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PostPosted: Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:19 pm 
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the time has come to invest in a few new sleeves 15 and 12 inch long and medium pile

whos doing the best deals at the moment


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Screwfix always seem to be pretty well priced on roller sleeves. Everything else has shot up in price but the hamilton superlights are still a good price.

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Or one of the online stockists like trade1st.


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Those Hamiltons hold alot more paint than the cheaper ones I use.


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i usually go for hamiltons as you say they hold paint well and dont shed pile and seem to last


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Someone has recommended the sheepskin's at Toolstation too - at £4.73 for a 12 inch they might be worth a go - they said the texture was okay. Have only used sheepskins outside for their awesome paint pick up and the way they handle roughcast. Let us know if you test one out! Probably slightly better than the hamiltons for misting and ceilings???

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I tend to use the ones from Dulux ( 10 hail mary's soz!!)
Use them for all my interior work wether new plaster or paper etc, no splatter and not much orange peel. Good points are they hold a decent amount paint , bad points expensive to intially buy but will last a long time.
One thing i hate is microfibre sleeves you're forever dipping into tray to load up again, my preference though as other people love them, horses for courses.

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Dulux sundries?? Image Actually the last ones I got did last really well (and made a decent job)

I tend to use microfibre and sheepskin in equal measure, depending on the texture of the surface.

The last sheepskin sleeves I got from Toolstation were Silverline 12" which didn't bode well, but it turns out they're actually not that bad in use. Not sure how the single arm 9" jobs would go, but the larger ones are easy to use and make a good job. TBH, I only use sheepskin on Artex, Blown Vinyl or other rough surfaces, as I prefer Microfibre on smooth surfaces for its reduced orange peel.

As B Richardson Decor says, it's each to their own.


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Trouser...have you not considered woven pile instead?...good paint pick up, easy to wash out and they hold a lot of paint.

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Mind on a slight different note , when at the dec ex at Cov I bought two roller washers from the Dulux stand, clip it onto the end of hose , slide roller on , turn on tap and it washes all the paint out . job done!


or so i thought. doesnt fit my feckin size rollers . oops . One fecka is still jammed in there. and im not gonna buy new ones yet.

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I picked up a Fat Hog Sheepskin Sleeve from Leyland today.

£16.99, ouch!


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That was a 9"


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Wooster pro dooz and the polar bears :thumbright:


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Northern Soul wrote:
I picked up a Fat Hog Sheepskin Sleeve from Leyland today.

£16.99, ouch!


To quote the man in the indecently short dressing gown and superb hat... Kinnel!!!
Quite like the Dulux own brands, I always wonder if they are made by someone else as I'm sure they could be had for half the cost. More recently though I'm with transitboy and have a couple of Wooster Pro Dooz for really fine finish. Its always a trade off between amount of paint pick up and desired level of texture.


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stuck with the hamiltons


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