Warning: I wasted 5 years painting trim wrong

Last month I was touching up my baseboards and realized why they always looked terrible. My neighbor who does woodworking for a living walked by and saw me using a cheap foam brush. He said those brushes push air bubbles into the paint and leave a rough finish. I had been using them since I bought my first house in 2019. Switched to a good angled brush and the difference was night and day. Has anyone else discovered something simple they were doing wrong for years?

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miles_perez5mo ago

My buddy used dish soap on his wood floors for two years before someone told him.

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kelly.parker5mo ago

Bet it's not just the brush itself but the technique too. Most people load the brush wrong - you gotta dip it halfway, not all the way into the paint. That extra paint just drips and makes a mess you gotta fix later.

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