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Maintain 50% Overlap

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How to Spray Ceilings Without Lap Marks | Flawless Airless Finish Tips & Tricks

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  • Airless Spray Gun

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So wherever that may happen, you'll want to keep that in mind. So now a new construction, I always have the ability to walk from your logical start and stops. And it's changing on this ceiling all over the place. But I still can just walk. And I'm going to be start one corner. I'm going to start just working my way this direction. I'm going to start my first pass. My first pass is going to be a double pass, because as I overlap 50%, everything's getting two coats of paint. Your first pass, your first lap won't get two coats. Two passes and then begin overlapping 50%. Your 50% overlap is extremely important. Because what that's doing, you're overlapping. So if my spray patterns, you know, this big, I'm going to move over next and I'm going to overlap at 50%. You're getting a nice thick coat of paint. The worst thing you can do in a ceiling is go too fast, not overlap properly, and have thick layers of paint, thin layers of paint, and it'll all dry unevenly. And that's what you're eventually going to see has a lot marks in your ceiling. So your 50% has to be equal across the board. Hopefully you have the right lighting where you can see that. And then your pace.

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