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9-inch Paint Roller Frame and Cover

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The presenter explains the importance of a high-quality 9-inch paint roller frame and cover for rolling walls. He explicitly advises against cheap roller frames, as they tend to flex and bend under pressure. This flexing can prevent proper paint transfer to the wall's texture and lead to undesirable 'trailing edges' or 'lap marks' in the finish. He suggests investing in a 'contractor roller frame,' highlighting that 'Wooster' frames are among the best. For the roller cover, he recommends a 'Purdy White Dove' 3/8-inch woven nap, similar to the 4-inch roller cover, for its minimal splatter properties and excellent finish when used with high-end paints like 'Sherwin Williams Eminence' ceiling paint.

Goal: Achieve efficient and even paint application on walls with minimal imperfections.

Tools and materials

  • 9-inch Paint Roller Frame WoosterHolding the roller cover for applying paint to large wall surfaces

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item. Now, you got to have something to roll your walls. And the next item we'll talk about is a roller frame and cover right here. The roller frame, you definitely want to purchase a really good roller frame. This is a contractor roller frame right here. And the reason why you don't want to buy cheap ones is when you're rolling your wall, this a cheap frame, this will actually flax a lot. And if it flexes and bends, you can't put enough pressure on the roller itself to really get the paint down into the texture of the wall. And then it will actually leave trailing edges or lap marks cuz when you're putting the pressure on the roller, it'll bend and flex and it'll put more pressure on this end, which will leave like a little heavy edge. And so you always want to invest in, you know, the best 9-in roller frame that you can get. a roller cover on here. Same like my 4-in one. I use a white white dove 3/8 in pretty nap and it's a white woven nap. And this is an excellent nap. Once again, splatters very little. If you're using a really high-end paint, it splatters almost none at all. We'll roll ceilings with a product from Sherwin Williams called Eminence. And using that product and this paint, rolling a ceilings in a whole house, you maybe will have one or two speckles on your face and that's it. It's an excellent combination, but this is of essential tool, the 9-in roller. Now, we'll go on to the next item, which

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