Best roller for painting doors?

johneym

Hello folks,

I have small foam roller, about 3 inches long and a small (wool?) roller the same length. Both unused. The wool roller has wool threads approx 1 cm long. Not sure what type it is exactly.
Might any of these be suitable for painting panelled doors in a water base satin finish.


Many thanks,

BunkMoreland

Brush

shamrock55

I'm no expert but I would imagine a brush would give you a much better finish then a roller

johneym

thanks folks,

I have done quite a bit of painting and I thought the same as you. Brush. However the people who do this regularly say a roller gives you a much better finish on the door, less brush marks or runs, smoother finish.... That's why I was enquiring....

Nono Toure

Use the foam roller when painting doors. The wool roller is for walls.

If you want brush marks, just roll a panel at a time, then brush it out with a semi-wet brush. The roller will give an even distribution of the paint, but it will leave tiny bubbles that burst, so that's why you brush it out.

But don't roll the whole door and then brush as the waterbased paint starts to dry very quickly and it will be hard to brush.

As I said, just roll a panel (or 2) at a time, then brush.

Markcheese

Roller... i'm not mad on the foam ones though, the simulated mohair ones gave me a better finish when I was putting eggshell on kitchen cabinets..
The longer thread roller is more for emusion /wall paint... IMO

Rancid

Harris do a "Flock" roller for gloss and satin paint. Usually the small size available now, the 9 inch version seems to have disappeared.
Look for Harris Flocked Mini Rollers.

johneym

thanks folks,

using a high density foam roller and it seems to work on the flat sections ok, apart from an orange peel effect. Would a mohair roller avoid this orange peel effect?
However, going along around the cut down channels surrounding each panel, I have to use a brush. I am using water based acrylic paint. No matter how good I do it, it leaves brush marks, especially on the little rounded quadrant section. Is there any better way of doing this?

Thanks a lot.

Steve

Thin the paint a little and it wont leave brush marks.

johneym

thanks Steve,

I've already thinned it goodo. It's not actually paint yet, it's a colortrend primer. Paint is coming next. But won't paint react similarly?

I had planned on getting the water based colortrend satin for finishing but dulux do an oil based satin also.

Steve

Anytime I've used satin or eggshell finishes, you get brush marks. the trick is to make them look like they are part of the woodgrain. The only other option is thin them a lot and use a lot of coats.

I you want a really smooth finish, use oil based paints.

johneym

are the oil based as good as the water based?

dodzy

johneym wrote: »

are the oil based as good as the water based?

Despite advances in tech over the years, I would always use oil based for satinwood applications.