Pick the correct roller frame for your DIY painting project.

We have all heard the saying the devil is in the details. Todays tip may appear as a minor and almost meaningless detail but it could save you a lot of problems with that DIY painting project you have planned.

A paint roller frame?
    Something as simple and basic to painting today as a brush. What could possibly be a detail that is a need to know?

Just take a look at these two examples of roller frames I have here.

See the difference?

   One has a metal ring at the point where the rolling pole screws in and one does not.

Well that chrome ring is not there just for good looks.
   That ring helps prevent the plastic handle from cracking when you screw the roller handle into the frame.

   Screw that rolling pole in just a little to tight in the frame with out the metal ring and it WILL crack and it will no longer work. Just picture yourself just about to finish the last wall and that happens.

   Not only do you have to stop and go back to the paint store buy a new roller frame and likely repaint the entire last wall you were painting when the frame broke. But you may likely need a new roller cover as the one you were using will create one huge mess as you try and remove it from the broken roller frame and put it on the replacement roller frame.

The cost difference? Less than a dollar. Money well spent.

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