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Cut in Corners and Initial Edge

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

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What happens here

The painter begins by demonstrating how to cut in a corner where two walls and the ceiling meet. He uses a 2.5-inch angled sash brush, noting its pointed tip is ideal for precise corner work. He slowly works the brush into the corner, getting the point right into the joint, and then moves the brush away from the corner to start the line. He emphasizes that a faster, steadier pace results in a straighter line, which comes with practice. He mentions starting about an inch away from the ceiling line, working the paint up to the ceiling, getting it started, and then running it along the ceiling.

Goal: Establish a straight paint line in corners and along the ceiling edge.

Tools and materials

  • 2.5-inch Angled Sash Brush — precise corner and edge painting
  • Paint — for painting walls and ceilings

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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,

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