If you've made wall repairs, spackle,and especially drywall compound, will draw out themoisture from the paint, giving the area a dull look that isdifferent from the rest of the wall. Priming will prevent thisproblem, since you'll be painting directly over theprimer and not the repair material. When applying your primer,start by painting in three-foot by three-foot sections. Roll in one section ata time, moving from top to bottom and from one sideof the wall to the other. Reload your roller andpaint the next section, covering only as much as you canfinish while the primer is still wet.
Always overlap areas of wet primer. This is a painting technique thepros call working to a wet edge. The technique helps prevent streaking. When the grit of one sectionbecomes covered with paint dust, switch to an unusedsection and continue. Wipe the wall clean with a damptowel or sponge and allow it to dry.
Before starting anypaint job, it's always a good idea to remix your paint usinga mixing stick or a paint-mixing tool. You should do this anytime you leave your paint sitting for an extended period of time. If you left your painter'stape on after priming, you can just paint over it again. If you removed yourpainter's tape, you'll need to reapply it before starting.
A foolproof way of achievingclean and even paint edges is to avoid loading the brushdown with too much paint. The excess has to gosomewhere, and will probably end up where it doesn't belong. Brush back and forth until mostof the paint has been applied.
Then, when there's just a bitof paint left on the brush, paint the area next to the tape andoverlap your strokes onto the tape. That way, there will only beenough paint left on the brush to cover the remainingunpainted wall surface. And there won't be enoughto seep under the tape. Roll in small, manageable,three-foot by three-foot areas, from the ceiling to the floor and fromone side of the wall to the other. Blend your sections as you go.
With a fully loadedroller work top to bottom, rolling back and forth across thewall in a series of v- or w-shaped strokes until the section is covered. You want your roller fully coveredwith paint, but not to the point where it's dripping. These smoothing strokeseven the coat and help to cover up lines andpaint roller tracks. As you overlap areas alreadypainted, lightly lift the roller off the wall to avoid leaving endmarks and to help blend different areas into one seamless surface.
Avoid the common mistake of paintingstraight up and down in rows from top to bottom. When you do this it's harderto blend your paint evenly. Final step is to removeyour painter's tape. Now, you have two options. You can do this just beforethe paint dries completely, if you're concerned about thetape getting stuck in the paint.
Or you can wait until the paint is dry. If you run into this, use a utilityknife to slice through the dried paint while pulling up the tapeat a degree angle. Now, tightly seal remainingpaint in cans, thoroughly and completely cleanpaint brushes and rollers, and dispose of used painter's tape. Noticeable color variationsin separate gallons of paint are rare now that mixturesare created by computers. But to be safe, once you'veused half a gallon of paint, refill that can with paintfrom a different can and remix.
That way you'll beguaranteed color uniformity. You also have options for howyou reload your paint roller. You can use a traditionaland reliable paint tray. Screenshot of the Week.
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