Abstract: A paint roller cleaning apparatus comprising a tubular barrel-shaped roller container. The container includes two C-shaped sections. A hinge joins the C-shaped sections along adjacent edges and with the C-shaped sections being relatively movable to one another into open and closed positions for enabling a paint roller to be inserted into the container for cleaning. A motor is retainingly mounted on one end of the tubular barrel-shaped roller container. A roller coupler is located inside of the tubular barrel-shaped roller container and is connected to the motor for driving connection to one end of a paint roller to rotate a paint roller within the tubular barrel-shaped roller container.