Types Of Brushes For Painting..

[Cyberkinetic 0]

Sorry, but just had to write it down cos I'm holding up a lot of frustration .. hehe.. reno not going to schedule and quality of work not as what I'm expecting..but anyway...

I am currently doing my own painting of my new hse... it was newly plastered so I had to apply a layer of sealant before painting the top coat proper.

Got my paint from a shop in Serangoon and was strongly recommended to use those usual rollers with the wooly type of material... I asked about the foam roller and the lady just told me not so good... use the standard one.. (but later on, while shopping in DIY shop.. i bought a foam roller thinking maybe of trying it out .. curious mah)

Ok lor.. while i had done painting before, it was usually using brushes... so i just went ahead.. and the usual back breaking feelings were there as I painted using the rollers and using small brush to touch up the edges and corners... the end result was not very satisfying... with some little specks of dots and not a smooth surface as I had suspected with using rollers...

Until last nite, as I start to paint the top coat of white paint, Matex... on my kitchen ceiling which already had the sealant on last week.. remembered the foam roller i bought.. decided to try it out.. woah... the DIFFERENCE... was happy because the foam roller was so much lighter and doesn't absorb that much paint, which even using it one hand with the long pole, i can do a decent paint job... the best thing is that the surface is pretty smooth... none of those little little specks and uneveness using the normal roller material. Last week, I spent one whole nite painting the kitchen ceiling with sealant... last nite, same time, I did TWO coats of the white paint... I din even need to use the small brush cos the foam roller with the straight edge manages to put paint on the edges and corners nicely... and went home without too much body aches.. I am gonna get another one for applying sealant to my other rooms...

Lesson learnt... through the hard way... listen to advice.. but make sure it's someone u can trust and not just any sales person.. and nothing beats hands on experience.

I'm not saying foam roller is necessarily better than the usual roller material... it could be the way I paint as well... just trying to offer a different point of view for those who are thinking of DIY painting and choosing painting tools..

Rgds.

Edited May 21, 2009 by Cyberkinetic

[homesweethome 0]

Hmm... very interesting. I still remember the back-breaking feel of DIY painting. Using those conventional wooly rollers are really no joke, they can get really heavy after awhile being paint logged and all. Have never used those foam types before though. Will keep this in mind if I ever need to do anymore DIY painting in future. Thanks for sharing!

[neechuan 0]

Hi,

I am going to paint my flat too. Where did you purchase your foam roller and how much you pay for it?

Thanks,

Gary

[~BBtBB 0]

Yes, I agree. Don't get the big woolly kind. VERY heavy and absorb too much paint. Go for the small ones especially for ladies. I didn't use the foam ones just the small rollers.. Also get brushes. I bought 1 inch ones and 2.5inches.

I just painted my new home 2 weeks ago. Back breaking but by the 2nd day, the muscles sort of got use to the "exercise"!

If you using masking tape, be sure to remove them as soon as the paint dries if not it may stick to the wall and pull off paint from your newly painted wall!!! Also, have a damp cloth with you so if you accidentally paint on your skirting/window, you can wipe it off easily.

Another tip from my contractor, for the 1 coat, you can do it rather quickly. Just paint through the wall and don't worry about the uneven patch too much. It's the 2nd coat that you will need to have more patience. At first I didn't want too, and was painting too slowly. After the 3rd day, I decided to just do it his way. Result, same as what I did before!!!!!