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Plan Rolling and Cut-in Strategy

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Let’s talk ceiling cut ins! #painter

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The speaker introduces a common challenge in painting: when walls receive two coats of paint but cut-in areas (edges along the ceiling, trim, or corners) only receive one coat, light spots can appear along these single-coated edges. He explains his strategic approach to address this issue by rolling the main wall paint as high as possible and as close as possible to the pre-painted cut-in areas. The final step of the painting process will then involve performing targeted touch-ups on these cut-in areas, rather than re-coating all of them.

Goal: Understand how to strategically paint walls and edges to minimize light spots and prepare for efficient touch-ups.

Tools and materials

  • Paint Brush

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If I'm two coating my walls and I'm one coating my cut-ins, well, what if I get light spots, do I two coat my cut-ins? So all this, I'm going to roll all the way up here, as high as I can and I'm going to roll my walls and I'm going to come up about this far and I've got some tips and tricks on how you actually do that and consistently get that close.

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