Hi Guys,
Not a real exciting thread but I need some advice on how best to clean my roller and paint tray after using oil-based paint.
At the moment, I'm simply filling up a bucket with around 2 litres water and 300ml of Turpentine and submerging the items, but I'm finding it difficult to completely wash away the paint. It seems to come off initially with some rubbing, but just sticks right back onto the tools when I take them out.
Alternatively I'll pour some Turps right onto the roller or tray, but this takes nearly 1/2 litre of Turps before the paint starts to thin and I feel I can run it under an open tap.
Either way, its gets real messy, stinks the whole house and the end-result is a roller and tray that just don't seem to be clean.
Maybe my problem is I'm not removing enough excess paint before I do the clean. Not sure.
There's got to be an easy way.
Cheers.
Not a real exciting thread but I need some advice on how best to clean my roller and paint tray after using oil-based paint.
At the moment, I'm simply filling up a bucket with around 2 litres water and 300ml of Turpentine and submerging the items, but I'm finding it difficult to completely wash away the paint. It seems to come off initially with some rubbing, but just sticks right back onto the tools when I take them out.
Alternatively I'll pour some Turps right onto the roller or tray, but this takes nearly 1/2 litre of Turps before the paint starts to thin and I feel I can run it under an open tap.
Either way, its gets real messy, stinks the whole house and the end-result is a roller and tray that just don't seem to be clean.
Maybe my problem is I'm not removing enough excess paint before I do the clean. Not sure.
There's got to be an easy way.
Cheers.