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Apply Paint with Roller and Back-Brush

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How to Paint Your House Exterior With a Brush (Pro Tips & Techniques)

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What happens here

Begin by applying paint quickly to the door jamb surface using a paint roller. The roller helps to get paint onto the surface efficiently. Immediately after rolling, use a paintbrush to 'back-brush' the freshly applied paint. This technique helps to smooth out any stippling or texture left by the roller, providing a much nicer, brush-stroke-free finish. This step is particularly crucial for smooth surfaces where roller marks would be highly visible. For surfaces with existing wood grain, back-brushing might not be as critical as the grain itself helps to hide minor imperfections.

Goal: Apply paint and achieve a smooth finish on the door jamb.

Tools and materials

  • Paint Roller — Applying paint quickly and evenly to the surface
  • Paintbrush — Back-brushing to smooth out roller marks and ensure an even, professional finish
  • Paint Sherwin Williams Latitude — Coating the door jamb surface

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You can see how fast I can get paint on there with a roller. The first tip I'm going to talk about, I'm going to be eventually show you this. I'm going to be rolling the door jam. So, I roll it to get the paint on fast, but then I go back and I actually back it to get a good look. You want to actually back brush it with a brush because it'll look way better than actually just rolling it. and stippling it with a uh a nap. So, I use the roller just to get the paint. You can get the paint on faster with a roller. If you rolled this, it's got wood grain on it. It would be fine to just roll that and not back brush it. That's okay because the stippling won't show on the wood grain. But this is a smooth surface and that will actually show stippling really bad on a smooth surface. So brushing it um is going to give you the nicest looking finish. This is what it looks like. I'm going to take, you know, roll. Whoa.

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