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Bob talks with Brian Miller of Miller & Sons Painting about the painting being done. One of the painters is cutting a straight line where the two surfaces meet. Whenever a home's interior is painted, corners like these should be filled in before rolling paint on the wall. The lines that are cut in at the ceiling and corners should be two to three inches from the edge so that the roller can roll into the wet paint for an even coat. Sherwin-Williams Duration, a self-priming latex paint designed for one-coat coverage, is being used throughout the interior. Eighteen-inch rollers are used to get a smooth finish and decrease the lap marks. They are using a half-inch nap to put more paint on the wall.

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" All right so we're we're with Brian Miller of Miller and sons painting right now hi -- and that's -- there. Cutting in right yes he has Bob Joe is -- cutting a straight line across -- services meet. He's he's forming a straight line so we can bring out all right down on the ground so if you've never painted room you want to know that the first thing you do before you even get a roller out is to go around. All these corners and edges and fill in how how wide should you normally go. You should try to bring it down two to three inches so you do have enough space to bring the roller. To -- the wet paint it's and not onto the ceiling exactly yeah we're kind of paint are we using today we're using it sure -- duration it's an interior latex paint OK is designed for one coat coverage to self priming and as well. All right you've got a professional looking roller here right yes yes we we we like to use these eighteen inch rollers just. To get a smooth finish and decrease the lap marks landmarks would. Sometimes occur with a nine inch rollers that's why we do use the eighteenth and what about the thickness of it's the nap of it the nap is a half inch nap. It's designed to actually put more paint on the law. Yeah that looks great looks like we'll get away -- just one coat right. Bob it looks that way and that's exactly why we like to use this this application this pain. Very nice job when you've got three more to go thanks Brian."

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