Painting Poll

[Fletch]

Roll first or edge first? I say roll first, because I like to feel like I'm getting a lot done right out of the gate. Wife says edge first because it gets the hard part out of the way.

 

[RachelMarie]

Edge first.

 

[AuntieBellum]

It will actually look better if you edge first, especially with a dark color of paint. I painted my living room red once and you could see exactly where I edged in over the rolled sections. If you edge first and roll second, you can bring the roller as close to the edge as possible and limit the wall space then not rolled over, as the overlap will then match the larger portion of painted wall and not the smaller, edged in sides.

Thank you, HGTV.

 

[MrHank]

Edge first

 

[Fletch]

It will actually look better if you edge first, especially with a dark color of paint. I painted my living room red once and you could see exactly where I edged in over the rolled sections. If you edge first and roll second, you can bring the roller as close to the edge as possible and limit the wall space then not rolled over, as the overlap will then match the larger portion of painted wall and not the smaller, edged in sides.

Thank you, HGTV.

Hey, nobody asked for facts, especially when they disagree with me.

I'll let her know the internet is wrong too.

 

[Phil502]

It will actually look better if you edge first, especially with a dark color of paint. I painted my living room red once and you could see exactly where I edged in over the rolled sections. If you edge first and roll second, you can bring the roller as close to the edge as possible and limit the wall space then not rolled over, as the overlap will then match the larger portion of painted wall and not the smaller, edged in sides.

Thank you, HGTV.

Exactly

 

[jeremy]

You forgot a choice on your poll...

I'll just do what she says to, since she is always right anyway...

 

[chef larry]

Is AuntieBellum like my wife, where she can't live without her HGTV? Is Bubba like me and runs out of the house yelling no more HGTV.

 

[cornfused]

Edge first, Then when you're getting tired of painting is goes quicker while rolling.

 

[pharmboy]

Edge first, it'll end up looking cleaner that way.

 

[groovatron]

The best is to edge a little, roll a little......repeat untill done. If you edge the whole room first, by the time you start rolling, your edges will be dry and won't blend into the roller line. Start by edging an 8' section of the room. Wherever you end your edge, feather it out so it will be easier to pick up where you left off. Begin rolling on where you started the edging, being sure to blend in the line with the roller. When you have rolled that section and are ready to edge another section, make sure you also feather out the roller line so you can blend it when you start rolling again.

Of course, only go through all of this if you are picky about a paint job. If it doesn't matter too you, by all means do what's easiest.

 

[lovemachine]

You forgot a choice on your poll...

I'll just do what she says to, since she is always right anyway...

WHIPPED!

 

[Serial Crusher]

Drink a beer, you know this is all her idea anyway

 

[Fletch]

Drink a beer, you know this is all her idea anyway

Sorta.

But, truth be told, as comfortable as I am in my manhood, it was getting kind of old having my bathroom painted bubblegum pink. We've been here a year, got all the more important projects out of the way (like her bathroom and the guest bathroom), so now it's nice to spend a little time on my third-favorite room in the house (after my office and the gym).

 

[Cain71]

You let your wife start edging,and then you can follow up rolling. That way she is done first and can get supper fixed.

 

[Fletch]

You let your wife start edging,and then you can follow up rolling. That way she is done first and can get supper fixed.

I knew something was missing... where's my dinner?

 

[confused89]

Get another helper and then it doesn't matter what you do, plus it goes faster. Moved into a new place and I am trying to figure out why the previous owner painted the entire bathroom yellow. Even the ceiling is yellow and the trim.

 

[MoparMan]

I had to pick let my wife do it. When there is something to paint she has her friends and family, all women come over and paint.

Nothing hotter than watching women with short shorts and tank tops
paint, sometimes getting it on each other.

 

[E'villeGunner]

You forgot a choice on your poll...

I'll just do what she says to, since she is always right anyway...

ditto

 

[E'villeGunner]

I had to pick let my wife do it. When there is something to paint she has her friends and family, all women come over and paint.

Nothing hotter than watching women with short shorts and tank tops
paint, sometimes getting it on each other.

Is it hot in here or is it just me?