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dried drips for second coat
I normally get a razor blade or Stanley blade and cut them flush, then block sand. Other wise you can't help but sand the surrounding area more than you want.
cutting in corners
I often have reasonable results with those fancy painting pads. They're a lot faster than brushed Imo. You've got to be diligent about managing the paint build up.
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Painting.
I've previously just slapped a load of white-ish onto walls and had done with but have done a first coat of an F&B in the kitchen at the request of another resident. I understand that brand isn't the easiest to work with so perhaps not best choice but:
How can I clean up dried drips for second coat? Patch sanding with 180g paper take me back to the white undercoat but I can still see the drips. Should I be sanding the entire wall rather than patches? Will there be enough paint loaded on the roller on the second coat to mask the sanded drips? And my understanding with technique is roughly: load up fairly heavily, roll on the tray for a good 30 secs for dense fill. Diagonal first roll up to near the top then down across it to the bottom so you catch the thicker glob of paint on the way back up adjusting pressure as you go. Then feather in towards the cut in brush marks?
Any good videos that can make my walls and ceilings look less shit without paying someone to fix it for me?
Also - cutting in corners. Mine always looks shit. Width of brush? Amount of paint? Length of stroke?
Note: walls are recently plastered and finished apart from one diagonal crack on an old untouched section. Ceilings are a bit patchy but ok.