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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

To create a clean ceiling-to-wall cut-in, place your loaded brush about 0.5 inches away from the ceiling line on the wall. Gently work the brush upwards until the paint just touches the ceiling. Drag the brush along the ceiling line for about a foot in one direction. Reload your brush and then drag it back over the same section in the opposite direction. This back-and-forth motion helps fill in any texture gaps and ensures even coverage. Immediately after brushing a section, use the 4-inch mini-roller to back-roll the painted area. This helps to match the stippling texture created by the roller on the rest of the wall, preventing visible brush strokes and ensuring a uniform appearance.

Goal: Achieve a sharp, blended ceiling-to-wall paint line with consistent texture.

Tools and materials

  • 4-inch Roller Nap Purdy White Dove — Back-rolling to blend texture

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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

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