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Performing Cut-ins and Avoiding Picture Framing

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What happens here

The presenter demonstrates cutting in with a brush on the top edge of a wall after the rolling is complete. He explains that traditionally, he would roll one coat, cut in, then roll a second coat. However, for this project, he first applied two rolled coats to test the paint and equipment. He then performs the cut-ins, noting that a common issue called 'picture framing' or 'halo effect' can occur if the cut-in area has a different texture or sheen than the rolled area. He advises that this can usually be avoided with proper technique, especially if the rolled coat blends well with the brush application.

Goal: Demonstrate precise brush cut-ins and discuss how to prevent common issues like 'picture framing'.

Tools and materials

  • Ladder Werner — Reaching high edges for cut-ins
  • Paint Brush — Applying paint to edges and corners
  • GreenSheen Eco-Friendly Paint GreenSheen — The paint being applied for cut-ins

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hammer which a lot of painters get accustomed to doing it all does just mess up the lower end on your sprayers now i'm going to go back do my cut ends and do my second coat on stuff and it doesn't really matter like on this job if i do the second coat you know after cut ins or before cut ends because all this is is a base coat but usually it really does matter if you don't want to get what we call picture framing or haloing on your walls so we're back here second day painting doing um some touch ups that i'm actually just rolling right in the middle this field to test out color and sheen consistency of the paint and i'm doing things a little bit backwards to also test the paint and who does it halo and stuff and what i've done is rolled two coats and now i'm doing my cut ends last and i've done it on a wall on the opposite side that way to see if this paint um leaves a halo or color inconsistency or any type of flashing and it's um you can't even see where i cut in even with this dark color after rolling two coats that's not typically how we would paint it we'd roll one coat cut in and then roll our second coat and but once again i'm just testing out this paint

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