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Practice Proper Roller Loading and Overlapping

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Keeping A Wet Edge While Rolling A Wall. Proper Paint Rolling. How to roll a wall.

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What happens here

Chris demonstrates the practical application of the wet edge. He starts painting a wall section, working from left to right, and emphasizes overlapping each new pass of the paint roller by 50% with the previously painted section. He continually dips the roller's nap into the paint, stressing the need to keep the nap saturated. If the nap runs dry, there won't be enough paint to 'gel and float together,' leading to an uneven finish. He reiterates the importance of continuous reloading.

Goal: Properly load the roller and apply paint with a 50% overlap.

Tools and materials

  • Paint Roller with Extension Pole — Applying paint to the wall
  • Paint — Covering the wall

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wall I'm gonna be overlapping 50% and working along this wall and rolling on my paint and I'm keep dipping my paint in the nap. If I run it out to the point it begins to get dry, the paint there's not enough paint for it to gel and float together. So, I'm gonna be constantly dipping my nap and loading my nap up and working from left to right. And a loaded nap will just work just a a small section. And then I got to load it up again. Keeping that paint wet, not running my nap out of paint. Want to keep it saturated and continuing to work. Putting lots of paint on the wall. This isn't the final coat. This is just our first coat. It's going to take two coats to cover this wall.

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