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Three years of painting trim before I realized I was supposed to backbrush
Caught myself just rolling on that Malibu white in my brother's kitchen last month and the texture looked like orange peel, then my buddy laughed and said 'you know you gotta brush it out, right' and now I'm wondering what else I've been missing.
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the_fiona4d ago
...and the thing nobody warns you about is that backbrushing actually Saves paint if you do it right. @jesse_cooper the trick isn't trying to keep a wet edge across the whole wall at once, it's working in smaller sections like 3x3 foot squares and overlapping the edges while they're still WET. I use a 4-inch Purdy brush and a 6-inch mini roller together - load the brush, paint a strip, then immediately roll over it. The roller forces the paint into the brush marks and the brush fills the gaps from the roller. Takes a little longer but the finish comes out like glass with no lap marks at all. Pro tip: if you see it starting to tack up before you get back to it, just stop and cut in a new section, don't try to blend dry edges.
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jesse_cooper4d ago
That "orange peel" texture from just rolling, is there any trick to keeping a wet edge when you backbrush a whole wall solo?
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