Title: Cutting In Before Painting and Painting a Crisp Edge Between Walls and Ceilings | DIY Doctor
Headings: How to Cut In before Painting a Room – How to Paint a Straight, Crisp Edge Between the Walls and Ceiling
How to Cut In before Painting a Room – How to Paint a Straight, Crisp Edge Between the Walls and Ceiling
When to Cut In on a Painting Project
Where to Cut In when Painting
How to Cut In and the Tools You Need

Content: As a a quick reminder, here are some of the more important tasks that you probably need to get done before cutting it: Move all the furnature and pictures that might get in the way
Laydown all the necessary dust sheets that you need
Clean, fill and sand the walls so that they are smooth and ready
You might need to consider a mist coat (a watered down emulsion)
Mask up any feature that you cannot afford to get paint on
Remove anything from the wall that you can, including radiators, lights fitings and switches
Get a good cutting in brush – it doesn’t pay to go cheap here
You should always cut in before you paint the rest of the wall, because if you do it the other way around you are more likely to get a boarder effect around the edges of the walls where you have cut in. The roller will leave a slightly stippled effect, which a brush will not. By painting on top of the cutting in you can fade into the cut in paint. Some professionals advocate using a small roller as part of your cutting in process to take the roller effect as close to the corner as you can reasonably achieve – (See more below). The next step is to confirm where you need to cut in. Where to Cut In when Painting
You will need to cut in all around the wall (or walls) that you are painting – every edge. You will also need to cut in along the corners where one wall meets another, even if you are going to paint both walls. This is because the roller will not get in there and give a complete covering of paint. It is important to cut in to every edge because this will give you a crisp and sharp line, which a roller will not be able to achieve.