Painting Without Tape

Edge without using tape. If youre planning on applying paint manually without the help of masking tape or other instruments you should start with the trim.

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Contractor Neil Matthews of Trendsetter Renovations shows you how to paint a wall like a pro using just a brush.

Painting without tape. Now you can paint your edge. Feel free to mess up as you apply the paint but spread all of it. Occasionally you may need to switch hands when painting trim because of an awkward angle in.

Painting Without Tape or Cutting-In. The pros dont use painters tape or other. Painting without tape and painting edges without tools means you will need a little more time to get the edges painted.

Repeat this process until you cover the edge completely. Pour paint into the tray not too much. Then I lightly drag the angled brush along the side of the trim making sure not to overlap the white part of the trim.

3 Easy Steps to Paint Window Trim Without Tape. No more having to buy rolls of tape spend hours placing it along the trim and then struggle with the paint that inevitably seeps under the tape. Keep it at least a quarter of an inch away from the edge.

Then dip your paint brush at an angle into the paint. Metal or plastic masking guards are not used either. I recommend this Wooster 2-12 sash brush.

I used my trusty sash brush to brush paint onto the edger. Now with the paint filled side of the brush facing the wall paint a short downward stroke about a quarter to a half inch away from the edge. Painting trim without tape saves on cost time and frustration.

Trim Painting Without Masking Tape - An Oregon Cottage - YouTube. Brush the paint in upward or downward strokes to create a straight line using the side of the brush. Make sure it doesnt glop too much.

Follow me on YouTube to stay up to date on all my project tutorials. I havent used tape on any paint job in years and that includes some pretty intricate detail work. To paint the trim without tape dip the brush in the paint and wipe off some of the excess.

No lie when I was painting around my ceiling fan in my master bedroom 12 feet high ceilings I taped a Purdy brush to one of Beaus toy swords climbed on a 6 foot ladder and painted. Take your clean angled brush load it up with paint and rest it gently close to the edge you want to paint. Make sure you hold your brush steadily on your hands.

Why Painting Without Tape Is Effective. Carefully move the brush up to or down to the edge and use the side of the brush to create that straight edge. After preparing your window trim for paint paint your trim with primer first and then your trim paint.

There are several benefits to cutting in such as less time materials and money spent on prepping the wall or trim before you start to paint. I start right above my downward stroke. That clean paint brush you saved its time to get it dirty.

Trim Painting Without Masking Tape - An Oregon Cottage. Favored by professional painters the cut-in method is pure freehand painting. Using an angled sash brush and a special cut bucket a small paint can without a lip draw wide sweeps of paint close to but not touching the excluded area.

No tape is used. Take your brush and dunk its tip into your can of paint and dont forget to tap off the excess paint. Your stroke should be about 1-2 inches long and this is just to unload some of the paint.

With these simple trim painting methods youll get perfectly painted trim WITHOUT having to deal with painters tape. If you choose to forego tape and paint without itwhich is called cutting in or the cut-in methodall you need is a paintbrush and a steady hand. The paint edger is your secret weapon to paint without painters tape.

I watched a video online about dabbing the edger into the paint and forcing excess off like you would a roller. For an easy visual tutorial watch this step by step tutorial on my YouTube channel.

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