Abstract: An apparatus and method for cleaning a paint roller. The apparatus includes a handle configured to communicate a cleaning solvent to a cleaning casement. The solvent is tangentially directed at a surface of a roller brush contained within the cleaning casement to impart a rotation of the paint roller to dissolve and release the paint or other coating composition from the paint roller. The cleaning casement may include a top casement segment and a bottom casement segment hingedly connected to enclose the roller brush. In use the roller brush may be inserted into the cleaning casement while attached to the roller handle assembly. Removed paint and solvent are collected through an exhaust.