BRUSHING
Priming---Roll Ceilings
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Learning how to "cut" a line is probably the most crucial part of all
painting. If you can master it you are on your way to Professionalism
This Technique applys to cutting a line anywhere: ceilings, casings, mouldings etc.
- First, get just the right amount of paint on your brush: keep it just short of dripping off.
Now, the trick is to BEND the brush bristles and create a visible bristle line-edge of paint
and slide this edge along the line you want to cut to... See Pictures Below
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You have to PRESS DOWN quite a bit on the bristles
against the surface to get the brush bristles to bend and give you a fine edge to cut
with... Hint: Do not "overwork" your Brush... Let the paint "FLOW"
onto the surface!
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Always take a stroke across first, just next to the cut line and apply some paint to give your
brush a wet surface to slide on, instead of the dry surface
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Remember to work out of a bucket that's no more than 1/3 full, and smack the brush against the
inside of the can to get the amount of paint on it, just right; don't wipe it across the rim.
- To Cut into corners, you must "Point" the Bristles and Push them into the area, being
careful to apply Paint only to the surface(s) desired...
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Professional Painters can Brush and Cut lines equally well using either hand... this is a firm requirement for all good Painting!
Notice how the bristles are "bent against the surface"...
Here the bristles are just "normal" before pushing against the surface
to create
a "line-edge" to "Cut" with... as in the above picture!
Priming---Roll Ceilings
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