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Perform Ceiling Cut-in and Back Roll

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

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What happens here

Dip the 2.5-inch angled sash brush approximately one inch into the paint and pat off any excess on the side of the 2-gallon cut-in bucket. Place the brush on the wall near the ceiling line, about a half-inch away, then work it up to the line and drag it along for about a foot in one direction. Repeat in the opposite direction to ensure the paint fills any texture. Immediately follow up with the loaded 4-inch roller nap, rolling it about an inch to a half-inch from the ceiling line. This "back-rolling" technique, performed while the brushed paint is still wet, ensures the stippling from the brush matches the roller, preventing a "color halo."

Goal: Create a clean, blended paint line between the wall and ceiling.

Tools and materials

  • 2-gallon cut-in bucket — Holding paint and patting off excess

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to start brushing and patting in. I'm just going to dip my brush slightly in about an inch into the paint. Going to pat on the side of the bucket. And I'm going set my brush up here on the ceiling. And I'm going to begin dragging my brush along the ceiling line doing my cut in. And then I drag it one way about a foot. Dip the paint again. And then I bring it back and I drag it the opposite direction. And then just lay it down with a brush. And then I go back and then back roll it with paint on my mat. That way the stippling will match the stippling from a nap when the wall is rolled. And then I'll go back up about another foot. I'm going drag it one direction. And I like to drag it both directions because it'll it'll miss some holes and stuff from the texturing. If you drag it the other direction, it'll actually fill those holes back in that got missed. And they're still miss. I'll drag it both ways. Just like that. I'll load my nap up and then pull it out. And then we always like to do our cutins first before we roll because it'll minimize the haloing. If you roll your walls first and do your cutins, you'll get possibly a halo across the top of the ceiling. So, it's good practice to do your cutins first and then while the cutins are wet, then you want to take and roll the wall. I'll back up here,

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