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hi there my name is Nils from DIY nails
calm and in this video professional
painter Chris berry otherwise known as
the Idaho painter is going to show us
how to cut in ceilings and edges like a
professional
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just about everybody has to paint a room
at some point in their lives and if you
haven't you probably will if you have
painted a room you know how frustrating
it can be to not have nice clean edges
you put tape on you try to make a nice
clean line and sometimes it works
sometimes it doesn't so Chris the Idaho
painter is gonna show us in this video
how to cut a nice line with a brush
there are several tips and techniques
that he uses as a professional painter
to get professional results he's also
going to explain to us in this video why
he doesn't use an edging tool that you
can buy at the store but prefers to cut
in with a brush to do a faster and
better job let's take a look this
Christian awho painter in this video I'm
gonna give the viewers of D my eye Nils
some tips and pointers how to do sealing
cuttings like a professional painter at
the end of this video if you haven't
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now stay tuned here we go we're gonna
give you some tips and tricks on how to
do sealing cuttings just like a pro so
the first thing is is the brush you're
never gonna get a really good strength
sealing cut in line or cut in lines on
anything you do if you don't have a good
quality brush and one of the things who
are you actually looking for and a good
quality brush is having good quality
sharp bristles now if you purchase a
cheap brush what you're actually gonna
see with a cheap brush is if you look
really closely if that bristles are
gonna be just cut off and they'll be
blunt and not having a really sharp
bristle you can't get a really sharp
straight cut in line so my quality
brushes are gonna have bristles that are
gonna come to a really fine point and
they're gonna be basically a sharp
little point another thing you'll see at
the end of the brush if you look at the
brush you'll see that it just has a nice
taper too and really cheap brushes they
could just be flat or they could just be
really uneven so I'm gonna look at the
brush it has a really nice good taper to
it this is a high quality brush I also
like a brush that's actually an angled
sash brush I use a 3-inch angled sash
clear cut brush when I'm doing my
cuttings so one other thing I'm actually
looking for when it comes to a brush
we're doing cut ends I like actually
stiff brushes really soft brushes like
nylon brushes are really difficult
because
flimsy to actually making a nice good
straight line so I want a really stiff
brush and this brush that I actually use
this pretty clear-cut brought pretty
clear-cut brush is classified as a stiff
brush so we start might cut it and hook
at a corner right here and one of the
reasons why I like an angled sash brush
and that's that brush that's actually
just cut at an angle is it's a lot
easier to start and work in two corners
and then work your way out so I'm going
to load up my brush get it up here I'm
gonna get it but an inch just top down
here inch away work it into this corner
so I can get this corner started right
here load up my brush again and the one
thing one of the key things is when you
start your cuttings don't try to stretch
them out too far you can typically take
a loaded brush and cut about about 12
inches and then reload it somewhere
about six to twelve inches
how I'm actually loaded and up I just
dip it in here
just hide it on both sides and they'll
start like copper here so I'm going to
start give it about an inch away from
where my yokai dens gonna start then I'm
going to begin working my way up to it
and then just start my cot and then I'll
just cut back the opposite direction now
I've got this section right here
that actually can just back roll
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now I'd like to get about a quarter inch
away from you were might cut in this and
then just roll my paint out and feather
it out so once again just going to take
just load my brush up I've just said dip
it in there if I brush about you'll get
about a half an inch and the bristles
down into the paint and I'm gonna paddle
on both sides of my bucket and then I'm
gonna get to be in my car so I'm going
to set it up here
get it about an inch away and then I'll
start working my way to my cut in and
then I'll pop out the opposite direction
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the reason why you cut back the opposite
direction is typically like to beat up
walls that are texture it's gonna when
you're going one direction it kind of
misses some little holes and spots go in
the one direction you cut back the
opposite direction it'll fill those and
there's another tip when you're actually
doing your cut ends - until you you know
are really comfortable to get really
good it's a good idea you actually hold
your breath heis you're actually doing
the cut and then take a breath and then
cut back the opposite opposite direction
and then breathe if you hold your breath
you'll typically have a steady or hand
another key element to doing a nice good
straight cut in mind is actually keeping
a nice steady pace if you go too slow
your lines gonna end up being just
jagged and or crooked want to just get
that you don't want to go too fast but
you don't want to go too slow when I'm
doing my cutting I'm actually not using
the whole brush I'm actually using just
basically the tip of the brush and I'm
the only using maybe about a quarter of
the brush to do the cut and so what
happens is I'm actually not using the
whole brush it's actually just the tip
and you're basically kind of just
drawing a line of just the tip of your
brush so one last final shot right here
just got load up my brush another key
thing just last simple tip is just try
not to stretch out you know your paint
on your brush and a lot of amateurs will
just try to you know you know kind of
line way too far you always want to say
with rolling their walls and anything is
always keep loading up your roller keep
loading up your roller or keep loading
up your brush just always keep enough
paint on there so I do occasionally get
asked if I ever use these edging tools
and these are some tools that actually
design to actually you know cut straight
lines around door frames window frames
and even says on this one ceilings and
baseboards and I have actually tried
them in the past but I don't use them
and this is kind of why once you learn
how to actually cut in a ceiling line
with a brush or actually use clear
coffee and then tape and tape your lines
and cut you could actually paint a lot
faster or not say like three to four
times faster than you could actually
paint with one of these things so it's
it comes down to one thing is actually
speed and then it also comes down to
your expectations as a professional
painter we could actually create way
straighter lines crisper lines lines
that look a lot nicer using caulking and
tape or even hand cutting in our
ceilings then you can actually top these
things there's a lot of
variables that are gonna cause these
things do not actually get a straight
line or really crisp line and unless you
have they just the ideal scenario where
you got a square door jamb and it's got
a 90-degree corner and it's got flat
texture then the things not going to
function as well as that's actually
advertised typically when you're seeing
these videos these things are being used
they're they've created this ideal
scenario for this thing to actually
function and do a perfect line but in
the real world that's typically only
going to happen if no more than 10% of
the time so we definitely we try to stay
away from these things if you want to
make money as a professional painter
this thing's never gonna make you money
is it a tool that do-it-yourselfers can
use and might function well it actually
it must because I do get a lot of
feedback that people actually like them
they work well but we don't use them
there you have it there are some tips
and tricks to making your cut-ins look
like a professional painter if you've
got any tips and drinks yourself don't
forget just leave them in the comments
below
Nils and I would love to read your
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want to give a huge thank you to Chris
the Idaho painter for showing us some
tips and tricks on cutting in I actually
watched a lot of his videos before I did
my last project which involved a lot of
painting around trim and around the
ceiling and use those same cutting tips
and techniques and it saved me a lot of
time from having to tape and mask
everything like Chris mentioned be sure
to check out his channel
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