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Utilize Brush Toe for Textured Walls

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How to Cut In PERFECT Ceiling Lines | Straight, Clean, and Professional Results with a Brush

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When cutting in paint, especially on textured walls, understand the parts of your brush: the 'toe' (the point on an angled brush) and the 'heel' (the wider base). To get a crisper line on textured surfaces, lead with the toe of the brush. This technique creates a bit more spring in the bristles, allowing the paint to be pushed deeper into the valleys of the texture, resulting in a cleaner, sharper edge. Load your angled paint brush by tapping it against the inside of the paint bucket to ensure an even distribution of paint.

Goal: Achieve a crisp cut-in line on textured walls by using the brush's toe.

Tools and materials

  • Angled Paint Brush — Applying paint to cut-in lines, especially utilizing its 'toe' for precision
  • Gloves — Protecting hands from paint
  • Ladder Werner — Reaching high corners for cutting in
  • Paint Bucket — Holding paint and for loading the brush by tapping
  • Paint — Creating the cut-in lines

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So, stay tuned. One of the first uh tips that we're going to give you here when I'm cutting in, you've got different parts on your brush. You've got the toe, which is the point on an angle brush, and you've got the heel. I like leading with the toe sometimes. And what that does is that creates a little bit more spring in the bristle, which when you're working with a textured wall, especially a heavily textured wall, makes your brush bristle a little bit stiffer and helps push that paint up into those uh those valleys past the peaks. and I'll leave with that point. I'll start a little pull up, and then I'll bring it up. And that adds that nice stiffness. And especially if you're using a a nylon or polyester blend brush, eventually those bristles end up becoming softer over time as you're using them. And that gives a little bit more stiffness while you're working on it through the day or if you've got a really rough texture. So tip number two, I'm going to show you

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