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Roll the Accent Wall and Remove Masking While Wet

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Painting an Accent Wall Quickly. Paint Different Wall Colors.

What happens here

With the cut-in edges still wet, the painter proceeds to roll the main accent wall with the accent paint using a paint roller and an extension pole. The main objective here is to complete the rolling of the wall before the cut-in edges have a chance to dry, which helps prevent noticeable lines or a "halo" effect where the rolled paint meets the brushed edges. Once the main rolling is finished, and while the paint on the entire accent wall (including the caulked tape line) is still wet, the Frog Tape and any other masking materials (like the paper protecting the baseboards) are carefully and slowly removed. The video demonstrates the resulting crisp, clean paint line achieved by this technique.

Goal: Complete the painting of the accent wall and reveal a clean, sharp paint line.

Tools and materials

  • Extension PoleReaching high areas with the paint roller
  • Paint RollerApplying paint to the main wall area
  • Paint TrayHolding and loading paint onto the roller
  • Accent PaintPainting the accent wall

What they say

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too, so you don't get any haloing. Now, the paint's still wet, and we just got done pulling off the masking. You can see how crisp the line is. And while this paint's still wet, we've left the masking on the bottom down here to keep any splatter off the baseboards. And we're getting ready to roll this accent wall right now while our top cut in and bottom cutins and side cutins are still wet.

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