Abstract: The wash shield disclosed herein comprises a sheet material in substantially cylindrical shape having a slot running parallel to the axis of the cylinder, in which cylindrical shape a paint roller may be enclosed while a stream of wash water is directed to the surface of the roller for the purpose of removing paint therefrom. This improved wash shield has a support or centering means against which a corner of the handle of the paint roller may be pressed or abutted so as to position the axis of the roller in a desired location inside the wash shield. This centering means may be attached to and extended from the side wall of the shield or where the shield has a cover, this centering means may be situated on the inside surface of this cover. Such a cover may be at one end of the cylinder which is at the top when the cylinder is held in a vertical position, and the opposite end or bottom end is open and extends about 0.75 inch or more beyond the end of the roller contained therein.

Abstract: The wash shield disclosed herein comprises a sheet material in substantially cylindrical shape having a slot running parallel to the axis of the cylinder, in which cylindrical shape a paint roller is enclosed while a stream of wash water is directed to the surface of the roller for the purpose of removing paint therefrom. The cylindrically shaped sheet has a cover at one end of the cylinder which is at the top when the cylinder is held in a vertical position, and the opposite end or bottom end is open and extends at least several inches beyond the end of the roller contained therein. Between the cover and the main body of the cylinder there is another slot, in a horizontal position when the cylinder is held vertically, into which slot the handle of the roller will fit and rest on the cylinder body while the roller is being washed.