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Dollar Store Brush Review. Painting With $1 Dollar Brushes.

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What happens here

Using the dollar store paintbrush, the presenter attempts to paint a straight ceiling line. He immediately encounters difficulties, noting the brush is 'pretty stiff' and 'does not hold a lot of paint,' forcing him to make very short strokes and frequently reload the brush. The stiffness causes the paint to spread unevenly, leaving visible 'white marks underneath' and hindering proper coverage, even with a 'one-coat paint.' He points out that the brush's filaments are splayed and not tapered, making it impossible to achieve a sharp, clean line.

Goal: Demonstrate the challenges and poor performance of a cheap synthetic paintbrush for cutting in.

Tools and materials

  • Behr Dynasty Matte Dark Latex Paint Behr
  • Ladder Werner
  • Paint Can/Bucket Generic

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but let's put it to the test and you paint a room with Dollar Store tools here we go and more specifically can I actually cut a line with a so let's see how this thing performs it's pretty stiff right off the back so um not what I would want for this paint but here we go with the dollar store challenge I mean a flat brush a little hard to get in the corner but you can imagine there um white marks underneath it's not allow the paint to cover 100 but so right off the bat I notice it doesn't hold a lot of pain so I can't drag my line very far about one third of what I could with a good paintbrush so I film its um aren't making a nice point so it's back and back roll here so I'm using a one coat paint and it's not allowing it to cover in one toe because it's so stiff it's leaving white streaks all over the place oh this is not gonna work out so well um my ceiling doesn't have to look so good enough the filaments aren't staying together they're separating and it's it's not giving me a nice like Sharp point to draw a line with it they're all splayed out yeah this is not going to happen I think I'm gonna have to stop this

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