Perfect Ceiling Cut Ins. Painting A Straight Line On A Wall. How to cut in paint edges.

So, I'm working on this ceiling cut. I'm going to start this ceiling cut in. And I'm going to start from the corner over here. I've got my brush. Just going to be dipping my brush into my my bucket of paint. And I actually like to just tap the brush my brush on the side of the bucket and to make sure it's not going to drip. So, I'm going to dip it in my paint, tap it on the side, and then while I'm holding my brush, if you turn your brush, it won't ever drip. But if you hold your brush like this, eventually the paint's going to sag and begin to drip. But when I'm moving it to wherever I'm going, I'm actually going to be twisting my brush in a twisting motion. And I'm going to start in a corner. And when I actually start this corner, I'm going to I use a 2 and 1/2 in angled sash brush so it comes to a point on the end. And with that point, I could work it up into the corner. I'm just going to slowly work it to the corner till the point gets right in that corner. And then I'm going to start my cut in and move away from me just like that. So I'm going to dip my brush in, get some paint on it, load it up, and then just work along my edge. And if you go really slow doing your cut ends, your line's going to be more crooked. So the faster you can go, the straighter the line you can make. Obviously, that takes a lot of practice to go faster, but the more you do it, the faster you can go. So, one thing I've learned is if I can make my cut in really quick and use a stiff brush, I'm going to have a nice straight line. So, I'm going to get my brush up here, work it up into I start about an inch away from my my ceiling, and then I'm going to work it up to the ceiling, and I'm going to get it started. And then I'm going to start running it along my ceiling just like that. Uh, and then after I cut it in one direction, I go back and just make sure there was no miss spots and check my cut in like that. And then eventually I'm going to take my nap and back roll my cut in up to about a half inch away from the ceiling. So I'm going to get it up here and then I'll reach over here and I'm going to reach from this direction and move back to my other cutting I just created. So, I'm going to get it up there, work it up to the ceiling, and then a little bit about breathing. Once I get it to the ceiling, I typically will hold my breath and then begin to draw my line with my brush. I like to describe as drawing a line because I'm actually drawing a line with a brush. So, get it up there, hold your breath, cut your line, and then breathe again. So, get it up here, work it up here, and then hold your breath. Just like that, I drew my line. Now, there's a few little light pin holes and miss spots that the brush didn't get into cuz sometimes the brush going one direction will go over the top of some little hills and valleys. So, you just load your brush up again, go back the opposite direction. But when you go back the opposite direction to fill in those little pin holes, you don't get near your cut in. You'll stay about an eighth of an inch away from your cut in. So now I got the cut in done. I'm going to go back and back roll it. And now ideally somebody should be following you up and rolling this wall so you don't get what we call haloing. And that's discussed in another subject. But if you're doing it yourself, your cut ends just go from you know one wall at a time. So, I'm going to do my ceiling cut ends, then I'm going to roll my wall and then move to the next wall. So, I'm going be working my way this way. Going to start from this side, work my way to this corner right here. I'm just going to get my brush loaded up, get my bristles set, get them right up next to my ceiling, and I'll begin drawing my line. I wanted to make this video because I wanted to, you know, u make it pretty a pretty important subject or pretty important tip to it to doing ceiling lines to actually get a straight line. One of the most important things to get a straight line is choosing the actual right brush for the paint you're actually using. If you don't have the right brush, if I got too soft of a brush for the paint I'm using, like this paint is really thick paint. If I'm using too soft of a brush, it's really, really difficult to get a straight line. So, you got to really determine what type of paint you're using and use the right type of brush to go with that paint. Now, if I'm using, you know, a paint that's really thin, like an ultra deep paint, like a red paint, uh, vibrant red wall or something, some of these, uh, colors are really popular, then I'm going to want to use a a really soft brush that that's going to draw myself a better line than a stiff brush. A stiff brush isn't going to be good with thin paints, ultra deep paints, cuz one thing, it won't lay out enough paint and won't make a straight line. Once again, I'm painting, doing my cutins here. I'm actually using an extremely stiff brush. The stiffest brush I can, you know, find for this type of paint we're using that's really thick is a Sheron Williams contractor's brush. It's a 2 and 1/2 in angled sash brush. And just so much of getting a straight cuttinged line is determined by, you know, you and whether you're choosing the right brush. Now, if you choose a brush that's too stiff for the paint, it's not going to lay the paint out properly and it's going to leave a lot of roping marks and um light spots, so highs and lows if the brush is too stiff. So, you know, you as a painter, you got to determine the type of paint you're using and use the proper brush. You can get just an all-around brush that'll work for most paints. Like Cody has an XL glide brush that I like that's really good for um for most paints. But when we're using this paint right here, Treasure Valley eggshell, I like a really stiff brush. You My philosophy is the stiffer the brush, the straighter the line you're going to be able to cut in. So, I'm responding to questions from my YouTube subscribers here, and I got a question from Zack Neil, and we're going to answer Zach Neil's question here. And Zach asks in comments on one of my videos, and that's how to spray interior trimming doors. And his question is, I'll read you his question, and it's what do you do to minimize overspray? Then he says, I sprayed some doors in my basement and the mist went everywhere. So, Zach, in order to answer your question, I'm going to give you two little simple tips. And that's if it's pertaining to using an airless sprayer. One thing you can do is turn down the pressure. So, less pressure will create less overspray. And then another thing is make sure you use a brand new tip. Using a brand new tip and lower pressure will help solve your