Daily tip: rolling techniques

There are several ways you can roll a wall when it comes to painting. The difference is there are few that can make it look good when you are done. Look at how below you have things in the way making it difficult to roll with a roller full of paint. 

So what you want to do is spread it out in the middle and then come back and fill it in. That will stop a thick bead of paint from building up at the top and bottom of where you are rolling at. 

Now here is another scenario. Have you ever watched HGTV when they have a show involving painting? Well sometimes you may see them with the roller going every which way. Maybe you have even done this at home. It just needs to get covered up right? Well you get what you see below which is incorrect. This can lead to lines in the paint and areas being thicker than others etc... 

Here is the correct way. Use complete strokes and go all the way up and all the way down. Stay a little to the right from where you just rolled and work back to the left filling that short gap in. Repeat. 

Below is how it should look when done correctly.