On 16/04/2020 16:36, Tricky Dicky wrote:
Put coving up tends to even out undulations in the ceiling/wall join and present a nice straight edge to cut into with a brush. The art to cutting in at corners is to hold the brush at roughly 45deg to the wall with the width of the brush more or less parallel to the direction of painting, start a little away from the edge and as you start the stroke push it towards the edge until you have the bristles In the corner complete the stroke without over-reaching.

In days of yore when people often painted the putty fillet a different colour to the rest of the window woodwork, painters would use a brush where the end of the bristles were cut at an angle a guess at 15deg. This allowed easier painting into corners and although these brushes were quite narrow 3/4€� I suppose the same could be applied to a wider brush.

Richard


1. Use a plasters float to protect the ceiling or wall that
you don't want to paint.

2. Do the edge carefully with 1 to 2 inch brush, then slap the
roller over the rest of the wall.