Category Archives: Oil-based Paint

Oil-based Paint or enamel paint

Nylon White Rollers- 12 mm Nap

This sleeve is a top quality sleeve for epoxy flooring: This sleeve is especially used where lint is an issue. Like all rollers, work in well and your work should be virtually free of lint.

There are 2 categories of fabrics: Knitted and woven fabrics. This Nylon White is the high quality woven fabric.

Al sleeves are thermo-bonded (=melted) onto polypropylene. Excellent for harsh epoxies.

Please note that some epoxies are so aggressive that any roller will desolve in the end. We are not aware of a better roller than the Nylon white. We also supply this fabric as a baby roller to the marine industry since it can be reused several times with very aggressive epoxy’s.

Colour pattern:

White, no lines

Available sizes:

100 mm baby roller -4″
270 mm-11″
460 mm-18″

Pricing

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Nylon White – 12 mm Nap

MultiColour Rollers – 21 mm Nap

This roller is used for texture, render and block work and is an excellent alternative for the sheepskin Long Nap. Some painters use this roller for internal walls too. An excellent 21 mm very durable and strong fabric with an amazing finish and a wide range of applications. This roller is still available although it is replaced by our Terracotta and Terracotta Green , both 21 mm nap. For texture coatings the Multicolour still seems to be the preferred choice.

Colour pattern:

Pinkish

Available Sizes:

270 mm -11″
360 mm -14″
460 mm-18″

Pricing

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MultiColour – 21 mm Nap

Terracotta Rollers – 21 mm Nap

This roller is an improved version of the Multicolour roller. We receive comments like” very versatile roller” and “we used it on everything”. The fabric is very durable. The fabric keeps its volume when loaded up and does not flatten.

This type is now the most popular long nap fabric (although some painter still prefer the old pinky Multicolour) version) The Terracotta fabric is made from poly-amide 66 which is specially treated to give the fibres a spring-type feature so it holds it shape better. After production of the fabric the twisted fibres are opened up to increase the active surface of the fibres. It holds therefore up to 30% more paint than similar fabrics.

Poly-amid 66 or PA6/6 is an aliphatic semi-crystalline homo-poly amide ( Alifatic is from the greek word for fat, oil). It is know for high strength, stiffness, chemical resistance for hydrocarbons, heat resistant and wear resistance and high water absorption. Poor resistance resistance though to acids and bases. For more detailed information see the Terracotta 21mm Fabric Information

This roller will be replaced by the Terracotta Green. The old red fabric with a blue line is no longer produced by our supplier. Available until sold out.

If you did not try this roller yet you will miss a valuable experience.

Colour pattern:

Red with blue line ( The green with blue line version is identical)

Available Sizes:

230 mm -9″
270 mm -11″
360 mm -14″
460 mm-18″

Pricing

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MultiColour Terracotta – 21 mm This fabric is now being replaced by the terracotta green fabric below.

Terracotta Green 21 mm

Microstripe 3 Green Rollers – 18 mm Nap

The high quality Microstripe 3 Green 18 mm with Teflon ™ surface protector is one of the newer fabrics available. It is the first synthetic roller that behaves a little like lambs wool. The secret of this roller is very fine poly-amide specially spun and twisted and coated with Teflon ™ surface protector . In other words: a very nice finish, good coverage, easy to wash out and exceptional absorption and release of paint. The coated rollers with Teflon ™ surface protector are strong performers in the market. Only available from ROLON and its retail customers.

Teflon TM is a trademark of The Chemours Company FC

Colour pattern:

White with 3 green stripes

Available Sizes:

270 mm -11″
360 mm -14″

Pricing

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Goldstripe Rollers – 18 mm Nap

This is a unique ceiling roller. The rollers has durable, minimal splatter, absorbs well, good coverage and is easy to wash. The fibres stapled poly-amid. Stapled fibres are spun from short pieces like a woolen thread. This means the ends of the separate fibres are spread out between the bottom and the top of the nap.

The stapled fibres need extra attention before use: wash out well and next use the for undercoat to remove all lint from the manufacturing process. Not recommended for walls if the roller is not well worked in.

This roller can also be used outside but we normally recommend the terracotta for outside work.

Colour pattern:

White with wide yellow line ( the 12 mm roller has yellow lines closer together)

Available Sizes:

270 mm -11″
360 mm -14″
460 mm-18″

Pricing

For a full price list or to become a registered Rolon Customer, please contact us.

Vestan Yellow Rollers 11mm Nap

This (knitted ) fabric is excellent for epoxy floor coatings: “This is the best roller I have found so far for epoxy… they are great”

The fibre is polyester. Normally not the preferred choice for epoxy flooring but it is economical. It seem to work very well for single use epoxy flooring. All sleeves are thermo-bonded which means that the fabric is melted onto the polypropylene tube.

The higher quality nylon white rollers are also used for epoxy and can be re-used. This is especially useful for the 100 mm baby rollers, used in the marine industry.

Colour pattern:

Yellow ( to be replaced by the identical vestan white rollers over time)

Available Sizes:

230 mm -11″
270 mm -14″
460 mm-18″

Pricing

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Microstripe 2 Green Rollers – 12 mm Nap

The high quality Microstripe 2 Green 12 mm with Teflon ™ surface protector is one of the newer fabrics available. It is the first synthetic roller that behaves a little like lambs wool. The secret of this roller is very fine poly-amide coated with Teflon ™ surface protector, specially spun and twisted. In other words: a very nice finish, good coverage, easy to wash out and exceptional absorption and release of paint. The coated poly-amid rollers are strong performers in the market. Only available from ROLON and its retail customers.

Teflon TM is a trademark of The Chemours Company FC

Colour pattern:

White with 2 green lines

Available Sizes:

230 mm -9″
270 mm -11″
360 mm -14″

Pricing

For a full price list or to become a registered Rolon Customer, please contact us.

Goldstripe Rollers 12 mm Nap

These high quality, unrivalled rollers have strong support in the market. An exclusive German produced fabric, made from a continuous poly-amide fibre to reduce lint. Specially twisted during weaving and partly opened up to increase the paint holding capacity. Poly amide is best for water-based paint because it’s affinity to water. Polyester has an affinity to oil based solvents and the special polyester backing of this fabric makes it also suitable for oil-based paints.

Some experienced painters who look after the rollers use the worn-down rollers for glossing doors.

For more detailed information on the fabric properties and performance see our Goldstripe 12mm Fabric Information sheet.

The previous version of this fabric was made from a discontinuous (called stapled) fibre. This version is now available again and has 2 yellow stripes. We realise that some painters prefer the original fabric which seem to have a slightly better productivity due to the lager number of “fibre ends” inside the nap. The materials in both fabrics are identical. Stapled fabrics always need to be used for undercoat first until all loose fibres are removed. They are a logical result of the way the fabric is constructed and produced.

Colour pattern:

White with one yellow line

Available Sizes:

100 mm -4″ baby roller
150 mm -6″ baby roller
160 mm – trim roller (“fat” baby roller)
230 mm -9″
270 mm -11″
360 mm -14″
460 mm -18″

Pricing

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Goldstripe 12mm Nap

Royal Rollers 7mm Nap

The Royal rollers are designed for varnish, but work well for semi gloss and are excellent rollers for fine epoxy jobs. They hold more paint than the velour rollers and are a good alternative for painters who prefer a longer nap for gloss.

The rollers are made from high quality lint free fabric and are excellent for delicate epoxy jobs. For standard epoxy jobs however we suggest a longer nap like the economical Vestan Yellow or Vestal White or the lint free Nylon white.

Colour pattern:

White with a yellow and black stripe

Available Sizes:

270 mm -11″
460 mm -18″

Pricing

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Gloss Velour Rollers 4mm Nap

These high quality Gloss Velour Rollers with 4mm nap are the modern high quality alternative to the mohair roller. Work the roller in and you have a lint free roller that gives you an excellent finish. No need to brush off. This roller is a pressure release roller like the mohair type gloss rollers . The backing from our velour roller is cotton. Velour is a woolen fibre and mohair is made from goat hair.

Some painters will still brush the finished surface off with a very soft Purdy Syntox brush, depending on the requirements of the finish. You also could use a 7 mm Royal roller if you want a longer nap.

Colour pattern:

Beige

Available Sizes:

180 mm -7″
230 mm -9″
270 mm -11″
460 mm -18″

The rollers come in a range of sizes from 180mm to 460mm.

Pricing

For a full price list please contact us.