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Posted by Oscar_Lives on February 21, 2006, 10:49 pm
How do you keep the painted line straight at the top of the wall next to the
ceiling?
Masking with tape doesn't work for me. Using a shield looked like crap.
Cutting in freehand with a brush is the best I can do and it still looks
bad.
Any tricks?
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Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on February 21, 2006, 11:21 pm
> Cutting in freehand with a brush is the best I can do and it still looks
> bad.
> Any tricks?
Practice.
Always paint the ceiling first.
Next you cut in using a good quality brush. Load the brush and start about
an inch away from the ceiling. As you pull the brush across, you bring it
to the ceiling line and just drag it straight across. As the brush runs
dry, pull it down and away.
Stand high enough on a ladder to get a fairly straight line of sight. When
you've done four or five feet, get down and go to a normal seated spot in
the room and it will look just fine from there. It is also better to be
slightly shy of the ceiling rather than go up on to it as it is less visible
that way.
Practice inside a closet first.
--
Ed
http://pages.cthome.net/edhome/
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Posted by kevin on February 21, 2006, 11:30 pm
The part about not letting wall color up on to the ceiling is
important, I find. Better to let the white from the ceiling white go
just slightly down onto the walls.
Just from experimenting, I find that the same rule is important for
trim around windows, trim along the floor, etc. It has to do with which
color is darker, how the natural or artificial light will hit the area,
etc., I suppose. But in any case, in most of my rooms, letting the wall
paint go slightly onto the trim always looks much better than the
reverse. In other cases, it needs to be the reverse or it looks like
crap.
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Posted by Banty on February 22, 2006, 7:45 am
says...
>The part about not letting wall color up on to the ceiling is
>important, I find. Better to let the white from the ceiling white go
>just slightly down onto the walls.
>Just from experimenting, I find that the same rule is important for
>trim around windows, trim along the floor, etc. It has to do with which
>color is darker, how the natural or artificial light will hit the area,
>etc., I suppose. But in any case, in most of my rooms, letting the wall
>paint go slightly onto the trim always looks much better than the
>reverse. In other cases, it needs to be the reverse or it looks like
>crap.
Yes. With the exception of one room where I have painted trim and a textured
wallpaper, I bring the wall color up the sides of the trim pieces onto the trim.
When I did bring the wall paint only up to the trim, the trim color 'shines' a
bit onto the wall next to it. Doesn't look right.
Banty
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Posted by BiloxiBoy on February 22, 2006, 12:06 am
And painters who have finally come out of the closet - well,
nevermind.....
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> bad.
> Any tricks?