Cutting in ceiling and wall. No matter how hard you try to paint perfect lines where the wall meets the ceiling it can sometimes be tough especially if the wall is uneven. A 30 year pro shares his drop ceiling installation tips and demonstrates his techniques that will help you hang a suspended ceiling easier and faster. Cutting in sometimes called trimming in is a process of painting with a brush next to trim mouldings or adjacent surfaces usually in preparation of using a roller to fill in the large areas of wall surface. When cutting in against a ceiling molding or other surface where a straight line is required start by sweeping into the line to unload some paint onto the wall.
He shows how to lay it out fasten grid angles and tees keep the grid square and cut the ceiling panels. If youve painted a room in the past im sure youve had the ceiling line blues. The painted surface how to cut in a wall or ceiling. There are three different methods you can use to get the perfect line between the wall and ceiling.
Cutting in means that you use a paint brush to paint areas that are too tight for rollers such as at the ceiling line corners and along baseboards and trim. Dont forget the walls in this video are not smooth so it makes it a bit. Sketch and measure the ceiling so you can. Loading your brush and applying paint the proper way will prevent drips and spatter save your brushes and produce great looking results.