Skim Coat the First Pass

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What happens here

For the first coat of paint, apply a 'skim coat,' which is a thin, even layer. The goal is not full coverage on the first pass but rather to lay down a foundational coat that dries quickly. This technique allows for faster application of the second coat, potentially within the same day or even the same hour, without waiting for a heavy first coat to fully cure. Professional painters almost always apply two coats for a durable and even finish, except for very rare cases of painting the exact same color over itself in a light shade.

Goal: Apply a thin, fast-drying first coat to enable quick application of a second, full-coverage coat.

Tools and materials

Paint Roller — Applying paint to the walls
Paint — The paint to be applied

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I go all right tip number six is what I call Schimcoating your walls and I'm on my second coat now and in order to do my second coat Fast and efficiently over the top of my first coat I need to do a first coat what I call a skimco I want it that coat to be nice and thin and I want it to dry fast that way I can two coat my walls Same day or actually even better within the same hour So I'm not going to put on my first coat really super heavy I'm not going to try to cover my walls in one coat as a professional painter I'm always putting two coats on the walls. It's very rare only if I was going the same color over the top Of the same color what I try and it was a light color what I try to do at one coat But this is going to be two coats So I'm just going to what we call skimcoating get a nice thin coat on that's going to dry fast And that way I can go back and roll my second coat of my walls within an hour All right tip number seven is a tip when it comes to

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