Abstract: A paint roller of the kind consisting of a handle having an axle attached to it the axle extending at right angles to the axis of the handle in which there is a rotatable end cap at each end of the axle onto which a base tube can be fitted by being slid over the caps so as to be a frictional fit thereon. Means are provided at each end of the axle to maintain the end caps on the axle and the caps are maintained in a spaced apart relation by a tubular member surrounding the major part of the axle and the tubular member is maintained in concentric relationship with the end caps. Preferably each end cap has a skirt on which are a plurality of, preferably four, circumferentially spaced ribs which coact with the base tube to distort the cap and to a certain extent the base tube so as to bring the base tube into contact with the cap in the areas between the ribs.