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Ensure Evenness and Prevent Runs

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The presenter continues the primer application, emphasizing careful pressure control. He explains that applying too much pressure at the top or bottom of a stroke can lead to a 'heavy spot' that may run, especially with specific paint types or vibrant colors. To prevent this, he recommends reducing pressure as the roller approaches the ceiling and baseboards. He advises holding the extension pole at a length that allows full reach to the ceiling without accidentally touching it with the roller frame or cover, ensuring a consistent application close to the edges. He listens for the sound of the roller; a hissing sound indicates the roller is becoming dry and needs reloading to avoid 'dry napping' which occurs when the roller starts taking paint off the wall instead of applying it.

Goal: This step focuses on applying the primer with appropriate pressure to avoid heavy spots and runs, particularly at the top and bottom edges of the wall.

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  • Grey Undercoat/Primer Unspecified

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royalty or play these high-quality rollers frames would use these blue Tigers it's never going to work itself off so I don't have to worry about the direction that I'm facing it's not as critical but some professional painters think it's pretty important that you always roll the same correction but to come over here now I've got a lot of paint on the wall I'm gonna begin my layout so I'm just laying it out I cut it this way so I can get close to the wall otherwise my frame would be hitting the wall site you can get close to the wall lay now I like the laid out from top to bottom come as close as I can as the ceiling laid out from top to bottom laid out on top the bottom it's pretty important this color right here probably would never see an issue with black marks or streaks with this color and this paint but if I was using like a vibrant red there's something like that that's where the Malayan out is very important so unloading it from top to bottom I'm listening for this downward

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