How To Store Paint Roller Between Coats

More often than not brushes are rendered useless when they are stored in a jar of water between jobs and forgotten about.

How to store paint roller between coats. For someone who only does the odd bit of painting and decorating a decent quality set of brushes should last for years provided you look after them. Store the roller in an empty potato chip like pringles tube box. An easy way to keep rollers fresh between coats or when there s any delay to continuing the job is to use cling wrap. After removing all excess paint put the roller in the tube box.

I ve stored rollers this way for 2 weeks though you do risk it getting a bit dry and crusty at the edges for that sort of longer period. It is a good idea to seal the lid with some masking tape. To eliminate clean up time between coats store the roller in an empty potato chip tube. For 2 hours you ll be fine.

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Cut off a good sized piece of cling wrap and lay it down flat on a hard surface.