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Load the Roller and Apply First Coat (W-Pattern)

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What happens here

Begin by loading your 9-inch roller. Dip the roller into the paint tray and roll it several times to ensure it is fully saturated with paint. Always keep the roller well-loaded; avoid 'dry-napping' (rolling with insufficient paint), as this can create an uneven finish and visible roller marks. Start applying paint to the wall by placing the roller roughly in the middle of a section, then move upwards and downwards to release the paint. Work in sections of about 12 inches wide. Apply the paint using a 'W' or 'M' pattern to ensure even distribution, then fill in the empty spaces by rolling vertically from top to bottom. Maintain very little pressure on the roller, letting the paint do the work. Too much pressure can cause heavy spots that might run. Reload the roller frequently to keep it saturated and ensure quiet, smooth rolling; a hissing sound indicates the roller is too dry. To prevent drips when moving the roller, twist it as you carry it to the next section. If you accidentally drip, immediately wipe it with a wet rag, as wall paint is generally forgiving and can be cleaned off easily before it dries.

Goal: Thoroughly load the roller with paint and apply the first coat to the wall using a 'W' or 'M' pattern, ensuring constant saturation and even pressure to prevent dry areas and drips.

Tools and materials

  • Paint Roller (9-inch with cover)
  • Paint Tray with Liner
  • Wet Rag
  • Interior Wall Paint

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loading up your nine inch roller right there and you're gonna put I'm telling you Chris I'm gonna start rolling up my loading up my roller here while you do that okay all right so you got a load up you just load it up and we're gonna be putting two coats on these walls it's gonna take two coats to cover typically always so we're gonna put a thin coat on first coat so it dries really fast so loading up the wall loading up your roller you want to just get it loaded up first so we'll just keep loading it up in a pan and we're using a nine inch roller because we're only doing three walls so we're not using our inner fed roller because it's just these three walls in the room so just a very small section so now it's loaded up now I'll be working in sections this is how I typically roll a wall I'm gonna roll it from top to bottom still not completely fully loaded but you got to dip your roller often get it to the point where you can roll from top to bottom do a section and then I'm gonna move over a little bit and I typically place my roller right in the middle of the wall and then begin releasing the paint from top to bottom all right you start moving down the walls I'm gonna take off the switch plates for you so you want to make sure you don't have any like trailing edges so it's looking pretty good so load up your roller often you don't ever want to do what we call dry napping it so if you start to go too far you'll start to heal but here the roller making too much noise it kind of like hissing it'll be telling you that hey I'm a little bit too dry I need some more paint it should be nice and saturated it should be nice and quiet as you roll I'm just rolling from top to bottom I don't have to be particular about laying out like my paint on my first coat with a color like this this color is very forgiving but if I'm going from top to bottom I'm not putting on very much pressure just very little pressure if I put too much pressure at the bottom it's gonna cause a heavy spot that's gonna run it's gonna be the same is it the top so if I get to the top and I put too much pressure at the top it leaves a heavy spot up there that will run so just very little pressure it feels very saturated just kind of like try to feel the roller and feel how wet it is I want it to be always saturated and not dry you can see I'm only doing you know one section at a time that's about 12 inches wide and then I'm reloading it and moving on over it's looking really nice keep your pan…

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