Should You Spray Paint or Roller Your Walls?
When it comes to painting, you don’t just have to pick up a brush. There are so many methods you can choose from, a simple task like painting your walls can be a headache! If you like efficiency, speed, and a nice even finish, your top two choices are probably spray paint or roller. So which one should you choose?
Spray Painting
You can spray paint interior walls if you like speed, and outdoors too. You can complete some jobs much faster than other methods available by using a paint sprayer with a professional finish. The only thing you need to be careful with when you’re spray painting, is over spraying and wasting paint. However, with a sprayer you can achieve a more controlled, fine finish with your application on smaller jobs, even indoors. They can be perfect for smaller trims, stairs, fences and other details! When it comes to spray painting, you need to think about what it is you are painting. For example, you could use a sprayer on interior doors, where you just can’t quite get the professional finish you need with a roller. You can even take items such as doors and so on outdoors and spray them in a large open environment!
Roller Painting
Many painters will stick with rolling when it comes to the indoors, as it gives you better control of the flow of paint. You don’t have to worry about paint spray getting into the wrong
A roller provides thin, uniform and even coats, and is an ideal tool for painting large, smooth and well- prepared walls, ceilings, and large furniture. The roller is more economical to use than the brush since its
porous surface holds much more paint and distributes an even layer of paint much faster. The smoother the wall, the shorter the filament length should be (approx. 10mm), but in general it’s better to take advantage of a roller with longer filament. You can achieve different finishes with different rollers: smooth surface rollers for smooth finish, and thick or fluffy surface rollers for a more textured finish. There are many available roller types: plastic ones are intended for water-based paints, natural
fibre ones for solvent-based paints, and sponge rollers for oil-based paints.
Each method has it strong points, either way you can achieve a fantastic, professional finish, as long as you take your time to find the right tools.
