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: It is the only practical way to make sure that the paint stays only on the wall you are painting if you have a lot to paint
You will get a really crisp, clean line where the paint from the wall ends – if done right! Cutting in is a technique that will save time and make the job look much better
When to Cut In on a Painting Project
You should cut in just before you paint. Ideally if there are two of you painting, the second person should follow you so that youe cut-in blends into the paint for the whole wall, which is much easier to achieve when the paint is not dry. Since the cutting takes place just before you do the actual painting, it is important that you have parepared the walls ready for painting. For more detailed information about what you should have done have a look at our project explainting what is needed to prepare a wall or ceiling for painting. 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).