Painting with a paint roller
Mar 27th, 2008 by satisfyte
It’s Spring, and as anyone who’s ever sat through a poorly orchestrated HGTV or TLC show knows, ’tis the season for home improvement. Just as the bears and other forest-dwelling creatures emerge from hibernation, so do the frustrated, cooped up DIYers, migrating back to their beloved homelands of Home Depot and Lowe’s in their SUVs and Hemi trucks. The second the ground begins to thaw, these creatures dust off their work boots, strap on their tool belts and begin feeling the itch to dig, plant, build, trim, redesign, and, perhaps most satisfyingly - paint.
Today’s wicked satisfying thing is an experience that anyone can access and enjoy - painting with a paint roller. This brings to my mind the ever-popular Ludacris classic, “Roll Out”. Some might say that song was written about being a big pimp and driving a sweet car around, but I like to think Luda may just be a closet paint roller fan, and be using his rhymes to metaphorically share his satisfaction with the world. What isn’t there to be satisfied by with paint rolling, both as a participant and an observer?
Paint rollers can sometimes cause unsatisfying mess, but even if you drip or get paint on your hand, you’re likely to forget by the time you press its spongy goodness against the wall/ceiling/floor that you’re painting, and give it that first, paint-loaded push. Paint rollers, when evenly and fully loaded with paint, create wonderful clean lines, and the deeper satisfaction comes when they start to leave a few bare spots. This gives you the opportunity to push the paint roller in the same track a few times back and forth, and you can watch the paint seamlessly fill in the spots that you missed to create a perfectly even, clean block of color.
Watching others paint can be just as satisfying, and often you will watch the spots they missed with anxiety, only to be reassured when they get back to them and fill them in perfectly. Never doubt the aptitude of a paint roller to get the job done.
Paint rollers come in a variety of sizes and handle lengths, to make just about any painting job a satisfying one. So celebrate Spring! Even if you don’t want to change up the colors in your home, people won’t even question you if you just tell them that it’s Springtime and you just want to throw on a fresh coat to celebrate.
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The sound of a paint roller is also quite satisfying. That kind of sticking noise? It’s pretty great.
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