Category Archives: Water-based Paint

Water-based Paint or acrylic paint

Microfibre blue

Microfibre Blue Roller 12 mm Nap

The Microfibre blue has a 12 mm microfiber pile and gives a beautiful finish. The fabric is the same as the 9 mm version with the yellow and orange stripe.  The 12 mm holds a bit more paint and the finish is slightly less smooth.

Micro fibre fabrics are only to be used for water based paints.

This fabric ( white with speckled blue) is the replacement for by the Microstripe blue ( white with blue line ) which is identical but has a different colour pattern.

Colour patterns:

  • White with blue line ( to be replaced over time by the identical Micro fibre blue)
  • White with speckled blue (identical to the above apart from the colours)

Available Sizes:

  • 270 mm -11″
  • 360 mm -14″

Pricing

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

270mm Microfibre Blue Roller 12 mm Nap

Microfibre blue

100 mm 2 pack Microfiber mini rollers 12 mm

These mini rollers are excellent for small jobs. The fabric is high quality 12 mm micro fibre. Made to last, very nice finish and easy to use. Only use ( any) microfiber fabric with water based paints.

Colour pattern:

  • White, no lines

Available sizes:

  • 100 mm-4″

Pricing

For a full price list please contact us.

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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

For a full price list please contact us.

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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

For a full price list please contact us.

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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

For a full price list please contact us.

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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.

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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

For a full price list please contact us.

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Microstripe Blue Roller 12 mm Nap

The Microstripe blue has a 12 mm microfiber pile and gives a beautiful finish. The fabric is the same as the 9 mm version with the yellow and orange stripe.  The 12 mm holds a bit more paint and the finish is slightly less smooth.

Micro fibre fabrics are only to be used for water based paints.

This fabric ( white with blue line) will be replaced by the microfiber blue ( white with speckled blue) which is identical but has a different colour pattern.

Colour pattern:

  • White with blue line ( to be replaced over time by the identical Micro fibre blue)
  • White with speckled blue (identical to the above apart from the colours)

Available Sizes:

  • 270 mm -11″
  • 360 mm -14″

Pricing

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

270mm Microstripe Blue Roller 12 mm Nap

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This fabric will be replaced by the Microfiber Blue fabric below

Microfibre blue

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.

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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

For a full price list please contact us.

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Goldstripe 12mm Nap