How To Paint A Room FAST! | How To Use Paint Edgers 

applying the paint onto the edger with a brush instead of dipping it into a tray is a game changer. Thanks for the tip.

I bought one and will try it.. thx for the brush tip about not dipping into a tray (*which i did years ago) .. that seems to be the secret!

I just put my drywall knife between my roller and the ceiling. I cut off the corners of the knife so it doesn't hang up. Use it on trim too. Pretty fast. Nothing crazy.

I’ve used the Edger tool but quickly returned to using a good-quality angled brush. The Edger doesn’t get close enough to the ceiling. You will end up with a thin strip of old paint color between the ceiling and the new wall color. If you repaint the ceiling and bring the paint down on the wall a bit before using the Edger on the walls it should be okay. With just a little practice, the Edger is easy to use. Me, I’ll stick to to my angled brush.

I would have liked to see this demo with a color that contrasted with the ceiling.

Oh my god you saved me so much time!!! Thank you so much! I have been rushing to paint my bedrooms before I get carpet installed. Using a brush it took me over 2 hours to cut in a single bedroom. Today, I finished cutting in 2 rooms in under 1 hour using an edger! Also, I confirm that painting the pad with a brush is the most effective way to load the pad. Dipping the pad doesn't load it nearly enough and doesn't give uniform coverage. Using your brush on method I was able to edge about 12'+ of wall with one pass. Also, keeping the little wheels clean of paint is definitely a skill that I am sure I will master. I had to stop several times to clean them off. It's easy to get paint on the wheels if you don't pay attention when painting corners.

Great video, you explained it well, not too much talking, and backed it up with showing us the correct techniques to paint like a pro using this type of product. Thank you!

I absolutely love this tool, it was easy for me.I also used the paint brush method to avoid getting pain on the wheels. Best tool for non-professionals.

I've been using the paint edger for years and it saves me a ton of prep time as well as the lines are perfectly straight. Keeping the wheels and guide clean of paint is definitely key to this nifty gadget. Years of experience using it I've learned to touch lightly at surface of paint tray verses brushing paint on. Wish someone would've advised me that little paint on the applicator goes a long way with the bristles.

love my pad edger, always use a brush to load the edger. A newer edger has wheels that lift for easier loading just bought a roller edger that I havent had an excuse to use yet. I wear bifocals and cant see a wall/ceiling line clearly enough to cut in with a brush.

Loved this. Hopefully will help make our next painting experience a lot better. Love the videos and your top tips for everyone.

Hello, I have been so incredibly lucky to have found you and your videos. I own several homes and have been gutting and renovating them, hence a ton of painting, inside and out. Your information has been so beneficial, from color choices thru the placement of each room's lighting (northern, southern, east, or west sunlight). I could go on, but........ please keep informing us on the technical (how, when, why) of painting! Your excellent at what you do, and your videos are entertaining while educating us non-professionals.

i just bought a edger after 1 coat of primer .. 2 full coat of paint on the ceiling and a full small closet .... i shoud have bought it sooner hahaha i cant wait to try it

Best video quality in a paint video!

Good advice about getting the paint onto the pad. It makes obvious sense but I haven't seen this before in an edging video. I'm thinking it might work to use a 4" roller to apply the paint to the pad and then smooth out the applied paint with the roller too.

Thankyou James, We are getting ready to paint

There's also one other advantage to using an edger no one ever mentions. One coat and you're done edging, which most of the time isn't the case if you're using a brush. This gives a huge advantage to using the edger vs a brush. Those tiny bristles leave no peak a boos like a brush often does.

This just saved my life. I was dipping it in the tray, and creating a disaster. I quit using it. Then I saw this video and I tell you using a paint brush to apply the paint to the edger did the trick. Thanks 🙏🏽 , I was just going to give up.

It helps but if you have a texture ceiling it can be a pain. However I do enjoy using it for the base boards

Wow, i have never heard of this tool! i’m going to go buy one! Thanks for the video!😊

Loved this tool for years. Thanks for the validation.

Took me an hour to do the same size. Room. I hate painting. Thanks for this one. I will do this for the second cut in!

I’m going to paint my houses interior. I want a way to cut in above the cabinets where it’s too hard to reach easily & cutting in with a brush with a long handle probably won’t work very well. This seems like my best option with one on a long handle. Thanks!

I’ve tried a edger and found it to be sub par in comparison to a good brush.

Great tip James. I have been struggling with my edger. I will def start brushing paint on it

This was very helpful because I want to do an accent wall in black against white. Fantastic!

Thanks! Worked great for me and cut down on my painting time!!!

This is a great tip, for others. But I'm weird. I LOVE to paint, especially cut work. With a good quality brush. It's my Zen work.

I love those and I have been painting for 40 years! Great around cabinets too!

Lol, I love how this video was recommended when I was looking for a painting video but I recognize you from fragrance reviews!

G’day buddy, found your channel today and you’ve gained a grateful subscriber. I commend you on your informative content and fantastic quality of your videos. Am a rock’n’rolling paintslinger myself, so it’s cool seeing a paint company producing such valuable and high class content. Look forward to your future vids!!!

Always awesome advice, but this one tip will save a lot of frustration and mega time. Thank you.

Sold! That secret with applying paint explains past disasters.

Great hint. Greetings from Jamaica- love the Usain Bolt reference!

Learning curve on these Squares is about the same as a brush. Not to mention it takes several coats

My issue is my height! Being a short arse, my reach slows me down. These will be very handy for painting very high up. Stairwells, for example. I’m not overkeen on those sorts of heights!! 😬 You can put these things on a pole. 😊

im about to buy one today to paint my bathroom hopefully it works well and i like it

Dude thank y’all soooooo much this just save me a lot of time

I 1 Im going to try this once. My thought is, it is for newbies and HOs. The time it takes to use a paint brush to put paint on it is time that can be spent getting it on the wall. Unless I can get several feet, as far as I can reach from the ladder before moving the ladder. Otherwise, instead of being on a ladder with just a brush and paint pale, now I got a third item with paint, with me on a ladder 2. You don't need tape if you got a straight line, if you don't have a straight line, use a paint knife. 3. Has anyone tried this? How far can you get on one pass? 4. I generally don't use a brush for my lines. 5. 5. When using a brush, you don't want to hold it vertically or horizontally, you want it at an angle, the corner of the brush pointing to the ceiling, you'll get about six to 12 inches, then flip the brush and go back the other way because the other side is still loaded. A. Use a good brush, they cost more and are worth it. B. You may find and angle brush will be helpful when at the corners. C. When you just loaded the brush, don't go right to the edge, go a 1/4 down and about the same from the corner,, because the brush will have too much paint on it, do a small pass to rid some paint then cut in.

I did not know my boy j royl was also doing paint tutorials. I thought u did something in the cruise industry. Appreciate the tips!

I have one but definitely used it wrong. Thank you!

So helpful! Thank you!

If the ceiling is shooted, can we also use an edger? Thanks!

Thanks, will try the tips soon.

Do you always paint 2 coats if new color is lighter than existing one? Thanks!

How would it work with coving ? The wheels would be over the edge. Good if you don't have any but in the uk we have a lot of it .

What if you have a textured ceiling already? Will that mess it up?

So wish I could use edger unfortunately our ceilings are textured. Looks like it’s paint brush for me.

I love using an edger like this but it leaves a small space between the ceiling and the wall. I did this for a job and they didnt like the space so I had to do by hand

We’re painting now James- used the edger - brush or roller (foam or nap) for the interior doors? Thank you!

4 minutes! Wow! Wow! I cut in a lot, but it takes too long for me

It is a great gadget!

How do you feather in updates on ceiling paint without seeing differences

Can you use edgers on the ceiling?

I have been using this tool for probably 15+ years myself and I have turned everyone who ever paints onto it, as well. It is the absolute fastest easiest and cleanest way to edge, I don’t care what anyone says. Come at me bro! LOL I’m actually getting ready to completely spray a house that we just purchased but I am going to go through and edge everything out as I typically word and then use a cardboard blocker to prevent ceiling overspray instead of going through and hand masking over my head with tape and paper and a masking gun taking 5x longer for the same result. I just can’t do it when working by myself. But I prefer the finish and speed of spraying. If it doesn’t work well in the first room, I guess I’ll go back to rolling. But really hopeful that this process can work efficiently with little mess.

Do these work on textured walls?

I wish you would have showed a closer picture of the red line because I have no idea how good the line looks from the distance the camera was at. Thanks tho

I have been using with a pole / extender. Do u recommend. ? Also I had trouble keeping my pad on

How does texture affect the performance of the edger versus the brush? Flat walls are pretty rare where I live in Texas.

Pretty helpful. I’ve been using these and creating my own methods. To us, our main goal is SPEED. We turn around 3 Bedroom, 3 Floor apartments every week on an apartment campus with over 200 apartments. Trimming on a ladder is NOT attractive. If you measure your results and time for scaling most effectively, you need to pump every part of the process faster. If anyone has any more recommendations please share!

Thank you

Why is he laughing? Cutting an entire room in 7 mins is insane. I can’t even cut one wall in 7 mins.

1:40-2:55 Best help

Some people want the wall paint right up against the ceiling. This tool leaves paint 1/8 inch below ceiling.

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Should you wet the edger

Take an empty ketchup bottle, fill it with paint and use it to load the edger. Saves lots of time.

sadly,this dont applys to woodchipwallpapers....thats what we do in germany mostly. 1st white woodchip wallpaper and 2nd white(or what ever)paint on to the wall.

Product name?

Can you add a link to the product or give the details? Many Thanks

I need something useful with popcorn ceilings.

Does it work if your edging against a popcorn ceiling ?

Nope. it'll never get exactly right up to the very edge. You can even see it from here in the video at 6:54. I'll stick with my angled brush and paint right up to the ceiling and trim.

its not the same time! it was almost cut in half! 7 plus minutes to 4 plus minutes! Even if you are a pro, edgers make sense for productivity! It means you get good results and move on to the next job quicker! Why would a pro refuse it? It's like refusing to use a 18incher roller vs a 9 incher. It makes things go much faster

Where's the primer???

It’s not all about being fast it’s bout doing it right

These things have a bad rap due to their "as seen on TV"-like marketing. I didn't know there were edgers with wheels or that contractors used them.

good for newbies but there is always a line near the ceiling and will be visible with this. Again for a newbie who cares but no professional painter who knows to cut and back roll would use this daily.

*"Tools of the Trade"* are technical advancements. The Question to ask: *"Would you ignore a Tractor and use an Ox to plow?"* 😘

I would have liked to see that wall more closely.

You tell a pro to a amateur by seeing where they cut to. 1/32” onto the ceiling… pro. 1/8” off.. amateur. Cutting w a brush and following w a microfiber 4” roller is so much faster than anyone in this video.

I used that tool when I was in 3rd grade.😂

Professional painter would never use this this is 100 percent for home owners

You neglect to mention that these things don't go to the very edge, thus leaving a line and defeating its very purpose.

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I don't think that is a five minute job using the edger.

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Using same color as ceiling's...useless..

Good tips. Your camera work is ALLLLL over the place. Hard to watch.

So this edger is alright. It is not all that great as described in this video. The comment section of this video over-exaggerates the edger. . I strongly believe that these guys were paid to make this video. There is no way that you can cut an entire room in 5 minutes. It is more like 30 minutes to 1hr. With a brush it will take 5 more minutes compared to the edger. Pros: it is easy. I will prefer an edger over brush in rental properties. Con: not all that time consuming as exaggerated in this video. Not worth using for private properties.

Professionals know how to use a brush this is a joke

Lol.lets see a close up of the red cutting in.bet you anything that his cut line is under the ceiling line therefore not a clean cut line.dont know how a so called proffesional can promote these types of tool.if you believe in them that much show close up of your work.also if she s got 30 years of experience she needs another 30 of practising using a brush.

I would never use an edger in my life its degrading to my skills I take pride in my work and my paint lines this video is a joke

First of all this is like a comedy act Abbott and Costello The tool is a waste of time Hang on here I can see this tool needs the same pressure on the wall to use it The paint looks thick and thin on the cut. Waste of time

If you want shitty cut lines, yep, use an edger tool.

Will this work on textured walls?