dpb wrote:
On 7/7/2013 10:11 AM, Leon wrote:
On 7/7/2013 10:02 AM, dpb wrote:
On 7/7/2013 9:57 AM, Leon wrote:
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Bill I have painted a lot of houses and I am the guy that does all the
trim and detail work.

Use as big of a brush that will fit. I used to use small brushes and
very quickly learned that they don't hold enough paint to do squat.

If you simply use the 3~4" brush in a side ways motion you end up
with a
3/4~1" wide brush that is 3~4" thick.

But the keys imo for trim are twofold --

a) It _has_ to be a high-quality brush, and
b) It needs to be angle-cut, not straight.



Yes a good brush is essential.

It can be a straight brush, angle cut is better but certainly not
necessary.
...

It'll cut the time req'd down immeasurably, though. (Then again, all
the trim that's painted that I paint is nothing but either windows or
panel doors w/ a two-color pattern so there's very little that isn't
cutting in.)

If not doing windows (and/or you're one who just paints the glass then
cleans ) or if just single color on doors and frames it makes it
much less of an issue.

I scraped the paint off of the window with a razor blade last night
after the person who painted it last!

Thanks guys! I'm going to open the first can now. It's only been 30
years since I opened my last one.
They don't appear to have changed much, except the price! : ) Also,
more "spraying paraphernalia" in the stores.

Bill



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