Executing the Ceiling Cut-in Technique

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When starting a ceiling cut-in, especially if you are right-handed, it's generally easier to begin on the left side of the wall and work your way to the right corner. Load your angled sash brush by dipping it about a half-inch into the paint, then tap it gently against the side of the bucket to remove excess paint, preventing drips. Position the brush with the angled tip facing the corner. Gently lay the paint down, using the tip of the brush to 'draw' your line along the ceiling edge. Extend the line as far as the paint on your brush allows, then come back in the opposite direction to fill in any gaps and ensure even coverage. Repeat this process, continuously moving to the right and overlapping previous strokes, until the entire ceiling line is painted. For added stability and a straighter line, some painters hold their breath during the stroke; just remember to breathe between strokes!

Goal: Apply paint along the ceiling line to create a straight and even cut-in.

Tools and materials

Angled Sash Brush Premier — Applying paint for the ceiling cut-in
Paint Bucket — Holding paint and loading the brush
Paint — The wall paint for the cut-in

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to start on the left side of the wall and work my way down um to the opposite corner and I'll just start one or I'll start one corner I'll work my way out as far as I can reach and then I'll come back and work my way down the wall this is kind of repetitive if you've walked my other videos but if you don't have a lot of experience cutting in holding your breath um we'll give you a steadier hand we'll give you a straighter line people kind of laugh and they say well don't pass out on the ladder yeah you know hold your breath do your cut in and then breathe again so here we go um and I still to this day I do you know at times I'm trying to get I'm using a dark like a black and I got a white ceiling I will hold my breath and then draw my line and then take a breath but I'm going to load up my brush and I'm going to TU um this is something I haven't touched on in my other um cut in videos in the past is loading your brush up my brush is already loaded up with paint it's got a lot of paint in it if your brush is um doesn't have any paint in it and you start doing your cins your cins are going to be light for a while and you're going to have to go back and touch them up so I usually try to load my brush someplace um down lower get it all loaded up with paint and then get up and start doing my cut ends once it's loaded up now I'm just going to dip my brush in I always dip it in just like maybe a/ inch into paint tap it on the side so it don't drip I'm going to bring my brush up and I teach like the same concept when I'm using a roller as long as this thing is twisting you're never going to drip and spill paint and the one thing that you'll get paint splatters and stuff if you take load your brush and then bring it up here and I'm going to fling paint away from my brush as I'm dragging it so I tried to like subconsciously move my brush to my Surface substrate wherever I'm painting and twist it so I'm going to get it up I'm just going to lay it down I'm going to use the tip of my filaments to actually draw my line I'm going to draw my line as far out till it starts to unload with paint and I'm going to come back and draw the opposite direction and then I got my line now I'm going to try to take my line up onto the ceiling enough where I can cut cover the previous person's pain so I'm going to get it up begin drawing it starts to unload come back and draw my line again just like that and I'll come back just um fill in some light spots just like that fill it in make…

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