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Apply First Skim Coat

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What happens here

Apply a very light 'skim coat' as the first coat of paint on the walls. Use a 9-inch nap roller with an extension pole for efficiency. Move quickly and consistently from top to bottom to eliminate lap marks and ensure the paint dries fast, allowing for the second coat soon after. The goal of this first coat is not 100% coverage, but rather a thin, even layer. The video shows the painter using a roller on a pole to apply the first light coat.

Goal: Apply a light, quick-drying first coat of paint to walls

Tools and materials

  • 9-inch Nap Roller — Applying paint to large wall surfaces
  • Extension Pole — Extending the reach of the paint roller
  • Paint Tray — Holding paint for the roller

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get any haloing around your door jams Windows starting to install our first skim coat on the walls too doing our first skim coat not worried about 100% coverage you want to do a very light coat that'll dry quickly we're painting just one room today in this house so you want it to be thin and dry very fast so you can get your second coat on Within in about 30 minutes we're turn we turn the heat up to about 70° to get it to dry faster

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