer, the main color will be clearly visible through it. And if you often move the tool over the surface, the result will be a more saturated and dense structure. To achieve the desired effect, work is carried out on small areas. Like any other tool, the fabric roller should be looked after. After each painting it is washed thoroughly. Any dirt and cobwebs stuck to it are removed using the sticky side of the masking tape. Return to Contents</a>
How to paint walls with strips?
You will need:
- painting tape;
- brush;
- roller;
- paint.
Scheme of painting a concrete wall with a roller.If the room has low ceilings, they can be visually raised by applying stripes to the wall. They can be of different widths and in different colors. In this case, you can paint only one wall, focusing attention on it, for example, in a child's room or kitchen. When determining the width of the strip, you need to take into account the area of the room. This is necessary for their harmonious distribution. First, the walls are painted in the main color. After the paint has completely dried, the location of the stripes is marked on them using a level or plumb line. If the last strip is narrower, it is drawn in the most inconspicuous corner of the room. Then all the places outside the stripes that do not require painting are covered with masking tape. When choosing its width, take into account what kind of roller will be used to apply the colored paint, since it should only cover the strip itself and no more. To prevent creases and unevenness on the tape, it is thoroughly smoothed by hand from top to bottom. It should not stick strongly to the wall itself. The main thing is that the paint does not leak through the masking tape, so its edges should fit tightly to the surface. After everything is prepared for applying the stripes, you can start working. To get a brighter color, paint the walls with a roller in two layers. Painting can be done either with a brush or a roller, the width of which covers the width of the strip during work. The masking tape should be removed about 5 minutes after painting one strip. In no case should you wait for the paint to dry completely, as it will stick to the tape and will come off with it.</ ul>
