<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-22T07:57:45Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/5561EEBE-863E-463C-9662-F0ED883389CC" ns1:id="5561EEBE-863E-463C-9662-F0ED883389CC"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/F432C050-4580-4D0E-8D35-90BDCD140C3F" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/9B514394-E292-40D9-9122-8C9C96474F1A" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/9B514394-E292-40D9-9122-8C9C96474F1A" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2012-11-30T00:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/9D7E3FCD-6DD4-4600-BBD2-1BB015801765" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2012-07-31T23:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">700142</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Paint Roller Cleaner - Graceful Homes Ltd</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>GRD Proof of Market</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>The Paint Roller Cleaner is a portable self-cleaning water saving-product, powered solely by
mains pressure, which cleans and dries multiple sized paint rollers in under 2 minutes. The
inventor a seasoned builder with over 40 years experience of Painting &amp;amp; Decorating,
measured that it takes an average of 20 minutes to clean a paint roller, during this time over
30 litres of water were used. His device cleans and dries a roller in under 2 minutes delivering
a 90% time and water saving.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>