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Roll Corners and Inspect First Coat

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What happens here

When you encounter corners, especially if it's not an accent wall that will be painted a different color, you can use your roller to paint along the edge without needing a brush. Apply a little more pressure on the side of the roller closest to the corner while rolling it along the edge. This will push paint into the corner, eliminating the need for a separate cut-in with a brush. After completing the first coat, allow it to dry. Then, inspect the walls for any 'white speckles' or areas where the underlying color is still visible. This is a tell-tale sign that the wall needs a second coat for complete, professional coverage. It is very rare to achieve a perfectly coated wall with just one application.

Goal: Use the roller to paint into corners by applying slight pressure along the edge, then inspect the first coat for white speckles indicating the need for a second coat.

Tools and materials

  • Paint Roller
  • Interior Wall Paint

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and then when you get to this corner let me show you one trick is this corner right here because this is going to be accent wall it's a different color when I get to this corner if I take my roller and just run it along the edge and kind of press along the edge it's gonna get paint all along that edge right there so I don't have to cut it in with a brush so I'm just putting a little more pressure on the end of the roller there is a roller called the corner roller specifically for that but we don't have one here today whoops what are you gonna do about that okay let me go get a wet rag hang on so one of the nice things about wall paint is unlike temp ain't even after it dries it comes off pretty easily but we can just wipe this off all right McKenna so we've got our first coat on a wall it's rolled and now what's really nice about how you did a great job that walls not excellent but the honestly but they do they do need another coat so it's very rare you can ever get to coat or one coat on a wall and have it coated professionally you look right here you can kind of see some little white speckled dots from the color underneath so just kind of a telltale sign that it needs a second coat but one thing that's

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