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Michelle
Michelle Douglasville, GA on Apr 01, 2011
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My kitchen walls were painted a deep, cranberry red by the previous homeowner.

I actually like the color, though the paint job is bad in spots. When we painted the adjacent living areas the soft yellow color that you see in the pic, I thought I could clean up the edges where the colors meet. What you see is actually an improvement, but it still looks bad.

I haven't had good results with masking or painters' tape, though I'm willing to try it again, but usually I can freehand a fairly straight edge with a good brush (what you see here was done with a roller. How would a pro painter get a clean edge here???

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  • Dan's of Central Florida,... Clermont, FL
    Hi Michelle,

    When doing different colors like this, I prefer to go from light to dark colors. It's a lot easier to get a dark color to cover a lighter one rather than the other way around. I would go back through and touch up the red color free hand (no tape). Have you brush angled away from the corner so that just the upper part of the brush it actually cutting the line. Slowly fill in the red there ...»

    until you have a nice looking line. Touch up the lighter color if you have to. Sometimes you just need to jump back and forth between the colors until you have the line you want.

    on Apr 01, 2011 · Like 1
  • Michelle Douglasville, GA
    Wow, that was fast (I love this site!).

    The red was already there, so I didn't have a choice when I did the yellow. But now that I'm going to have to repaint anyway I've got another shot at the red. Thank you for the advice; I'll do as you suggested and hopefully have a better picture to post here when it's done : )

    on Apr 01, 2011 · Like 0
  • Dan's of Central Florida,... Clermont, FL
    Happy to help Michelle! Yes, please post a new picture when you have the chance. I'd love to see how it turned out. Good luck!
    on Apr 01, 2011 · Like 0
  • Peace Painting Co., Inc. Alpharetta, GA
    For a sharp line with latex paint, try the new 3M EdgeLock tape.

    It works amazingly well to keep the paint from bleeding under the tape.

    Charles

    on Jun 24, 2012 · Like 1

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