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TIL the cheap paint roller covers are not worth it for textured walls
Honestly, I spent 6 hours repainting my living room last weekend using the $3 roller covers from the hardware store. The texture in my 1950s house just ate them up and left fuzz all over the paint. After the second coat still looked rough, I grabbed a 12-pack of purdy rollers for $40. The difference was insane - smooth finish, no shedding, and I finished in half the time. Has anyone else dealt with that roller fuzz issue on old textured walls?
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ninas6714h ago
Oh man, I learned that lesson the hard way too - my textured walls looked like a fuzzy sweater after my first paint job. Had to repaint twice just to get rid of the lint.
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emma_dixon7010h ago
Three times?! I'd have lost my mind by the second coat... @ninas67 you have way more patience than me with that fuzzy mess.
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The "fuzzy sweater" thing is exactly what happened to me, I spent a whole weekend picking lint off my living room walls after using cheap covers. Those budget rollers are basically just fabric glued to a cardboard tube, they fall apart the second they hit any real texture. I switched to the mid-range Wooster rollers and never looked back, night and day difference for about the same money you spent.
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