Paint roller skin cleaner

An apparatus for cleaning paint roller skins, wherein the paint roller skins have a length, comprising:

• a rotatable roller skin holder;
• an elongated hollow housing attached to and surrounding the roller skin holder with an end wall at a first end and with an opening at a second end opposite the first end, wherein the opening has a width that is wider than a diameter of the roller skins;
• a spray mechanism attached to the housing for providing a spray along the length of the roller skin and comprising a plurality of nozzles where each nozzle provides a spray jet directed at the roller skin, wherein the spray jets provide a spray along the entire length of the roller skin, wherein the rotatable roller skin holder rotates around an axis of rotation, and wherein the spray jets are directed at the paint roller skins but away from the axis of rotation of the roller skin holder with a sufficient force to rotate the roller skin holder around the axis of rotation;
• and
• a trigger handle, comprising:
• a fixed handle connected and providing support to the housing and the spray mechanism for supporting the housing and controlling the flow of fluid to the spray mechanism;
• a trigger movably connected to the fixed handle;
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• a fluid valve in fluid connection with the spray mechanism, wherein the fluid valve is controlled by the trigger and wherein fluid drains through the opening in the housing.