I have always painted walls by using a brush around the outside along
the junction with ceiling / skirting etc. and then doing the rest with
a roller. Reading a paint tin yesterday they were suggesting doing it
the other way, roller first then finish off around the outside with a
brush.

This left me thinking, is there a right or wrong way and what do other
people in the group do?

Andrew

Cut in first with a brush and then finish off with a roller is what I
do.

Cheers

Richard

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andrew_d_may@hotmail.com says...

> I have always painted walls by using a brush around the outside along
> the junction with ceiling / skirting etc. and then doing the rest with
> a roller. Reading a paint tin yesterday they were suggesting doing it
> the other way, roller first then finish off around the outside with a
> brush.
> 
> This left me thinking, is there a right or wrong way and what do other
> people in the group do?
> 

Brush first, you'll cover some of the brush marks when you go over it 
with a roller.  Roller first, you won't brush any more than you need to.  
I usually do brush first because I might be too bored or tired to cut in 
neatly when I've finished with the roller (or it might be dark by then).

r.rain@btinternet.com wrote:

> Cut in first with a brush and then finish off with a roller is what I
> do.


Me too - there is obviously a difference between the finish you get with 
a roller and the finish with a brush.  As you are doing most of the wall 
with a roller it makes sense to use that last as you will go over quite 
a bit of the paintwork you have already done, converting brush marks to 
roller marks making a larger amount of the wall all looking the same. 
If you did it the other way you would end up converting roller marks 
into brush marks and therefore would have a more noticable difference 
around the edges.

Andrew wrote:

> I have always painted walls by using a brush around the outside along
> the junction with ceiling / skirting etc. and then doing the rest with
> a roller. Reading a paint tin yesterday they were suggesting doing it
> the other way, roller first then finish off around the outside with a
> brush.
> 
> This left me thinking, is there a right or wrong way and what do other
> people in the group do?


Brush first for me. Get the tedious precision bit done first then roller 
is an easy finish. Actually I most often just swap to a larger brush 
than a roller: small rooms don't take long, cleaning a good roller takes 
forever.

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On 12 Sep,  
     DJC  wrote:



> Brush first for me. Get the tedious precision bit done first then roller 
> is an easy finish.


That's what I do.


> Actually I most often just swap to a larger brush  than a roller: small
> rooms don't take long, cleaning a good roller takes  forever.
> 

About an hour on a quick wash in the washing machine. Cleans them really
well.

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