I saw numerous places that reccommended that when painting walls with a roller you should make a "W" or a "M" first in the area you are painting. What is the purpose of this?
2007-01-28 11:25:32 · 12 answers · asked by CASH 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
The most of the paint comes off the roller when you are first starting after dipping. If you just start off up and down all of the paint with be on the first two strokes and far less paint will be on the last 4 strokes. By making an M or W you distribute the paint load over the surface evenly and then work over that area to spread it out. Otherwise the walls have a weird rainbow effect of darkest, dark, medium, light and lighter. repeat.
2007-01-28 11:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is done for two reasons:
- To reduce the chances of painting repetitive lines on your walls w/ the roller/brush. &
- To spread the paint evenly. Moving your applicator over areas that have been painted w/ different amounts of paint on the wall/roller will even-out your coat.
2007-01-28 11:39:04 · answer #2 · answered by Dee V Dub 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's said to do that so you can't see in which way you painted. If you were to go straight up and down you would have stripes, where if you do a m,n, or w, it hides the roller marks. Hope this helps.
2007-01-28 11:35:33 · answer #3 · answered by percsrock2000 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually it's an "N" shape representing the amount of space that one roller of paint should fill (even spreading).
Without it, you may put paint on the roller and some areas would have more paint then others
2007-01-28 11:29:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
If you paint in a straight line, there is more of a chance to leave marks that will show when the paint drys. The M or W is to get a more random pattern that is much less likely to show up.
2007-01-28 11:28:36 · answer #5 · answered by DSM Handyman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The paint blends into the wall better and you don't end up with a striped lines effect.
2007-01-28 11:28:51 · answer #6 · answered by Henny Penny 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
ive used that once i didnt like it. i go up and down while overlapping the roller. the paint comes out good this way as well.
2007-01-28 14:58:16 · answer #7 · answered by manningbj 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
to get air bubbles out of the paint on the roller
2007-01-28 11:28:08 · answer #8 · answered by Enigma 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
To squeeze excess paint from roller so paint doesn't run.
2007-01-28 11:33:15 · answer #9 · answered by jimbobob 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Its supposed to allow you to gage your paint coverage...so that as you work along the wall the m or w is supposed to dissapper...i dont usually do that.
2007-01-28 11:27:56 · answer #10 · answered by AA 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋