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letsdothings
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 Posted: Aug 18, 2010 6:29 pm Post subject: Explain "keep a wet edge" to a dumbass? |
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| •Keep a wet edge, and always paint from dry to wet. |
What does this mean??! Someone explain it like you would to a child please! We've just painted a wall black and after 2 coats it has brush strokes galore. We have enough paint for a third, maybe fourth coat but our technique so far has been to just brush it on randomly until everything is covered - I don't want to waste the rest of the paint so I looked up techniques and am just as stumped! help appreciated :) |
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zil
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| Posted: Aug 18, 2010 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| To me it sounds like the brush needs to be really coated in paint. It didn't make any sense to me either, then I thought about painting my nails, if I have a big drop of paint on the brush it coats evenly- if it has a small amount of paint it'll leave brushmarks across my first coat. The paint "dry to wet" I don't get though. Good Luck with it! |
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Jzane
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It means that if you are painting your wall from left to right, you want the edge of the little area you're painting to still be wet while you re-load the roller. It's best to paint small, square portions of the wall, rather than trying to go floor to ceiling in one swoop. This way, the old section will still be wet when you start the new section, and it will blend better. If one part of the wall dries before you paint right next to it, it will be very obvious where you stopped and started.
You also want to try and finish one complete wall before you stop for the night (or for lunch or whatever) so that you won't have an obvious line in the middle of the wall where you stopped and started.
Here's an article on painting from TLC that might be helpful, and it discusses wet edge.
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smokingmonkey
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| Posted: Aug 18, 2010 9:15 pm Post subject: Re: Explain "keep a wet edge" to a dumbass? |
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| letsdothings wrote: |
| We've just painted a wall black and after 2 coats it has brush strokes galore. |
Did the black paint need a primer? Dark colors usually need a base coat of colored primer.
Also, you're using brushes? I've only ever used rollers, goes a lot faster, but then instead of brush strokes, if the paint isn't covering well, it gets kind of blotchy. |
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letsdothings
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| Posted: Aug 19, 2010 3:04 am Post subject: |
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| Jzane wrote: |
It means that if you are painting your wall from left to right, you want the edge of the little area you're painting to still be wet while you re-load the roller. It's best to paint small, square portions of the wall, rather than trying to go floor to ceiling in one swoop. This way, the old section will still be wet when you start the new section, and it will blend better. If one part of the wall dries before you paint right next to it, it will be very obvious where you stopped and started.
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Thanks, this helps :) S0 what does the "always paint from dry to wet" bit mean then ?
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| Also, you're using brushes? I've only ever used rollers, goes a lot faster, but then instead of brush strokes, if the paint isn't covering well, it gets kind of blotchy. |
Yeah I usually do rollers but really want to avoid it this time - the wall we're painting is a chimney breast surrounded by white walls - I just know I'll splatter black paint all over them that way! Plus it's easier with a pot and brush because I don't have to get out the dust sheets and stuff with the kids about :)
It might have needed a primer - I dunno! (So professional aren't I). Too late now, we can't see the previous red colour through it though. |
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