Why do I need a roller for the floor?
The main purpose of this roller is rolling the liquid mixture of the filler floor. This procedure allows you to effectively eliminate the slightest air bubbles from it. As a result of simple manipulations, you get an even and evenly laid coating.
This rolling is especially important because the large number of air bubbles in the frozen mixture is a high degree of its porosity, which leads to early destruction of the coating and its wear.
Thus, laminating is an integral step in the technology of the filling device, which can not be missed. Unqualified mixture can negate all efforts to arrange a living space. It is worth remembering that you will put furniture on the cover that is heavy enough by itself and without your weight. That's why it is important to lay the floors as correctly as possible, in which the special roller will help.
Needle roller - what is this "beast"?
The modern needle roller is a tool for finishing work. For today it is accepted to allocate some its basic kinds - for work with gypsum cardboard and with bulk floors. The base of the product is covered with a needle cover and is attached to the working handle.
As a rule, such a tool is made of plastic or metal. The metal needle roller is obviously heavier than the plastic counterpart, and is intended for use in large areas.
Most tool manufacturers of this type provide for a universal handle, in which you can easily insert a telescopic extension cord. It creates maximum convenience in working with bulk mixtures, relieving you of unnecessary efforts. Both the handle and the extension cord can be made of wood or plastic. Among other things, needle-type rollers differ in thickness, length of needles. How to make the right choice?
Needle roller for bulk floor - how to choose?
The right tool choice is one third of the quality work. So, when choosing a needle roller for a bulk floor, first of all it is necessary to pay attention to the length of its needles, which should be slightly larger than the thickness of the layer of the filling mixture. As a rule, on the sale you can easily find products with a length of needles from 8 to 35 mm.
However, if the thickness of your floor is less than 5 mm, it is recommended to choose a roller with sharp( not rounded) needles .This tool is used when working with mixtures on a variety of basis - gypsum, polymer, cement.
It is obvious that the thickness of the cement or gypsum floor will be greater than the thickness of the polymer, so the rollers for working with them should have a larger size - from 30 mm.
Another criterion for choosing is the width of the product. Usually it varies between 20-60 cm. Practice shows that the larger the width of the roller, the more comfortable it is to work on large areas, but in each living room you can find hard-to-reach places.
It is in them to work with such a tool will be problematic, so it's better to choose a small or medium product. Of course, there will be more time for work, but you will be assured of the quality of the result. When buying a roller with needles, ask the seller how much it is resistant to aggressive media, in particular, to the solvent.