Reasonably priced brush for cutting in when painting?

justaquestion

Hello folks,

I have started to decorate the house again after a good number of years, and having trouble cutting in where wall meets ceiling etc.
Just find myself doing the cutting in a few times before its reasonable enough.

A lot of it is just down to my ability but possibly part of is to the cheap four for a pound brushes that I buy in pound shops.

I have read that it is very difficult to cut in with a bad brush, I have heard of painters paying upwards of £20 for one decent brush, well don't want to do that, but anyone know of a few decent brushes I can get say for around a fiver each?

Many Thanks.

AndyMc.....

They need to be worn in to cut in properly.

ColinFishwick

I only use cheap brushes for jobs that I want to throw away brushes where a neat job isnt required. Other than that I use Harris no loss brushes they arent that expensive

getmore4less

I got a 2" angled brush and got on really well with it.
Think it was about £5-£6.

Cornucopia

I have a 1 inch angled brush from Wilko. Was £1.50, I think.

justaquestion

Thanks a lot for replies. First time I have hard of angled paint brushes. I have googled a few pics, seems the bristles are at an angles instead of all being one length.


If that is right how does this help in painting, and especially with cutting in?
Thanks yet again.

flashg67

The angled bristles keep the head at the 'correct' and consistent angle to get a neat finish when cutting in. Same effect can be done with a standard brush with practice. I use a 2" or 3" brush for cutting in - Wilko's 'better' or 'best' range are decent for this and not too expensive. There is a reason the pros use expensive brushes though!

getmore4less

The other thing I found was when I started I did not load the brush enough to do long uninterupted strokes.

if doing 2 coats you get to practice 2-3 times.
We also have coving which made it seem easier.

Apodemus

You can, of course, cut a normal brush to shape if you don't have an angled one to-hand.

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Or use frog tape.

Norman_Castle

justaquestion wrote: »

possibly part of is to the cheap four for a pound brushes that I buy in pound shops.

A 25p brush is a stick with 50 poor quality bristles on the end.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/hamilton-cutting-in-brush-2/7246p

£3.29 divided by the number of rooms painted with it.