How to choose a roller sleeve and why

[Music] everybody I'm Jill from Jill protocol today I'm just gonna do a small introduction into role of sleeves and roller arms and just give you a little insight into what we use and which methods so it's combinations of roller arms under all the sleeves these different sizes of roller sleeves for different surfaces different purposes so I will quickly go over these and hope that this gives you a little insight into it if you struggling so I will show you the rollers now and give you a brief description of what we use them for right folks so what we have here is a selection of roller sleeves and a selection of roller arms so what I'll do is I'll start off with my basic kit what I normally use it's important that when you are rolling a wall or a ceiling I'm sure you already know and I've explained it on one of my videos you have to cut in around the edges first and when you've cut him with the brush you then it's beneficial actually to go over with a smaller roller and this is one I'll show you now which is this one here now this one is the same roller sleeve as this one and when I say it's the same roller sleeve obviously the different sizes but this is the one I will use after cutting in and what you do is briefly go over your cutting in and it gives that cutting in the same texture as what you're going to be putting on with you bigger roller on the wall the textures have to be the same it's always best if they do a matching mini roller to get the matching one the same brand as these two these two a Hamilton perfection microfiber rola sleeves so you've got the 15 inch air that's a 15 inch roller so what a lot of people use a lot of DIY is on here we'll be familiar with a 9 inch so that's a 15 inch you can also get a 9 inch in these which I don't use and that's the 12 inch version so as you can see that's the difference between that's what the 15 inch and the 12 inch and then obviously the 9 inch is smaller than that one again which is what a lot of people will be a lot of DIY as we'll be familiar with the smaller version of that so obviously the reason for different sizes is obviously productivity in the trade we're doing it every day day in day out we're doing large areas and if you do in a large wall and the wall surface is in good condition smooth flat then a bigger role that is beneficial because obviously you can get more paint on that roller and you will get the wall done in a quicker time if that makes any sense because it's wider and it holds more paint your app is taking your less time to actually do the passes on the wall so that's why we use bigger rolls now the one thing you've got a think of before you think oh I'll go out and get the biggest roller I can well you can go up to 18 inch so you can even get bigger than that 3 inches bigger which would be say towards here the problem with that is if the surface that you're going on isn't smooth and flat what happens is when you go over the surface like so when you do that with the roller if the if the surface is bubbly like so it's gonna miss some of them areas on the wall with it being so wide so what you have to do then ease thing we'll have to go with a lightly smaller one so the good goal to and the one that's kind of in between is going to give you better productivity than a nine inch roller but it's not that big that you are gonna get misses if the seat the walls aren't perfect so generally a twelve inch is the goal to obviously we're being a professional decorator we get the walls flutter and smoother so we can generally get away with the 15-inch right so what I want to do now is talk about the different materials they use on roller rooms rollers and wise wise that is important so this particular one the hamilton perfection is called a microfiber and what that does is it still enables you to pick up enough paint but it the microfiber gives a better overall finish than say a woven roller like these so you can see the difference these are like woven strands so the ends of these woven into the core of the roller you normally use heat and glue and then as you can see this one's a bit fluffier as you look at it and that's because the NAP on this one is longer this is actually an extra long nap whereas this one is a medium nap this is a medium microfiber medium microfiber and the same with that medium see the Jen we generally use medium on walls and ceilings so I'll just explain the NAP so then that basically means it's either nap if you're in the States or other countries we call it pale in the UK and parts of Europe so it's either nap or pile they both mean the same thing and it basically means the length of the material that is on there so I haven't actually got any smooth nap or pile rollers currently we very very rarely use the smooth ones in the bigger roller sleeves but what I can say is the smooth hold less paint so you're going to have to dip your pain in the bucket more often because they don't hold as much pain but what that does is it gives less of a textured finish on the wall if it is a smooth surface using a smooth one is no good on general services unless it's perfect it has to be a perfect surface so we generally use the smooth mini roller on would work because the woodwork is generally nice and smooth if it's a flat paneled or something like that it's perfectly smooth we use smooth pile mini roller sleeves so let's go back to the the big ones for walls and ceilings so the medium which is like I say what we use is perfect for walls and ceilings and you're gonna get a good finish with a medium pile because the medium pile is for smooth and slightly textured surfaces so even if you've got say a ceiling that's got a soft artex finish not a really deep one but a soft artex finish the medium pile will still do it because this is where the length of the material comes in handy see so it fills up and then material hold the pane and lay the paint off as it's rolling rolling round so obviously the longer that is the more then that material can work its way into the imperfections of the ceiling so obviously if it's a perfectly smooth flat surface you don't need the material to be long so let's go on to the longer pale so this particular one is a Hamilton also and this is the extra long pile and I think it's a fit yep it's a 15 inch and what we use this for is generally exterior work so or if we're doing a high textured ceiling so if you've got a high textured ceiling and it's really deep well you're gonna need either a long pile or you're gonna need an extra longer pile so we've always doing them an exterior render job and the texture was really deep if it was rough cast or even pebble - then you're gonna need something similar to this because it's gonna have to get in all the nooks and crannies and this will hold a lot more pain than say the medium pile so with the long pile you won't have to dip quite as much but saying that if you are going on a textured surface you will need it to hold more because you will use more paint on a textured surface than what you would on a smooth surface so I'll just go through got we actually use this roller as well so we have the four inch which is this one which we use generally which is fine because we use a three inch brush cutting in and then we roll over it while it's still wet around the edges before we do the main part of the wall or ceiling but when we're doing slightly bigger areas and it doesn't warrant using a big roller and a mini rollers not productive enough we've we go with this per day and this Purdy is a jumbo roller arm a single roll around and it takes Purdy jumbo sleeves now this is a 6.5 inch birdie sleeve and it's a medium pale but it's not a medium microfiber it's actually woven and we tend to use this on really small walls and intricate spaces say like we're doing a bathroom bathrooms generally small anyway and then you've got some fitted cabinets fitted units and stuff things like that on the wall will will use the 6.5 inch it's perfect if we want a smoother nap and we're doing something say flat panel doors before we lay off we may use a 6.5 white door or something similar or we may even go to it or even an even smoothen up or ashore and up so then we can go on to things like that so just let me show you that's a microfiber also that's a six inch microfiber or a 5.5 a character member which one that is now but that's a long pale microfiber that's quite cushioning that's quite long that's long pale so you can get long pile either in the woven or the microfiber microfiber are my preferred choice for doing interior decorating and I just want to show you this so there is other options now these are quite something I haven't used that much I'd normally use I don't whether you've seen and but sponge rollers and sponge rollers are were made for and have been used for a long time now for oil-based coatings but then these have been on the market last few years and these are actually I'll show you the pocket these are actually flock and these are like a substitute for the sponge ones because what they are is the sponge inside but then the other Fleck a flock material on the outer rim of it so we absorbs the paint just like a foam roller but then it lays it off a bit like a microfiber so you kind of get in the benefit of both worlds these are very very good if you want FEX smooth finish on a on a very flat surface or would use them on would work so they're very handy right just before we finish I just want to explain the difference between the roller arms now this is what you might be familiar with it's just a roller arm single arm for a nine inch roller and the nine inch roller simply just fits on top of that and that's what you're probably familiar with 9 inch roller arm 9 inch cage that's another name for it but we don't really use them because we don't really use 9 inch rollers very often what we use and I'll show you the one we're currently using and a new one is this this is all we use now now they used to have issues with this roller it's a double arm extendable roller arm made by Purdy just so just to let you know I'm not getting paid or have not been supplied with anything free for this video by the way this is all off my own back but this is the stuff I recommend this is the stuff I use so just go the other way and show you know right so generally these are brilliant because these can do 9 inch 12 inch 15 inch right up to 18 inch so if you buy one of these although they are more expensive than your standard single arm one they'll do you for all sizes so that's what we use a Joseph L with painting and decorating so the simply clip oh please simply click hook not looking at too much detail but they just simply click up and these move out and extend to the right size of your roller then you push them back in and lock them down and as you can see that one's locked into place well it was that one's locked into place and it's ready to go so the difference between a-anything upwards from a 9-inch compared to you know 12 15 18 even 14 actually sorry I'll mention these things that's actually a 14-inch and that's made by Worcester that's a 14-inch so I was missing a size out there but obviously some manufacturers do 14-inch some done so it's just a generalization really but this one like I say goes from 12 to 18 and the difference between the role of sleeves that you put in in these arms compared to this one is these ones and you probably find them in most DIY stores and the other hole in them the core is cut out and it just simply slides on there whereas the ones that go on the extending rollers filled in like so and they just of the hole which that bit fastens into when you're adjusting it to the right length now you can actually buy these roller sleeves from trade places and you have to get the separate cups that fit in there because they will have the hole but you can use them on a 9-inch roller arm or you can fit them on an extendable one because you do actually get fixed double arm cages or roller arms that do not extend you can get them fixed to certain sizes they don't adjust that just fixed 12 inch 15 inch or 18 inch I don't see the point in getting loads of different ones for different sizes you may as well just get the extendable one it is no point so that's pretty much it guys I've not got every single one available there is a few others a would like to show you but I haven't actually got them in stock at the moment because pretty much this is what we're using currently so if you've got any questions please ask fire away I may have missed something out generally if I miss anything out that would have liked to have said I will stick it here on the side just to let you know in text but please ask away doesn't have to be related to this video anything at all please like the video if you find this useful and if you've not already done so please subscribe because and click that bell because you will get 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Channel: JoePro Decor

Views: 35,553

Keywords: hamilton perfection, wooster, professional painting, purdy, purdy white dove, purdy colossus, jumbo sleeves, short pile, medium pile, long pile, joeprodecor, joseph elwick p&d, paintlife, woven, microfibre, homedecor, decorating, homestyle, diy

Id: 0hrWNGX2rDU

Length: 18min 45sec (1125 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 18 2019