Brushing & Rolling Your Walls

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The 6 Steps to Painting a Bedroom | Interior

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Begin the actual painting process by applying paint to your walls using correct brushing and rolling techniques. Ensure your roller cover (nap/sleeve) is completely saturated and loaded with paint before applying it to the wall. When transporting the loaded roller from the paint tray to the wall or ceiling, constantly twist it to prevent drips. For rolling, typically apply paint from the ceiling down to the trim (for an 8-foot wall). Use two 9-inch passes, unload the roller, lay out the paint evenly, and then reload it. Always aim to apply two coats of paint to achieve the true color and sheen. For the first coat, apply a light 'skim coat' to promote faster drying. Once dry, apply a super heavy second coat for complete coverage and a rich finish. Proper application, with enough paint, is key to preventing thin spots and ensuring a professional look.

Goal: Properly apply paint to walls and ceilings using correct techniques for a professional finish.

Tools and materials

Loaded Roller — Applying paint to large wall and ceiling areas
Paint Brush — Cutting in edges and corners
Paint — Coating walls and ceilings

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the time all right now we're going to talk about step number six and that is getting down to uh the painting process and rolling and brushing your walls all right so I'm going to talk about um you know doing doors windows uh baseboards cins um also and you know I don't ever hand cut that in um I just personally think it takes a lot longer think you can get perfectly straight lines with masking and so I typically use frog tape you'll see me using frog tape green you're going to get perfectly straight lines every time now rolling your walls um there is you know technique to Rolling your walls to getting a good finish now one of the things I see with do-it-yourself is after they're done with the paint job I'll just walk up look at the wall you can see that the color underneath it cuz they didn't get enough paint on application when it comes to paints almost you know 98% of the time you're always going to have to two call your walls now if you want your walls to be the true color the true Sheen um and not see the other color underneath you're you're typically going to be you know rolling two coats whether I'm painting the trim the walls or the ceilings it's going to be too coat now your application process how you apply the paint is going to have a lot to do with that too if you don't apply enough paints and you do what we call dry napping it and that's you load up your nap start rolling the walls and you start rolling down too much of the wall the paint you know the the nap or the roller sleeve um what we call it it runs out of paint you know and then you go back to what you just put paint on the wall it'll actually start pulling paint off the wall so the paint you just put on the wall you just pulled it off the wall so what we we call dry napping the wall so um applying paint applying it properly loading your roller I can't say enough like load your roller up get that thing you know sopping wet take your roller to your wall or your ceiling and getting your nap or your roller sleeve to the wall you don't want to just carry it to the wall because paint when it's really loaded soft with wet paint's going to drip off of it so I subconsciously turn it as I'm getting it to my substrate to my my wall or my ceiling if you don't turn it it could drip but you can take and hold a loaded knp in your hand like this and turn it just continually and it's never going to drip so I'm going load it get it totally saturated load it I'm going to twist and turn it and I'm…

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