Is there enough combination of layering Tape and paper towel “links”, to make for an adequate, paint roller?
Paper towels will not produce a good paint surface, and they’ll fall apart leaving all sorts of residue on your walls.
So, no.
They’re not toilet paper, so they shouldn’t fall apart that much, but can we ask why?
I doubt you’ll be saving much money, especially when you consider the time spent. (~$2 each vs. >$1). Even if you consider that the towel rolls are bigger, and thus you can use half of it for other purposes first. Paper towels might also provide an uneven texture, unless that’s what you’re going for.
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Painting is tough work, paper towels will fall apart. That’s pretty much a disaster when painting walls. Go ahead and try it if you want.
Sorry, doesn’t look like that scanned right. I meant: why does the OP want to do this?
Because paint rolls are at Home Depot paper towels are in my garage
Home Depot is where the paint is, as well. If you want to use crappy painting tools you’ll get a crappy paint job. Paper towels are perhaps one of the worst tools you could use for painting. If you want to try it, go ahead and report back the results. But you’ll have a worse paint job than if you used the lousiest rollers or brushes.
Sorry, I misread the post and thought it had come from the OP.
These days I treat rollers and brushes as disposable. The old way of buying good quality brushes and then turpentine to clean and store them are gone, except maybe for professionals.
They are also at the Walmart.
You DO realize that you could have made it to Home Depot by now, right?
Wait until you’re sober and re-evaluate if DIY painting your car with exterior latex is still a good idea…
In high school I Krylon’d my two front fenders. Threw on some clear coat. Came out great. It sort of matched the rest of the car.
Sorry bob-
While I agree on the rollers being disposable, good brushes are worth the money and worth the time to take care of them. I used to believe in the throw away brush until I fell in love with a gal named Purdy.
(Now I am sure someone will come along to tell me Purdy is crap- but compared to the $4 HD brush?)
I have to agree with OldOlds on this one…I just cut in an entire house with a 2 1/2" angled Purdy brush without taping. Never would have believed it possible, and it wouldn’t be with a cheap brush.
Good paint makes a hell of a difference, too.
We once painted a school bus white with a five-gallon can of house paint and two brooms.
Yes. We knew it was low-end but the application wasn’t critical.
It looked like it was painted with a broom when it dried. Laughing point for years to come.
I have a Purdy that I bought when I painted my house the FIRST time in 2003. I use it for trim work, and it’s now made it through a second house painting plus the occasional trim replace & repair work in between. I agree that the control and precision that you get with a good brush is amazing
Now, I have a tendency to ruin them when I do work with oil based, since I never seem to get them clean enough. That’s heartbreaking.