Interior Painting Questions

[DeMarco]

Before painting interior rooms, I use a brush to paint 2-3 inches on
each side of a 90 degree angle where the ceiling meets the walls, or
where one wall meets another. I feather out the paint to avoid
obvious lines of demarcation on the edges, then I paint the walls and
ceiling with a roller, getting the roller as close to the angles as I
can - probably within an inch of the angle.

I am not happy with the way the 90 degree angles look. If you look
closely, you can see where I did the "edge" painting with the brush.
It almost looks as though the paint that I applied with the brush is
not applied thickly enough, and perhaps that is the problem. What
would you suggest I use in the future to correct this problem? Should
I use a pad instead of a brush? If so, what brand would you
recommend?

Also, how many days use to you get out of a roller? If I rinse out a
roller very well, I can use it twice, but after that it seems like I
need to use a fresh one. Does anyone get more than two uses from one
roller? (I hope these aren't dumb questions - I don't do a lot of
painting, but we are trying to get our house ready to sell, and I want
to do the best possible job.)

Margaret
dem...@ix.netcom.com

[Steve Manes]

On Sun, 10 Oct 1999 22:23:13 -0400, "DeMarco" <dem...@ix.netcom.com>
wrote:

>I am not happy with the way the 90 degree angles look. If you look
>closely, you can see where I did the "edge" painting with the brush.
>It almost looks as though the paint that I applied with the brush is
>not applied thickly enough, and perhaps that is the problem. What
>would you suggest I use in the future to correct this problem?

Two coats.

>Also, how many days use to you get out of a roller? If I rinse out a
>roller very well, I can use it twice, but after that it seems like I
>need to use a fresh one.

Buy disposable rollers. Home Depot sells them in eight packs.

I'm very lazy when it comes to painting. I hate clean up. Last week,
before I primed with alkyd, and not wanting to have to clean out my
favorite roller pan afterwards, I tried something that worked very
well. I put it in a garbage bag first. Worked great. I buy cheap
brushes too, except for enameling woodwork.

[Dave A. Homeowner]

DeMarco wrote:
>
> Also, how many days use to you get out of a roller? If I rinse out a
> roller very well, I can use it twice, but after that it seems like I

> need to use a fresh one. Does anyone get more than two uses from one
> roller?

Don't rinse out the roller. Roll as much paint out of it as possible,
wrap it in tinfoil and put it in the freezer. Take it out about a 1/2
hour before you want to continue painting and you'll be all set.

The same technique works for brushes.

[bethany]

Margeret- When you paint where the wall meets the ceiling, use one of
those cheapie foam 'brushes" , carefully paint the corner edge, and then
"pat" the paint down a few inches. That mimics the slight stippling of
the roller really well. This is also great for where walls meet- you
can quickly do a corner just by wedging the foam brush in the corner and
patting first one side and then the other all the way up.. People might
disagree with me, but I think that it' best to just buy the cheap
rollers and brushes and then toss them... Make sure that you buy a good
quality paint, though. -Bethany