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

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What happens here

This segment offers a closer look at the brush technique for cut-ins. The presenter demonstrates how to place the 2.5-inch angled sash brush about a half-inch away from the ceiling line. He then smoothly "works it up" against the ceiling, gliding the very tip of the bristles along the edge. The key is to use only a few bristles, almost like drawing a line, to create a precise cut-in. This is then followed by back-rolling with the 4-inch nap to blend the paint.

Goal: Execute a precise, clean cut-in line with minimal paint bleed or errors.

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bristles in just an inch to/ inch. Just tap it on the side just to load up your brush. Going to take I'm going to place my brush about a half inch from the ceiling. Then I'm going to work it up. Just glide it right along. It'll go about a foot or so and dip it back in. And just gonna get right here. Work my way up to the ceiling. I'm going to just back roll it. When I back roll it, I want to get about about an inch to half inch from the ceiling. Just like that. Got another section above a door here. You just fill that in to make the person rolling with an 18in map or 9 in map a little easier so they don't have to work above doors. Once again, I'm going to take place my brush about an inch from the ceiling. And then I'm going to glide and then get it right up against the ceiling back the opposite direction.

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