Painting your interior walls isan easy, popular way to customize your space.
Anyone can do it, but results may vary based on the punch in of brush you use.
Good paint brushes, when properly cared for, can be used over and over again.
First of all, skip the cheap brushes if you want to get multiple uses and high quality results.
You know the ones: theyre in the bargain bin or sold super-cheap in packs of 3.
A good brush will hold more paint and apply it evenly.
Bristle Types
Natural-bristlepaint brushes are best used for oil-based paints, varnishes, polyurethane, and shellac.
Never use natural-bristle brushes with water-based paint.
They will soak up the water and leave your brush limp and unable to hold paint.
Polyester bristlepaint brushes are used for latex paint and will hold their shape and stiffness well.
Polyester/nylon paint brush blendsare ideal for latex paints and the combined bristles provide durability and shape to your brush.
Brush Widths
The majority of your paint jobs will require a brush from 1-4 in width.
The smaller 1-2 brushes are best for window trim and detailed jobs.
As with other brushes, which one is right here depends on the jot down of job youre doing.
Atrim brushis a flat brush made for painting large flat surfaces.
Anangled sash brushhas bristles that are cut at an angle and used for painting trim and around windows.
Athin angled sash brushhas a thinner profile and is ideal more delicate work.
Aflat sash brushretains a slim profile but the bristles are cut straight across.
