How To Paint A Straight Line Where Wall Meets Ceiling

My Mom cringed when she saw our orangish dining room.

She but isn't use to potent colors but afterwards a few years she decided it was a great pick.

Painting walls any color other than white tin exist a real challenge.

Specially if the colors are bold like orange, yellow, blue, or even RED!!!

The tricky part, at least for me, is getting a directly line between the white ceiling and wall.

Adept news, you don't have to be Picasso to learn this.

And you lot can crook a petty past using the right supplies – which toll only $27 and tin be used for years!!

Terminal weekend I had to paint a bathroom ceiling. And so I decided to share all my tips and prove you how to pigment a direct ceiling line without using painter's tape.

I'm fired up because I think you lot'll get a better paint job after this tutorial. Plus I've got a special surprise at the stop. Let's get started 🙂

Paint Supplies

Here's your supply listing

Purdy 2.5 inch ClearCUT Glide Brush
Purdy Colossal Mini Roller Frame
Purdy White Pigeon three/eight inch Nap Rollers (for Mini Roller)
two Gallon Bucket
Wire Grid for two Gallon Saucepan
Wiping Cloths (for mistakes and drips)
Drop Cloth
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Here'southward what yous'll learn

How to paint a direct ceiling line between a white ceiling and bold colored wall
How to preserve paint brushes so they final for years

I love sharing this stuff because I know it's going to help you with your own project.

Allow me show you lot how to accomplish that.

Pigment a Straight Ceiling Line with These Awesome Supplies

If you lot want a good paint job you need to use Purdy paintbrushes and rollers.

Yep, paint type is important too.

Just the best pigment will await terrible if applied with an el-cheapo castor & roller.

I've been using Purdy supplies for years considering they give the best-looking results.

The specific brush you lot need to cut in a straight ceiling line is a Purdy two.5 inch ClearCUT glide brush with an angled edge.

While y'all're in the paint supplies section y'all'll want to choice up a Purdy iv.5 inch Jumbo Mini Roller.

This little dude is fantastic because it rolls smoothly without any choppiness. Which is disquisitional for straight lines.

And the White Dove pigment rollers that you use with the Mini Roller are as lint-free as they come.

This is important if you lot accept smooth walls that will prove every imperfection.

If y'all're using a roller please endeavor a bucket with a wire filigree versus a tray.

I've used trays before but love the bucket/grid because it's much harder to step in a saucepan of paint.

Plus, you tin can use the bucket for both the castor and the roller. Way absurd.

Just as an FYI, I chose Valspar Ultra paint plus primer for the small bathroom ceiling I worked on.

Primarily because it's scrubbable, mildew resistant, and has a lifetime warranty – all nifty reasons to utilise it in a kid's bathroom!!

Now, how do you use these items to get a straight ceiling? I'll show you.

Painting straight ceiling lines by hand with no painter's tape, oh my!!!

Dip your brush most 1 inch into the paint.

Tap the castor on the side of the saucepan or wire grid to remove backlog paint.

Place your brush on the ceiling so that it'due south about 1/four to 1/two inch away from the ceiling/wall transition.

I like to have the brush on its edge when cutting in, i.due east. all the ends of the beard touch the surface.

Paint in one direction nigh 12 inches then switch directions and lay the brush flat (non on its edge).

This back brushing volition embrace about ii.five to 3 inches of the ceiling edge that meets up with the wall.

Do this until you comprehend 2 to three feet.

Now y'all can load up your mini roller with paint.

Place the mini roller on the ceiling where you stopped painting with your brush.

Curl on the paint with the mini roller so that you cover the brushed on paint.

This will smooth out whatsoever marks made past the paintbrush.

The key to success is not letting the cut-in made past your paintbrush dry out. Thus, it's best to roll on paint correct subsequently using your paintbrush.

Here's the consummate pace-by-step video tutorial that will show how to paint a direct ceiling line using merely a brush & roller.