Yes of course. What else could be the point of using one? Cleaning them takes a lot of time and puts a lot of paint into our rivers and lakes.
Paint rollers: do not clean, throw out
Paint tray liners: do not clean, throw out
Brushes: clean (they are expensive, and contain relatively little paint)
if you are that concerned about it you can smear the paint around on the liner, let it dry in the sun for a day and the paint usually peels right out for reuse. if you were going to do that, you might as well not use a liner though
I dry them a few times and then throw out. It keeps the pan from being a boat anchor. Works great with those red plastic pans.
Also can switch colors using one pan easy.
Those things are so thin you are likely to crack them trying to clean them thereby defeating the purpose. Toss them when done.
I too use roller covers only for the job at hand. When done, I toss them rather than spend gallons of fresh water cleaning them. Nice lambswool ones would be an exception but I just did not pay enough for decent ones in bulk to warrant the labor either.
I had nice molded plastic paint trays that cleaned up nicely. At one point the dollar store near me got a truckload and I stocked up. They held up well from job to job but at $1 each it did not break the bank to toss them.
I've been using the heavy duty wide alumium foil for a pan liner for years.
Take's less storage area in my trailer, cost less then buying pans, not going to get damaged before I get to use it like cheap pans can.
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