How To Paint A Ceiling With A Brush

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How to paint a ceiling with a brush. I will definately paint the walls with only a brush. And then roll that section. If you aren t going to paint the walls use painters tape to protect the wall or use the brush to cut in a nice straight line along the wall s edge.

Cutting in before you roll allows you to cover most of the brush marks with the roller. Switch from brush to roller to start painting the rest of the ceiling. Use a stepladder to paint a 2 inch to 3 inch cut line along the edge of the ceiling.

Don t load the brush too much and start each stroke away from the edge and work the paint toward the tape. With the ceiling finished all i had to do was put the baffles on the lights and slid them into the ceiling and the ceiling would be done. Painting your ceiling 1.

Begin by only pouring about 2 cups 470 ml of paint into a paint. The first task is to cut in the ceiling to do this take the smaller paint brush and fill your paint kettle so the paint comes halfway up the bristles of the brush to avoid overloading the brush. Allow the primer to dry completely according to instructions.

Paint several inches onto the ceiling and feather the edge. Carefully brush paint along the edge of the ceiling a section at a time. Before applying the paint with rollers use a paint brush to cut the corners or paint the edges where the ceiling meet.

Pour the paint into a tray and dip your roller in. Start in a corner and with a 2 inch trim brush paint about three feet along one wall then the adjoining wall. Start in one corner coat the ceiling holding the brush as shown in fig 1 1 ensuring to get right into the corner.