This needs more views. It is fantastic for new painters or those of us who’ve tried and been disappointed with the result. So much to learn here - thanks for taking the time to put it together.
Without question the best painting tutorial on RU-vid. Thank you so much for all your efforts. I learned so much and didn't even have to transpose to left-handed!
Wow!!! Wish this vid would have popped up before watching numerous other ones. This was the best, all inclusive one of them all!! Also, I appreciated that real mistakes happened and then you showed how to fix!
"The millage of 2-coats." answers the question I've been trying to get answered for ages on this technique. Thank you! Its just not feasible to recaulk and mask for the second coat on trim.
Love this video!! You have explained each and every step that you took and the results are outstanding. I have watched many RU-vid videos and this is the absolute best. I have been painting for a very long time and was surprised that I have done some of the same things you do, such as holding the brush when getting that straight line at the ceiling, around trim, etc. I have e-mailed this to myself for future reference. 😊
Very glad I found this video and this channel. The techniques shown here, if practiced, will expand my abilities to get professional results in my home projects.
Tremendous video Spencer. Wow. This has to be the most thoughtful, detailed, and passionate explanation on interior painting on all of RU-vid. Thank you for taking your time to explain this. I feel like this video was made just for me. Cheers from Cincinnati 😁
It was! I decided to make a video that covers so much of what you’re doing. I just didn’t want to wait any longer to get a job to remove popcorn. Those jobs come far and few.
Thanks to your insightful suggestion on how to label this video, it has become sort of a hit, the likes of which you predicted if I were to label it correctly some years ago! Thank you so much Justin.
You know it brother. While I was speaking about the roller, I was going to say that and my helper is very distracting when I’m making videos. He talks while I’m making videos I have to edit his endless remarks out of the video when he speaks, his phone goes off at least once per video… It was on the tip of my tongue and then of course, he did something
Naw, the method he used it better, adding water of any degree is not recommended. Using tape on a new roller to remove loose fibers initially and then roll against a grid for a while to saturate the roller cover.
Excellent teacher. Wish I would of found you years ago. You make painting easier. I’ve always used a (2-1/2” angled brush) to do my cutting in against the wall to ceiling, so I guess I need to go with a 4”? I especially needed to see how to paint straight lines where the corner walls meet the ceiling. Very helpful. Thanks
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Is that a miraculous medal around your neck?!? God bless you either way and your continued sharing of knowledge. You make no money for this, but your reward will be in heaven my friend.
Is it me or is that "green" paint actually blue? No, I'm not color blind. Anyway, watching him paint, I do a lot of the same things. What I don't do but should, is go over my cuts with a roller while it's still wet. I'm not a pro but have been getting a lot of painting work, so I must be doing an ok job. I hand cut everything in, sometimes I'll use frog tape. These videos are helpful to me.
Amazing tips, tricks, and techniques. I’m always very OCD when it comes to painting, but I will admit that I’m far from perfect. We just got a quote for painting almost whole house and I’m taking down borders and fixing walls beforehand, - RETHINKING having the painters do it all (yes, of course the vaulted ceiling rooms and 2 story foyer), but I can do nearly as good a jig as you if I use your video. Thanks for sharing
Hi from the UK! I am doing level 2 City & guilds P&D and love learning from your videos, especially the wallpapering ones, cutting around pipe wort etc. Watching this one you are using clear caulk, I'm not sure I can get it ov
I have been painting for 30 years professionally and I charge the roller before I put it on the wall like I was shown during my apprenticeship and I have never had the issue you mention. Also you use a lot of masking tape for straight lines, most pros can freehand and have a nice line no matter the surface.
All I can say to that is that I have seen so many so-called professional lines that veer off the wall onto Woodwork even if it’s in the slightest degree; I do not like it and so I charge a very professional rate and I give them the absolute best that I can give and that method is with tape
Thank you Spencer!! You put so much effort into making this video and there is a ton of great info and tips. I was interested in your replies to a lot of the comments as you really know your stuff but your comments are not showing... would you know why? Thanks again for sharing 👌
Thank you for telling me!!! Here’s how it works; U2 will send you an email when somebody makes a comment… Sometimes, I don’t have the time to go and answer the question although I may have the intention to do so during the day; and then before you know it, you procrastinated two or three or four questions and then they become history where are you just let it go completely unintentionally. Please enumerate your questions and I will be sure to answer them
The first textured surface video ive seen JUST like mine. It took me awful paint marks on my ceilings to figure out how to properly cut in just like you're showing. But my question is this, ive done my first coat and while this is my very first paint job, i of course have spots that the original color is peeking through so im sure i have to do a second coat. My first cut ins are thick with paint, do i have to cut in my entire room again? Can i just roll my second coat the entrire room or can i just roll a second coat on the areas that are thin covered? Im using pittsburgh paramount flat green, like a olive drab color, a 1/2 nap microfiber roller. Any help would be great! Thank you! Btw, I LOVED the tip about the horizontal rolling after the cut in!! None of the videos ive seen ever did that! Beautiful! New subscriber just for that alone! Ty You are an excellent teacher i must say! Far better than anyone here.
No need to roll out brush marks on a high wall. The higher the wall , the harder it is to see imperfections. But ideally you roll into wet cuts at the top of your wall.
We just bought our house and I’m teaching my son to paint. I’m a woodworker and carpenter (sheds barns and garages) so I don’t do a lot of interior painting. So here I am trying to learn tricks to get better. By the way your videos on stripping wallpaper were a life saver but how do you do that for a living ? I was seriously considering just re dry walling
Spence, (may I call you Spence) nice work on that textured wall cut in Question: have you ever considered using a three inch purdy xl semi oval. or the purdy xl 3 inch nylonia both of these brushes have rounded ferals and are a bit narrower and might be more comfortable in your hand than the square feral 4 inch purdy. The two brushes I suggest both hold a ton of paint and have the same bristle as the four inch you’re using
Great teaching and learning video for youngsters and all those wanting to learn. At what ratio do you recommend for the conditioner and latex? And would it be the same for oil and mineral spirits? Thank you Sir !!!
Very good Tutorial on painting! Picked up many tips to make painting easier BUT, you need to find a new cameraman and audio man. Thanks for the great tips!
Hi Spencer. Another superb video:). In the UK we cannot get hold of clear caulking, only in sealant form. Can you recommend something to replace the clear caulk?
@@spencercolgan don’t worry, you’re still the best painter I’ve seen on RU-vid. I used to run a sherwin williams in shrewsbury nj. I know all the products you’re using. The paint additive to reduce strokes? Great call. I can tell we would’ve had a good working relationship lol. All the new guys are big on sprayers.. but the sprayers maintence isn’t worth it. I like you’re style and methods, truly a pro ! Thank you for your vids. Question. I’m repainting my small bathroom but don’t feel like getting rollers. Have a bunch of good brushes. Can I just use brushes and still get a good finish?
@@MC_1993 Thank you very much! I would stick with a lamb wool roller and a Purdy 3 inch and a four-inch brush. The effect of the roller cannot be matched without resorting to the spray machine
@@spencercolgan thanks for the response. I’ll take your advice and do it the right way with a roller. Using duration in a bathroom..with popcorn ceiling. Been watching your videos and definitely needed a refresher. When you said the pva primer is bad I had flashbacks to sherwin I think guys were getting that for 15$ a gallon in bulk. Always with complaints.
Excellent video! If Iwe paint the baseboards with Alkyd enamel without protecting the walls above. Is there going to be any issues later when I paint walls with Latex?
What clear caulk is your favorite for taping? Alex plus? Alex flex? (You answered later, but i'm leaving this up in case you've changed or something. Great video btw!
Individually strapped, you cannot unravel the paint-the shrink wrap melts the sticky on the tape and makes it impossible to unravel.. Not the case however with multi-unit sleeves of tape.
@@spencercolgan hmmm thats strange,i definetely cannot get on with sherwin williams brand tape,much too thick of a paper.Sometimes i do however rarely get a roll of 3m and the first few times unraveling it,it will splinter,But goes right away,we always buy the multi unit sleeves tho have you tried the new 4 pack of orange frog tape?
Great video,but I used the same method you did earlier in the video by putting a low adhesive masking tape on the wall to get a straight line. When I was finished and pulled the tape,paint came off right down to the plaster. Any tips on how to avoid this?bearing in mind I pulled the tape at an angle and towards me. Thanks. Ps the tape I used was frog 🐸tape.
1. Did you apply the paint that came up? That’s key to trying to answer you. If you did, was it cured? Was it painted onto the surface it was applied to that would assure that it was sticky enough? Such as , was the surface scuffed you with a sanding sponge? Was it too shiny that would help it come off and pull the plaster too?
@@spencercolgan Yes I painted the surface. It was dry if that's what you mean by cured. It wasn't scuffed up and I used tape that was low adhesive. If I remember correctly and I could be wrong here, from your vid . did you apply the tape to a freshly painted surface, I mean dry to the touch. If you did this is basically what I did and was shocked when the paint came off.
@@spencercolgan That's really interesting to hear. (I"m a remodeler, jack of all trades, master of none.) I've always pushed the dry times of caulking but never just went full hog and applied paint right away. I normally resist caulking and taping because of all the problems of letting caulk dry on tape, then pulling a clean line. Amazing the amount of stuff I don't know. Time to buy some clear caulking, Thanks!
just an FYI ... it's " A - LEX " ( long A sound ) then LEX as in Acrylic LatEX.... EVERYONE calls it ALEX simply because that's what it looks like and lack of knowledge.
Spencer instead of tagging the wall with the paint for the baseboards why don't you just put some frog tape across the bottom of the wall it's so much faster than coming back and having to touch up your wall.. takes hardly no time to put a piece of tape and caulk, now you can splash your paint on and then remove the tape AND YOUR DONE!. You should also be using frog tape to cut that straight line in the corner I don't think you're using the right tape ,you got too much adhesion on there it could pull the surface off . thank you brother..i learned how to do vinyl wall covering at work many yrs ago..and repairing it ,patching it..i love the challange.. thanks for all your tips and tricks......lol thanks for the breathing advise hahahahhaha.
I have had plenty of customers tell me that when they pay for a pro painter they get worried when said pro painter uses tape because they say “ I could have done that myself and saved their fee”
You know and I know that even with tape and a $50 brush they couldn’t do it; tape is the way professionals perfect the line; I have to be honest, even professionals who paint very nice lines could easily perfect the aligns with teeth but I don’t wanna do it and I understand that; my lines are razor sharp
Spencer , i’am confused , at 34:40 you said don’t use white caulking, use clear instead but , when you were whipping off the excess over the paper , that caulking coming off of your finger was white , wasn’t it ? 🤔
Hey Spencer I want to do your clear caulking trick to get prefect straight lines but in the UK it's very difficult to get clear caulk I saw this other trick on RU-vid and I wanted your thoughts To get a straight line between the trim and the wall first you mask the painted trim and then apply a light coat of the trim paint in the gap between the tape and the wall. This creates a seal so your wall paint doesn't bleed onto the trim. After this dries you can cut and paint over this and remove the tape for a straight crisp line. What do you think? Or is there any other way if I can't get clear caulk Please advise
Check this out: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R8J7xOyjmr0.html I use the EXACT procedure you’re referring to in this video!!!! Newbies however, I don’t recommend that to. Why? Because they may not keep the paint from bleeding.
@@spencercolgan So if I can't get clear caulking I just use a dry brush for each coat. Got it thanks Spencer there's one more thing I need clarity on If I mask the painted trim and cut in the first coat with dry brush as we just discussed. Then I take off the tape while the paint is still wet to get a straight line and role the wall. Now for the second coat do I need to mask the trim again and repeat the process? Do I mask twice to protect the trim or is there a better way?
I have a really dumb newbie question...why don't I just tape the ceiling edges (same way you did the trim) to prevent my wall paint from touching the ceiling? Is it just because that would take too long? I don't fully trust myself to do four walls 12' in length (48 linear feet) without going over even *once*.
Bird it’s an excellent question but it’s almost physically impossible to be looking up at the ceiling and keep your tape line straight; your body loses its perspective once you turn your body around and you’re looking upward
@@spencercolgan Wow. Never even contemplated that! You are an excellent teacher, sir. Thanks for a very clear and helpful video and quick, concise, air-tight follow-up!
@@spencercolgan Thanks for the content. I'm a small, green, one man operation and can use the pep talk sometimes. I'm working on a decent size interior job right now and 5" primed base molding is soon on the agenda.
If you don't have a partner who is rolling behind you as you cut in, and you are concerned about the cut-ins drying before you have the chance to roll, can you let the cut-ins dry - and roll a couple of hours later? Thanks!
It’s an excellent excellent thought provoking question. You are obviously a perfectionist! Your answer is no; and I am I am going to post a video below after I finish this comment I will simply edit my comment to include a video; the halo effect is what you will get if you do let it dry and come back later On. please see the video that I will post momentarily Here is the video of what will happen if you let it dry ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jfAcyZaPm-k.html
You also know that with tape and caulk your line might look straight but it still isn’t perfect because the paint dries at a different rate than the caulk and if you don’t take off your tape fast enough you could get into trouble and it is also messy getting rid of the wet tape.
Brilliant video, one of the best around but im biting my nails watching how you caulk it’s really frustrating, I’m sure you can do better then that, no hate speech here just honesty
