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Schuller Eh'klar

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Headquarters: St. Florian, Austria

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About Schuller Eh'klar

Schuller Eh'klar is an Austrian family business from St. Florian near Linz that distributes tools and accessories for painters, varnishers and drywallers through the specialist trade. The range is organised into fixed series – MAESTRO and MERCATO for brushes, SILVERLINE and TOPLINE for rollers, KAI and STAN for filling knives and trowels –, so that quality and price within a series stay the same. We stock the part of the range that is used up daily in a painting business: brushes, paint rollers, filling knives, blades, covering material and protective equipment.

The pile height decides the result

With a paint roller the talk is mostly about the cover material, but what is decided is the pile height – the length of the fibre velvet. It determines how much paint the roller takes up and how deep it gets into a texture. A short pile gives a smooth, streak-free paint surface, a long pile fills plaster texture and covers large wall surfaces quickly.

Short for paint, long for the wall. The orange zone is the pile, the grey bar the roller core. The longer the pile, the more paint the roller takes up – and the coarser the surface it leaves behind. For synthetic-resin paint the velour gloss-paint roller with 4 mm is therefore right, for wall and ceiling the Texalon roller with 18 mm. Anyone who takes the long roller for gloss paint gets orange peel; anyone who puts the short one on rough plaster gets defects in the hollows.

The second point is solvent resistance. Emulsion paint is water-based and does not attack the cover; synthetic-resin paint, stain and wood preservative, by contrast, dissolve adhesives and some fibres. With Schuller the rollers designed for this carry the note expressly – for example the Goldline radiator roller, whose polyamide fibre also withstands paint and stain.

Selection guide: which Schuller tool for which job?

The overview arranges the Schuller range we stock by the job, not by the series. The details in the last column come from the product data of the respective article.

Schuller range at Baustoff-Held, arranged by work step
Product	Series	Purpose	Special feature
Silverline paint roller	SILVERLINE	Wall and ceiling, emulsion	Woven polyester, padded core · 18 mm pile
Top-Line paint roller	TOPLINE	large surfaces streak-free	Polyamide continuous fibre, takes up a lot of paint
Goldline radiator roller	GOLDLINE	Radiators, fins, pipes	Solvent-resistant for paint and stain · 12 mm pile
Gloss-paint roller velour	VELVET	Synthetic-resin paint on a smooth surface	Paint does not penetrate to the core · 4 mm pile
Maestro flat brush	MAESTRO	Painting edges and glazing bars	China bristle, also in angled design
Myron painter's brush	MYRON	Primer and large surfaces	Poly bristles, 180 × 80 mm working surface
Timber M flat brush	TIMBER	Stain and wood preservative	Bristle filling matched to thin-bodied agents
KAI FLEX painter's filling knife	KAI	Filling and touching up	Flexible blade, stainless · 25–120 mm
Stan Plano smoothing trowel	STAN	Screeding plaster and filler	Stainless, even after wet cleaning · 28 × 13 cm
Plasterer's spatula	STAN STUCCO	Corners, edges, plastering work	Stainless steel, only 5 cm wide
Nippon cutter LC 520	NIPPON	Cutting wallpaper, film, cardboard	Quick blade change · withstands 25 kg of pressure
Masking film with fine crepe	MASKER	Covering windows, sills and frames	Crepe sits on the film · 550 mm × 33 m
X-WAY armoured tape	XWAY	Building and assembly work	Waterproof and UV-resistant · 44 mm × 50 m
ALLSTAR CUT cut protection	ALLSTAR	Working with blades and edges	PU coating, abrasion-resistant and water-repellent
Topview safety goggles	VIEW	Sanding, paint stripping, overhead work	Polycarbonate to EN 166, airtight fit

Natural bristle or synthetic bristle – the binder decides

China bristle is natural hair. It has a split tip that takes up paint cleanly and releases it evenly again – which is why it is at home in the gloss-paint brush. In water, however, it swells, loses tension and leaves streaks. Synthetic bristles made of polyester, polyamide or nylon do not absorb water and keep their shape; nylon additionally withstands acids and alkalis, which makes stripping work possible in the first place.

Blue is the water in the paint. Not the price, the binder decides. For solvent-based paints, stains and oils, China bristle is the better choice; for emulsion and water-based acrylic paints, synthetic bristle. Many Schuller brushes are therefore mixed bristles of China bristle and polyester and cover both – a compromise that keeps the number of brushes in the van small in a painting business. For paint strippers there is the acid-resistant nylon bristle, the only variant that survives alkalis and acids.

What tradespeople use Schuller for

Rolling wall and ceiling surfaces streak-free with emulsion
Painting radiators, fins and pipes with a narrow roller
Painting windows, glazing bars and edges with the flat brush
Painting wood with stain and wood preservative
Priming substrates and pre-treating them with deep primer
Filling cracks and defects and screeding them off
Smoothing plaster and filler with trowel and float
Cutting wallpaper, positioning it and smoothing out air bubbles
Covering windows, floors and furniture with film and crepe
Sanding surfaces between coats and removing dust
Protecting yourself appropriately against blades, dust and noise
Mixing containers with a mixing whisk and plaster cup

Schuller product families

Maestro flat brush with China bristle — **MAESTRO, MERCATO** – brushes

Silverline paint roller Texalon with 18 mm pile — **SILVERLINE, TOPLINE** – paint rollers

KAI painter's filling knife made of stainless steel — **KAI, STAN** – filling knives and trowels

ALLSTAR CUT cut-resistant glove with PU coating — **ALLSTAR, VIEW** – protective equipment

Good to know

Based in St. Florian, Upper Austria. From there Schuller Eh'klar GmbH supplies numerous European countries; the website appears in seventeen languages.
Family-run. The company itself describes its strategy with the term “50 years of Management by Family” and distributes exclusively through the specialist trade, not directly to end customers.
Series instead of individual articles. MAESTRO, MADURO and MERCATO stand for different quality grades in brushes, SILVERLINE, TOPLINE and GOLDLINE in rollers, KAI and STAN in filling knives and trowels. Anyone who knows a series can transfer the quality without reading every data sheet.
The name. “Eh'klar” is Austrian colloquial speech for “of course” – a play on words that has served as a trademark for decades.
Two system sizes for the frames. Paint rollers come in the 6 mm and the 8 mm system. Anyone who reorders roller and frame separately has to pay attention to the same number, otherwise the sleeve does not fit.
Source of the company information: schuller.eu, legal notice and “About us” page, retrieved on 17 September 2026.

Frequently asked questions about Schuller

Which pile height do I need for my wall?

For smooth interior walls and ceilings with emulsion paint, 18 mm is the usual choice – the Silverline Texalon or the Top-Line made of polyamide take up enough paint to make quick progress. For paint on a smooth surface, 4 mm velour belongs in the hand, for radiators and stain 12 mm. The rule of thumb: the coarser the substrate, the longer the pile – the smoother the desired surface, the shorter.

China bristle or synthetic bristle?

China bristle is natural hair and belongs with solvent-based paints, stains and oils. In water-based paint it swells and loses tension, which is why you reach for synthetic bristle made of polyester or polyamide there. Many Schuller brushes are mixed bristle and can be used for both. For paint strippers the acid-resistant nylon bristle is the only right choice – any other bristle dissolves.

Does every roller fit every frame?

No. Paint rollers come in the 6 mm and the 8 mm system, named after the diameter of the frame wire. With us the dimension is given in the product data of the frame, for example for the push-fit frame in the 8 mm system. Anyone who reorders frame and roller separately should compare the number. For extensions there are matching painter's poles with a threaded connection.

How do I clean brushes and rollers properly?

Water-based paints can be washed out with warm water and a little soap as long as they are fresh; solvent-based paints need the thinner that suits the product. The timing is decisive: dried-on paint in the bristle base can no longer be got out, and a roller with a hardened core no longer delivers an even surface. For short breaks it helps to wrap the tool airtight instead of washing it out.