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Cut-In and Back-Roll Corners

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CUTTING CEILINGS. DIY How To Paint A Straight Ceiling Line.

What happens here

When cutting into corners, follow a similar procedure. Using your loaded 2.5-inch angled sash brush, drag the paint line vertically up the corner, extending about 3 to 4 feet. As with the ceiling cut-in, drag the brush in one direction, then reload, and drag it back in the opposite direction over the same section to fill in texture. Immediately back-roll this section with the 4-inch mini-roller to blend the paint and texture. Perform all corner cut-ins before rolling the main wall sections to prevent the appearance of 'halo-ing,' where a visible outline of the brushed area can appear if rolled paint dries before the cut-in is applied.

Goal: Create clean, blended paint lines in internal corners.

Tools and materials

  • 4-inch Roller Nap Purdy White DoveBack-rolling to blend texture

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and roll the wall. I'll back up here, get into a corner. I'm going to work my way up a corner, too, to where my cutting is. And I like to take and roll the corners just to make it so the person rolling the wall has an easier time doing the corners. Same practice. It's good to do your corners first so you don't get that halo created by even though it's the same color, it could show haloing. So, I'm going to drag it one way.

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