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Paint Exterior Trim with Roller

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How to Paint House Exterior

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For painting the exterior trim, an efficient alternative to masking and spraying is to use a 4-inch exterior paint roller. Carefully roll the contrasting paint only on the face of the trim pieces, taking care to avoid getting paint on the sides. This technique is often used by professionals as it saves a significant amount of time typically spent on masking, while still delivering a clean and professional finish.

Goal: Apply contrasting paint to the exterior trim.

Tools and materials

  • 4-inch Exterior Paint Roller — Applying paint to exterior trim

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When it comes to painting the exterior trim, you could always spend the time masking off the window and siding and spraying it. But what I found worked the best was taking a four inch exterior paint roller and then rolling on the contrasted paint only on the face of the trim and not the sides. I see all the pros doing this all the time. It looks incredible, but more importantly, it saves you a ton of time. For the final reveal, the product that we

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